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View Poll Results: Which meadia player do you prefer to play songs.
Winamp 11 13.41%
Foobar 3 3.66%
Windows Media Player 33 40.24%
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Old Aug 31, 2010, 09:08 PM   #1
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Which Media Player do you use?

(if mod could fix the poll to include ITunes,VLC and fix the word media :P that would be sweet)

i have been using Winamp for about a year or so now... been about 70 % satisfied with it... i would like to know what most of you guys use for song management/play.

if you can, list features you like/use with your media player and/or why you prefer that media player over others. (Not video or movie related)


Winamp.

things i like
Ipod/mp3 compatible. very easy to transfer songs to ipods
lots of addons
customisable Interface
very fast song search


things i dont like

inbuilt browser
interface over the top/clunky... trys to do/be too much?
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Old Aug 31, 2010, 09:12 PM   #2
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just WMP personally, its not nearly the greatest, but I have very little requirements in the way of features for playing music.

it needs to have shuffle, repeat and playlists, thats about it haha

EDIT: you forgot itunes haha, I only use that to get songs on my iphone, I dont think I've ever used it to just play my music.
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Old Aug 31, 2010, 09:18 PM   #3
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heh yeah i did forget about it, but then again i have never come across anyone who uses it as a main music player either so :P


i know what you mean with WMP, thats what i used for several years before i switched to winamp. only problem was it went very slow with large media collections dont know if its faster now.. havnt tried it recently.
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Knew i should have added VLC :P...

i only use that for videos/movies.
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anyone got a preference on ones for DVD images ie. Video TS. I copied all my DVDs not many, but i'm trying to get my Nirvana Live at Reading Festival 92 to play smooth. I mean it runs smooth if nothing is going on, but when I do WCG i get alot of stutter. Maybe it cant be avoided, but if anyone has something they perfer better, I am all ears.
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Knew i should have added VLC :P...

i only use that for videos/movies.
same, I love VLC but only for video content.
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anyone got a preference on ones for DVD images ie. Video TS. I copied all my DVDs not many, but i'm trying to get my Nirvana Live at Reading Festival 92 to play smooth. I mean it runs smooth if nothing is going on, but when I do WCG i get alot of stutter. Maybe it cant be avoided, but if anyone has something they perfer better, I am all ears.
VLC

it will play pretty much EVERY video ever made.



try changing the media player process priority from normal to high or very high
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VLC and Media Player Classic (Included in the K-Lite Codec Pack).
Still to find something these two, or at least one of them can't open.
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VLC and Media Player Classic (Included in the K-Lite Codec Pack).
Still to find something these two, or at least one of them can't open.
Exactly the same here, VLC and MPC with K-Lite.
Oh, and Quicktime for converting sometimes.
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foobar it's pretty simple and nice, absolutely sexy program.

I use wmp very rarely. I also tried aimp and winamp but they kinda suck.
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