Decent mp3/music player?

[FnG]magnolia · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:30

Hi all,

Currently using MCP Home Cinema + FFDshow for visual stuff but wondered what I should be using for playing mp3s and so on? Is Winamp still top of the tree or have things changed a bit since I last looked at this?

Advice welcome :-)

MarcLister · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:37

Winamp still decent but I must advertise Songbird. Did you know OcUK has its own official Songbird thread?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17952108

Also something called Foobar is OK I suppose.

[FnG]magnolia · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:46

Thank you, sir. Songbird is being d/l'd as I type.

MarcLister · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:50

Excellente.

Post in the Songbird thread when you've tried it. Like what you think and if you need any help with anything.

[FnG]magnolia · 14 Dec 2008 at 15:59

Vested interest or just very helpful?

MarcLister · 14 Dec 2008 at 16:04

Ah. Erm.

A little of both.

pingwing · 14 Dec 2008 at 16:19

hahaha, sorry but for the windows platform winamp is still just about king....

(still impressed with songbird now its finally gotten to a nice release)

Greenlizard0 · 14 Dec 2008 at 16:26

What is this songbird malarky.....

Odd question but here's as good place to ask it if anything..can the music program affect sound quality? If so, what's best for churning out the old mp3's?

Matteysan · 14 Dec 2008 at 16:32

Winamp most definitely nothing is easier to use than Winamp in my opinion

LeperousDust · 14 Dec 2008 at 16:32

Nope programs don't affect sound quality. And it saddens me no-one seems to actually try MediaMonkey since its better than songbird atm

But Songbird has more potential i'm willing to admit...

MarcLister · 14 Dec 2008 at 16:33

Greenlizard0 said:
What is this songbird malarky.....

Official OcUK Songbird thread / Songbird site

Greenlizard0 said:
Odd question but here's as good place to ask it if anything..can the music program affect sound quality? If so, what's best for churning out the old mp3's?

Not 100% sure but I think it depends on the decoding dll file? Foobar is probably pretty good but I'm not sure that you'd hear a lot of difference between the most popular programs.

LeperousDust said:
Nope programs don't affect sound quality. And it saddens me no-one seems to actually try MediaMonkey since its better than songbird atm But Songbird has more potential i'm willing to admit...

MediaMonkey? Never heard of it!

LeperousDust · 14 Dec 2008 at 17:36

http://foobar2000.org/?page=FAQ

See the last question, basically if foobar say theres no difference, i pretty much assume theres no difference

Hxc · 14 Dec 2008 at 18:38

Is songbird remotely good now? I mean, can it deal with large playlists without having a fit? It was worse than iTunes (which is horrific) last time I tried it...

MarcLister · 14 Dec 2008 at 18:56

It is much better than when I last tried it. Think it was 0.3 or something. How large a playlist are we talking about? Let me know and I'll knock a playlist up that size, if I've got enough songs, and see what happens.

And it was a fit was it?

Hxc · 14 Dec 2008 at 18:58

Talking about a 8,000+ song playlist, probably a bit larger if I include live stuff.

MarcLister · 14 Dec 2008 at 19:13

Hxc said:
Talking about a 8,000+ song playlist, probably a bit larger if I include live stuff.

6,560 I can do.

Kobrakai · 14 Dec 2008 at 19:14

Winamp > All

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LeperousDust · 14 Dec 2008 at 19:20

It's not as quick as MediaMonkey when it comes to massive music librarys

I'm pooing on you're thread mind

Thats actually the main reason along with decent autoDJ that i'd miss that hold me back. It took FOREVER to read all my music at least 10 times longer than MediaMonkey I'd say... Mental really. It's got a long way to come but as i say its only 1.0 and its amazing really with lots of potential!

flamezmack · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:31

Winamp all the way

LeperousDust · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:59

flamezmack said:
Winamp all the way

If you're in the 90's yeah, why whats it got to offer now days

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