Music player advice and discussion!

[TheAbominatrix]

Hi and hallo everyone in the eyeson. I am in need of some assistance.

I need a new music player for the computer machine (WindowsXP, if it matters). Currently I use iTunes from the old days when I had an iPod. I don't like it 100% but I cant find a better alternative because I have a few very specific needs.

One thing I do like and want to keep is the expansive library view. I am obsessed with tagging my music properly, and I like the options iTunes has to do so. So any new player I use would have to have a similar or better feature here. Hence why I dont want WinAmp.

Another; I need to play FLAC files. There is a ton of Sailormoon music just begging to be downloaded... but it's all in FLAC.

And please, nothing that hogs up too many resources. My fiancee has a Zune and the software seems bound and determined to freeze my admittedly not so cool computer.

Any suggestions? Also, talk about music players, tell us what you use, etc.

[Shlup]

Wrong forum, you smurfing moron.

[Ramza Beoulve]

You could use Songbird. Its minimum requirements are a processor of 733 Mhz and 128 MB of RAM, and it's mostly iTunes, but free and add-on compatible, due to it being a Mozilla derivative (with an integrated web browser).

[krissy]

you can right click to get song info in winamp and change the tags like that

[TheAbominatrix]

You could use Songbird. Its minimum requirements are a processor of 733 Mhz and 128 MB of RAM, and it's mostly iTunes, but free and add-on compatible, due to it being a Mozilla derivative (with an integrated web browser).

Oooh I like the sound of that. Thanks! I'll download and check it out.

you can right click to get song info in winamp and change the tags like that

I know, but it's far too tedious. I have too many songs to tag, plus the last I used winamp (which admittedly was years ago) I found their tag input to be too restrictive.

[Jessweeee♪]

I like iTunes but once in a blue moon it decides it doesn't like some of my songs and they become completely unplayable. Luckily it's only happened twice. The first time I just downloaded the songs again (and they were free so I didn't have to feel bad about pirating twice!) and the second time it was some Coldplay and I don't like them as much as I used to xD

[Aurey]

I know some people who swear by foobar2000.

[o_O]

I swear by foobar2000. It's targeted at nerds, but if you don't mind spending a little time getting it to look just right (or if you don't care how it looks) then it's the most robust player I've used.

[krissy]

i love my winamp
automatic net radio
OS based browsing system
scribbles lastfm for me
milkdrop2 visualization for when i wanna get high off visuals
small memory usage
playstation/snes/ps2/nes etc sound file plugins (i have the ff8 soundtrack and it is 5 megabytes big)

[Shoeberto]

You could use Songbird. Its minimum requirements are a processor of 733 Mhz and 128 MB of RAM, and it's mostly iTunes, but free and add-on compatible, due to it being a Mozilla derivative (with an integrated web browser).

Another big fan of Songbird, here. I used to use foobar and it really is good but I tried Songbird with various plugins and really liked it.

[NorthernChaosGod]

i love my winamp
automatic net radio
OS based browsing system
scribbles lastfm for me
milkdrop2 visualization for when i wanna get high off visuals
small memory usage
playstation/snes/ps2/nes etc sound file plugins (i have the ff8 soundtrack and it is 5 megabytes big)

And Winamp Remote is a pretty sweet feature.

[VexNet]

wow.. this is great, I think I'm going to try out Songbird, Does it still connect and upload songs onto an ipod like normal or would I still have to have itunes for that?

I'm sick and fed up of itunes, it's too slow and is constantly breaking or stopping or ignoring what you're trying to do. I started out much like TheAbominatrix and I do like it for it's large interface and ability to tag precisely, but the actual running power of it over the last year has caused a LOT of stress and annoyance.

Songbird here I come...

[Mirage]

Did you try the winamp library last time you used winamp`? Idk exactly when it was added, and if it has been changed a lot since back then. Might be worth a try.

[Moon Rabbits]

I second Songbird just because you want that library view. If you're willing to give that up, though, Billy is by far the best music player I've ever used. Supports various filetypes including FLAC afaik? That's not the point though - I love it because it's 300kb.

[Shoeberto]

wow.. this is great, I think I'm going to try out Songbird, Does it still connect and upload songs onto an ipod like normal or would I still have to have itunes for that?

I'm sick and fed up of itunes, it's too slow and is constantly breaking or stopping or ignoring what you're trying to do. I started out much like TheAbominatrix and I do like it for it's large interface and ability to tag precisely, but the actual running power of it over the last year has caused a LOT of stress and annoyance.

Songbird here I come...

I am fairly certain it works very well with iPods, though I can't say from personal experience since I don't actually have one. But being able to sync with just about any portable media player is a pretty big priority in Songbird.