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Music software - Beloved - 2010-04-19
Sora Wrote:Get foobar2000.
Enjoy it for its simple UI and light memory usage, never caring for other outward appearances.
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This is win.
I've been using this for almost 4 years and don't plan to change. There's the occasional attempt to change its appearance but then I give up and don't bother. lol Went from Windows Media Player to iTunes, Winamp, Quintessential player, and finally stopped at foobar2k.
Roxas Wrote:WMP is really cluttered, I can't find anything in it. I only use it to play movies. The design sucks? What? The utter simplicity and functionality of it is actually stunning. I mastered the whole program in less than 10 minutes of clicking. And if you can appreciate Typography, the design is stunning, like nothing seen before. Every review has pretty much enforced the point of it being an all-around brilliant design.
Slow, I can't really argue, since my computer is pretty high-end as I see it. The program starts instantly for me.
Organization is fine, you can even shuffle the columns in the collection view (2nd SS). And shift views, Album, Songs, Genres, etc. What more do you want? Search is there too.
Lacking in functionality? It's a music player, it has a built in music store and plays music.What more do you want? I can't think of a feature iTunes has that Zune 4.2 doesn't.
Also, Zune Pass.
iTunes's prices are hugely inflated compared to Zune Pass's. And it allows you to share songs between friends.
but lol, who buys music anyway.
Video player you say? VideoLAN (VLC Media Player)
Music software - Myles - 2010-04-19
I used to use MediaMonkey but that would crash a lot, so I switched to WinAmp. However this crashes once daily.
They are the only 2 media players that I've found (not really looked, tbh) that work with the buttons on my keyboard (play/pause/etc) outside of the main window.
Music software - butterfλi - 2010-04-19
Myles Wrote:I used to use MediaMonkey but that would crash a lot, so I switched to WinAmp. However this crashes once daily.
Get your comp checked. I've used winamp for years and years on XP SP 1, 2 and 3, on Vista and 7. Never had any problem with it.
Music software - Myles - 2010-04-19
butterfλi Wrote:Get your comp checked. I've used winamp for years and years on XP SP 1, 2 and 3, on Vista and 7. Never had any problem with it.
If I leave it open for around 24hours it would just say "Winamp has stopped working.." and I'd have to close it
