Community weekly poll: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)?
- 6/22/06 9:37 AM
i use only AVS DVD Player
by sandrila - 8/29/06 1:08 AM In reply to: BS PLAYER by sanperyaqi don't want now to use bspalyer - it contains adware and i can remove this whenU save only with bspalyer uninstallation.
now i use avs dvd player and it's very good - it's free, hasn't ad- or spyware, supports all major formats.
Anything that sells MP3's
by just_kelly - 6/23/06 7:28 AM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Windows Media File formats do not work well with video or photo editing software. I don't care that they say it's supported.... it's not. I get all kinds of errors, and somtimes they just won't play at all... no matter what you do! Even if the popular media sellers sold MP3's at a much higher price, I'd still buy them as they are so much more reliable.
It's Musicmatch above all others
by cholleyman - 6/23/06 7:51 AM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I like and use Musicmatch Jukebox Pro above all the other players (most of which are installed on my computer). However, Musicmatch Version 9 is the last version I like. I updated to version 10 and hated it so I went back to version 9. The one disadvantage to that is that every time I open Musicmatch I get a dialogue box asking me if I want to upgrade it which is annoying. So far, I haven't figured out how to get rid of that box.
The player I detest the most is Realplayer, but have to keep it on my computer because of certain websites I visit that require it.
Easier w/ the iPod
by robbietussun - 6/23/06 8:11 AM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
iTunes has always struck me as easier to use than WMP, and I own an iPod, so for better or worse, its what I'm using for now.
WMA beta 11 is wonderful . . .
by evilsteev - 6/23/06 9:34 AM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I used to use MusicMatch or iTunes, but have since switched to WMA 11 (the beta) to handle my music library. I love the way it displays album art, making it beautiful. Also, it works extremely well with my Creative Zen Touch MP3 player. Synchronizing my library to the Player is a breeze. It is also linked with quite a few stores, all quite seamless. This new beta is a huge significant improvement on WMA 10.5. I understand this beta will also be (when final) a part of Vista, but it will also be useable with Windows XP (service pack 2). I'm not sure whether people with service pack 1 will be able to use it).
Sony/Connect is the best!!
by tomshotcash - 6/23/06 10:18 AM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Just started using the above 3 weeks ago; find it much better than MSN!
The sound quality is great, plus they have "specials" (buy one lp get one free, etc.)
I found it easy to use, after working with it.
Rhythmbox
by KevinCLovesU - 6/23/06 11:17 AM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Open source, included with Ubuntu, pretty good.
me too, now amaroK though
by anime4christ - 6/23/06 12:43 PM In reply to: Rhythmbox by KevinCLovesUyeah, I used to use XMMS a lot first, then Rhythmbox, but right noe I use amaroK the most.
WMP
by CathodeRayTube - 6/23/06 11:22 AM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i like windows media player the best because it looks good and is the eseyest to use. but its a royal PITA to set up the codecs and configureing it to play exotic formats like flac m4a or alac...but i rip and store all my music in WAV format anyway so thats not reely an issue...so i manly just play my ripped wav files and the usual DLed mp3s. it will play any video/audio format with the propor codecs...but iv been using VLC player to play most of my videos because it allows you to force the aspect ratio and de-interlace etc, wich wmp cant do as far as i know.
and i use vlc for playing the exotic files and for playing incomplete files etc. and i use foobar to convert any weird lossless files i may run into like flac or wmal to WAV so that my hardware mp3 player (DMC HD500) and WMP will accept them.
WMP does play wmalossless and APE formats without problems tho..it allsow plays m4a and aac via the nero codec nicley, but not alac.
allsow...
by CathodeRayTube - 6/23/06 11:25 AM In reply to: WMP by CathodeRayTubeallsow i dont like any of the library crap that ANY of the software players use, so i keep all my music in organised folders wich works out verry nicely.
Real Player (Super Pass)
by Denise Neve - 6/23/06 11:45 AM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Denise in UK
I use this player as I find it a mile better than Windows Media Player 10. I use the radio a lot and can find a much better selection of music that I like without interruptions from Ads etc. I don't have an iPod much as I would like one, and if I do want to download music I have only used Napster so far.
iTunes
by erratum5 - 6/23/06 12:03 PM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use iTunes and love it. It's platform independent, so windows users can play it, and its much easier to use and faster than windows media player. Aside from iTunes, I've also used Real Player, Windows Media Player, MusicMatch, and WinAmp. Overall, iTunes is my favorite, partly because it comes with its own, easy to use online music store.
Come on... how bout napster?
by whizkid - 6/23/06 1:01 PM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Napster, new one, not old... freakin rules!
music player
by audio_sorcerer - 6/23/06 1:07 PM In reply to: Which music-player software do you primarily use (and why)? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use JetAudio, as none of the others you mention, particularly the microsoft crap will accept and record an outside audio source. I am a professional audio engineer and I record many shows I mix on a minidisk, then transfer the best of the material to the computer for my personal archives before wiping and reuseing the minidisks and not one of the ones you mention allow this, so I found JetAudio, (I have also used Audicity but do not like it that much)
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