What do you use to play music on Windows?

Speed · 21 Dec 2013 at 10:46

iTunes and Spotify. I only use the latter for as long as I can stand the awful and very repetitive adverts.

bledd. said:
iTunes is dreadful on Windows. So much junk comes with it.

That would matter if we were still in 1999 where system resources were at a premium, as it stands it matters little.

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Dec 2013 at 10:59

iTunes on OSX but I like the radio channels on there.

lurkio · 21 Dec 2013 at 14:11

Foobar2000 , is pretty epic

Craig321 · 21 Dec 2013 at 14:13

marc2003 said:
foobar2000

chad · 21 Dec 2013 at 14:41

Foobar2000 and Google Music

Simian · 21 Dec 2013 at 16:23

Speed said:
iTunes and Spotify. I only use the latter for as long as I can stand the awful and very repetitive adverts.

That would matter if we were still in 1999 where system resources were at a premium, as it stands it matters little.

Yeah!, but I don't want all that extra crap installed on my machine!! What the hell is 'Bonjour' anyway!?!?!?

Speed · 21 Dec 2013 at 16:28

Simian said:
Yeah!, but I don't want all that extra crap installed on my machine!! What the hell is 'Bonjour' anyway!?!?!?

Like I say, most of us have very powerful systems and any extra software installed isn't going to cause any slow downs or issues. I know many have had problems with iTunes but the latest release is very stable and easy to use.

As for Bonjour, its been around since 2002, personally I have no problem with it. Here is the wiki page if you want to learn about what it does: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_(software)

I've used Winamp and the like in the past, most feel a bit dated these days. I guess the main reason for using iTunes is however the fact I have a few Apple devices and it just makes sense to keep it all in one place for convenience.

Stoner81 · 21 Dec 2013 at 16:38

Mediamonkey.

Stoner81.

Lartyconshayo · 21 Dec 2013 at 17:13

winamp for me

Matteysan · 21 Dec 2013 at 17:17

Used to use Winamp until Google music came along.

Craig321 · 21 Dec 2013 at 17:17

Speed said:
Like I say, most of us have very powerful systems and any extra software installed isn't going to cause any slow downs or issues. I know many have had problems with iTunes but the latest release is very stable and easy to use.

As for Bonjour, its been around since 2002, personally I have no problem with it. Here is the wiki page if you want to learn about what it does: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_(software)

I've used Winamp and the like in the past, most feel a bit dated these days. I guess the main reason for using iTunes is however the fact I have a few Apple devices and it just makes sense to keep it all in one place for convenience.

The problem is, if you look at it that way for all your software then your machine will slow down. I've known people that have 16GB RAM, SSD, quad core, etc. and because they don't keep on top of things the machine just gets slower and slower, Windows just can't handle it.

wazza300 · 21 Dec 2013 at 17:58

jetaudio with all the addons,nothing comes close,esp for bass

Calabi · 21 Dec 2013 at 18:59

Jaangle.

bledd · 21 Dec 2013 at 20:03

Speed said:
That would matter if we were still in 1999 where system resources were at a premium, as it stands it matters little.

No

Ryan-3 · 21 Dec 2013 at 20:14

Use WinAmp as it works well and is simple. Easily handles any of the stuff I import from my iTunes too.

IndexRated · 21 Dec 2013 at 20:24

Media Monkey Gold.

It's been a long time since I've tried any others though, Foobar, Winamp annoyed me to no end.

oll3h · 22 Dec 2013 at 10:29

Winamp!

malachi · 22 Dec 2013 at 11:07

Winamp since day one

ots3go · 22 Dec 2013 at 11:12

As a few above, was Winamp until GPMAA came along, wouldn't complain at a desktop player for it mind.

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atheos · 22 Dec 2013 at 19:40

Zune for offline

Google Music for online