Which MP3 player?

[DEL 707]

I've upgraded to Windows 10, been using Groove music, but I'm after a bit more versatile MP3 player.

I always used to use WinAmp, but I'm wondering if anyone can reommend an alternative?

 

[Nick1881]

Jriver Media Centre is my favourite player, it is paid for though. Foobar is free but doesn't look that great as standard, I've seen people make it look amazing with addons but I could never get it looking that great.

 

[KIA]

Clementine or MediaMonkey.

 

[MikeTheNative]

Musicbee used to use it for my music but I just use Spotify now. I do still use it for podcasts though.

 

[Liquiduk]

I solely use Spotify at this point, importing my offline music in to playlists etc.

 

[bsoltan]

Musicbee here too.

 

[MouthBoy]

I use musicbee myself.

I have all my music in folders (# - Z), and sub folders for soundtracks etc. I use the 'library' column and just browse my PC for the music. Saves me having to ensure all my music is tagged correctly.

 

[Cromulent]

I use VLC myself. Small, light weight, plays any audio or video file you can possibly throw at it and it works on Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.

If that doesn't float your boat then foobar2000 is another brilliant option.

One question I do have though is why you are still using MP3? I can understand it for tracks you already have but if you are ripping CDs and you want a lossy codec then Ogg Vorbis or AAC offer much better sound quality for the same bit rate. Of course you could go even better than that and use a lossless codec like FLAC which is identical in quality to the CD you are ripping.

Edit: One important point though is that you can't convert from MP3 to AAC or Ogg Vorbis (well technically you can but you'll lose even more sound quality). You should re-rip your CDs if you want to change to those. Or better yet rip the CDs to FLAC and then keep the FLAC files and make a copy in Ogg Vorbis or AAC for your mobile phone.