Best Free MP3 Player?

[Evadman]

I have been using Winamp 3 or 5, but Vista doesn't play well with 3 or 5. What mp3 player software do you use?

We will have to get igowerf to add to his thread, since there is only 1 option in his.

 

[corkyg]

With Vista, all I need is WMP 11 for MP3s. Does just fine.

 

[Evander]

Winamp 5 works fine on Vista for me. For no-bloat mp3, try 1by1. It's good if your music is well organized on your hard drive, if not it lacks a typical music library so it may not be for you (btw you can get folder view in winamp by using the dynamic library plugin).

Xmplay is pretty minimalistic (like Winamp lite), but personally I only use it for MIDI

MediaPortal is like Windows Media Center, but Open Source. Since it does alot more than play audio, it may not meet your definition of non bloatware, but I just thought I'd through it out there as an option

 

[lxskllr]

Foobar2000 of course

 

[MrToilet]

Anyone remember Sonique? Found that on my HD about a month ago...

I like WinAmp, but yeah, it gets a little chunky at times.

I may get flamed for this, but I do like Itunes. But I wish it had the MP3 tagging feature that Musicmatch Jukebox had... the one redeeming quality of Jukebox.

 

[iskim86]

Windows Media Player....

choose the "revert" skin

VOILA. Winamp copy.

 

[iskim86]

Windows Media Player....

choose the "revert" skin

VOILA. Winamp copy.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: corkyg
With Vista, all I need is WMP 11 for MP3s. Does just fine.

Agreed.

 

[SoulAssassin]

I still use Winamp but I make sure it's the lite version.