Why don't you guys like MusicMatch?

[tec699]

I don't have any issues with MusicMatch and the radio feature is nice. So why don't you people like the program and if they really do suck why do they get great reviews?

MusicMatch 9.0 review

At a glance

Editors' rating: 8.1 Very good

The good: New On Demand subscription service nicely integrated into jukebox; remote access to On Demand; share playlists with non-Musicmatch friends; all-in-one player, ripper, encoder, burner, online radio receiver, music manager, MP3 player loader, and download service; secure songs transfer to MP3 players; improved interface; supports Universal Plug and Play devices; even more customizable.

The bad: Some performance problems; some may balk at playlist-centric design.

The bottom line: This music jukebox/subscription service/store combination does it all, but its playlist-centric interface can cause confusion.

 

[Analog]

 

[MercenaryForHire]

RealPlayer gets good reviews. Does that tell you enough?

- M4H

 

[tec699]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
RealPlayer gets good reviews. Does that tell you enough?

- M4H

:Q

 

[yankeesfan]

real player gets good reviews?!?!??!

 

[Gurck]

:thumbsdown: to bloatware

 

[RobCur]

Originally posted by: Gurck
:thumbsdown: to bloatware

 

[nageov3t]

I've yet to find an audio player that beats out WinAmp.

MusicMatch is alright, I guess, but WMP and WinAmp are both better.

 

[Cerb]

Bloated, from Real, sleasy.
You choose to "upgrade," if you run 8, and you get 9 basic. Oh yeah, great.
EAC and Foobar > *.

 

[MDE]

Winamp = less bloat, I like it better

 

[DaveSimmons]

Back when I tried it several years ago it had a lousy MP3 encoder, and a ripper that did zero error checking -- say hello to clicks. The music database was also so badly written it mixed together CDs by different artists with the same generic title ("Live", "Best Of").

Since then I switched to using EAC + FLAC for ripping, and Foobar2000 for playback. They work great, and aren't bloated up with garbage like mini web browser adware windows.

 

[Triforceofcourage]

Music Match the free version only lets you rip cd's at like 4x speed which makes it suck. Itunes lets you rip a cd at however fast your piece of crap can so thats why I say music match suxors.

 

[nageov3t]

back in the mid/late 90's, I'd say it was one of the best encoders/rippers... but unfortunately, the program hasn't evolved much in the past 7 years.

 

[anno]

I like musicmatch.. I have winamp (not sure which version) and wmp (the newest one) and probably something else too.. but I use musicmatch most. maybe I'll look at the newer one.


anno

 

[CubicZirconia]

I hate the bloatware response. "I don't like musicmatch because it's bloatware." "I still use win2000 because XP is all bloat." "I still use Winamp 2.8 because I'm cool and the new version is bloaty." It doesn't even mean anything anymore. People just say it for the hell of it.

 

[resinboy]

Davesimmons:
just tried Foobar- like it a lot

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: CubicZirconia
I hate the bloatware response. "I don't like musicmatch because it's bloatware." "I still use win2000 because XP is all bloat." "I still use Winamp 2.8 because I'm cool and the new version is bloaty." It doesn't even mean anything anymore. People just say it for the hell of it.

I disagree.

compared to WinAmp (any version... I'm using the latest version ATM), MusicMatch is increadibly bloated. it doesn't run nearly as fast or as quietly as WinAmp does.

 

[konakona]

foobar is by far most audiophile oriented player of the pack. for instance there is a very ingenious implementation of crossfeed which works like no other. cumbersome to set up but its very rewarding. of course this may not pertain all of you as not everyone has a nice headphone/amp setup. columns_UI is enough reason to obliterate all other music players out of their existence :thumbsup: then of course all this techincal superiority, smaller footprint, less cpu utilization, better plugins blah blah blah

just got me foopilot_one, lets see how good it is

 

[CubicZirconia]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: CubicZirconia
I hate the bloatware response. "I don't like musicmatch because it's bloatware." "I still use win2000 because XP is all bloat." "I still use Winamp 2.8 because I'm cool and the new version is bloaty." It doesn't even mean anything anymore. People just say it for the hell of it.

I disagree.

compared to WinAmp (any version... I'm using the latest version ATM), MusicMatch is increadibly bloated. it doesn't run nearly as fast or as quietly as WinAmp does.

I wasn't trying to say that bloatware doesn't exist. Only that the bloatware response has become the standard reason given for not liking a program (on these boards anyway). One person says such and such a program is bloatware, then another person says it, and so on... I've got to believe that a good percentage of the time they're just saying it because it's the thing to say. I could be wrong, but I've definitely gotten that impression.

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: CubicZirconia

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: CubicZirconia
I hate the bloatware response. "I don't like musicmatch because it's bloatware." "I still use win2000 because XP is all bloat." "I still use Winamp 2.8 because I'm cool and the new version is bloaty." It doesn't even mean anything anymore. People just say it for the hell of it.

I disagree.

compared to WinAmp (any version... I'm using the latest version ATM), MusicMatch is increadibly bloated. it doesn't run nearly as fast or as quietly as WinAmp does.

I wasn't trying to say that bloatware doesn't exist. Only that the bloatware response has become the standard reason given for not liking a program (on these boards anyway). One person says such and such a program is bloatware, then another person says it, and so on... I've got to believe that a good percentage of the time they're just saying it because it's the thing to say. I could be wrong, but I've definitely gotten that impression.

this might not be where you are getting at, but you may have a valid point there. it takes more than being just 'good enough to use' to attract and more people and 'convert' them from other players. more often than not everything just comes down to matter of familiarity

 

[nageov3t]

I've got to believe that a good percentage of the time they're just saying it because it's the thing to say. I could be wrong, but I've definitely gotten that impression.

I definitely agree with that.

it reminds me of my roommate... he drives me up the wall. every time there's something wrong with his computer, he blames it on memory leaks. totally ignoring the 50 million spyware programs that are running in the background. heh.

but in this situation... MusicMatch is definitely bloatware. It doesn't necessarily make it a bad program, but it's bloat keeps is from rising up to the WinAmp level of holiness

 

[GullyFoyle]

I bought version 4 and loved it, and upgraded to version 5 when it came out. When version 8 came out, they disabled the ability of all previous versions to connect to CDDB to get song titles. Rather than pay them again (who knows how long it would have been good for), I switched to CDex for my encoding needs, and WinAmp for playing.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: CubicZirconia
I hate the bloatware response. "I don't like musicmatch because it's bloatware." "I still use win2000 because XP is all bloat." "I still use Winamp 2.8 because I'm cool and the new version is bloaty." It doesn't even mean anything anymore. People just say it for the hell of it.

*shrug* That's simply why I don't like it. I don't say things for the hell of it, though you apparently flame people for that reason. The software takes up too much space and has a plethora of features which I don't want and wouldn't use, and which serve only to make the UI more complicated and difficult to navigate. These things also help it to run slower. In other words, it's bloatware.

 

[Mucho]

Winamp 2.91 still rulez.

 

[Cerb]

MMJ has too much stuff in the way, with windows everywhere, few useful features, and takes up a lot of RAM. Foobar2000 has a playlist, menu bar, and a row of buttons. You can even rip and encode from there. Or transcode, or transcode and stick into an Ipod, or write an audio CD, set/edit Replay Gain, etc., and all within a single, simple window.

Winamp comes at a close #2, of course.