craniumdesigns
Member
so for some reason winamp is crashing all the time on my vista machine. are there any alternatives to winamp, besides WMP, itunes, or the zune software?
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winamp alternative?
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AAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH god why doesnt anyone ever see this?! www.mediajukebox.com and thats final! fuck foobar, winamp, itunes, media monkey... they all suck comparitively! mediajukebox used to be a paid-for program thats now free. it smokes anything out there as far as music management and sound quality goes.
Can Media Jukebox play .spc (super nintendo sound) files like foobar can? If not that rules it out for me right off the bat.
That aside though, what advantages does Media Jukebox have? It's sound quality is better in what ways? Most sound quality differences are all in people's heads. Now if the equalizer is better, that's one thing. But I always use a flat EQ anyway, so that's a moot point for me.
That aside though, what advantages does Media Jukebox have? It's sound quality is better in what ways? Most sound quality differences are all in people's heads. Now if the equalizer is better, that's one thing. But I always use a flat EQ anyway, so that's a moot point for me.
imported_KuJaX
Platinum Member
There are a few features I don't like about foobar that Wincamp has, but sadly I use foobar now. For example, I don't believe foobar has the ability to stop after current song. ???
Muse
Lifer
I guess I'll have to try it. My one gotcha is that I've been using Winamp mostly to play BIG MP3 recordings (1 - 3 hours) and I use a freeware called trackmaker 1.2 to split the files. I get my bookmarks by pressing a button in trackmaker while the MP3 is playing in Winamp (2.91). I just don't know what other programs trackmaker will work with. If there's another MP3 file splitting utility, please advise.
haha, guys im not kidding about mediajukebox. this isnt just a player... its a media manager. it handles ipods better then itunes does. it handles tags as good as mp3tag does. it burns cd's excellently. it can make ANY folder on your network a portable player (easy auto backups!), the equalizer has EXCELLENT dsp settings and the EQ has full over-clipping control, it a full featured program with a light footprint.
and if you want more, www.jrmediacenter.com is the same thing but it adds video and picture support.
i had the same arguments before i tried this program years ago. "why is it better then winamp?" is what i would ask. i got laughed at. NOW im laughing at you guys for not knowing haha...
just trust me, mediajukebox is the best. no question hands down. just try it for a month and come back and say otherwise, i dare you.
and if you want more, www.jrmediacenter.com is the same thing but it adds video and picture support.
i had the same arguments before i tried this program years ago. "why is it better then winamp?" is what i would ask. i got laughed at. NOW im laughing at you guys for not knowing haha...
just trust me, mediajukebox is the best. no question hands down. just try it for a month and come back and say otherwise, i dare you.
The thing with foobar is it is fairly lackluster straight outta the box. Once you've customized it and tweaked the settings and all that jazz, it really is tough to beat.
And since my music is already organized, I don't need a media manager. I just need a player, and foobar has that down pretty well.
I'll take your word for it though. Media Jukebox looks nice, it just has a lot of things I don't need.
And since my music is already organized, I don't need a media manager. I just need a player, and foobar has that down pretty well.
I'll take your word for it though. Media Jukebox looks nice, it just has a lot of things I don't need.
on your advice I tried mediajukebox. One great thing is that it allows you (if you set it up right) to have a hybrid folder view ~ media library layout (I achieve almost the same thing in Winamp using the dynamic library plugin). The down sides are that mediajukebox doesn't seem to support asian characters (that rules it out for me), and importing the library was very slow in my case (almost 2 hours before it finished).
craniumdesigns
Member
i just installed foobar. i really like it. my only qualm is that the file info and album art doesnt update to the currently playing song, only the one selected in the playlist. it loads SUPER fast though, compared to winamp. almost instantaneous.
Quiksilver
Diamond Member
:\ I use ALSong. I want a media player, not a media manager + other bullshit. Besides that I can minimize it to tray which foobar can't (at least not what I tried it)
Quiksilver
Diamond Member
Shens. j/k
Just to make sure; we are talking about minimize to tray right and not minimize to start bar?
Quiksilver
Diamond Member
Well I'll be damned (and yes.) I may have to switch over again 🙂
Gooberlx2
Lifer
??? 😕
iTunes, WMP and Zune are perfect for people who don't have their music organized. Set them to monitor various folders and don't even bother with organization; let the programs do it for you.
Now if by "organized like a freak" you mean "have all the tags filled in", then yeah. Without proper and full tagging, those programs can be fustrating to use. But honestly, the library feature of any player would be fustrating to use without your files being tagged properly.
Anyway, yeah several programs have already been mentioned. I didn't see Songbird though, so I'm throwing that one out.
...not that I've used it in a long while, I'm a fan of the Zune software.
bwatson283
Golden Member
VLC media player
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