Which Music Player are you using?

Jihad said:
Grr I really do like foobar but it just refuses to work with my album art so the skins look real plain.
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Sorry, why the fuss about seeing album art? Seems a trivial feature to me. Same for skinning, just don't see the need for it.
 
I use Foobar too, as it is simple. I only listen to albums anyway so the way that that is organised through the library by artist makes it dead easy. In my view the other media players offer too many options for my use.
 
Using foobar here too. tbh it can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be. Mines like this and i love it.

 
james.miller said:
ipods arent function over form? :confused: if peopel cant find a folder named "music" on a hard drive then i would hold much hope of them finding anything on an mp3 player, ipod or anythign else lol
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So you belive that iPods look better than they perform as an MP3 player?
If they were bad MP3 players, they wouldnt sell.
Its not about people being able to rename stuff or how easy it is to copy/paste, its about how easy and convienient it is to just plug in and let it do all the work. Its 2 step to putting music on your players compared with 5+.

Dont get me wrong, i can see your viewpoint, one of my mates has the exact same viewpoint as you, and ive had many a discussion with him on the subject.
But i for one, and im sure hundreds of thousends more agree, that the beauty of iPods isnt the looks. Its the ease. Thats the attraction, thats what makes it good.
Its cynical ignorence to think that its all about the looks.
 
beh said:
Sorry, why the fuss about seeing album art? Seems a trivial feature to me. Same for skinning, just don't see the need for it.
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Well I like using Foobar skins but they never read embedded album art and it makes the skins overall look dull, pretty much why. :(
 
MarcLister said:
I've just installed it. What language are you using with it? English US? I tried to select English UK but Songbird couldn't download some rdf file?
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Yea I had that same problem as well, just left it on English US at the moment. I'll have a look for the rdf file later to see if I can do some sort of manual install. How are you getting on with it?
 
BoomAM said:
So you belive that iPods look better than they perform as an MP3 player?
If they were bad MP3 players, they wouldnt sell.
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yes i do:) my d2 is superior to a nano in every single way bar looks. its naive to think ipods arent geared toward looks over function. because there are certainly better sounding, longer lasting, better players with better displays, better codec support and better manufacturer support:)
 
james.miller said:
yes i do:) my d2 is superior to a nano in every single way bar looks. its naive to think ipods arent geared toward looks over function. because there are certainly better sounding, longer lasting, better players with better displays, better codec support and better manufacturer support:)
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Naive? No, not at all.
I can simply recongise that theres more to them than that.

You are obviously bias against iPods, but whatever it is, the fact that your discounting all the valid, and true points, and just grasping at the one critisism, shows that bias quite well.

If you cant accept that one of the key features of iPods that makes them good, thats partially responsible for their success, is the ease of use that eclipses all other players at the moment, then i see no point in continuing futher with you.
 
BoomAM said:
Naive? No, not at all.
I can simply recongise that theres more to them than that.

You are obviously bias against iPods, but whatever it is, the fact that your discounting all the valid, and true points, and just grasping at the one critisism, shows that bias quite well.

If you cant accept that one of the key features of iPods that makes them good, thats partially responsible for their success, is the ease of use that eclipses all other players at the moment, then i see no point in continuing futher with you.
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i have no great bias against ipods :confused: that just shows how far you are willing to go to prove a point. if ipod's looked like any other player how many people would buy them? i can't critisize any aspect of them apart from being over priced, some models scratch too easily, some models have apauling sound....ok maybe thats a few (key) aspects that can easily be critisized.

The fact is, you are willing to ignore everything ive said because of your one valid point. battery life, sound quality, build quality, the screen...all of that. apple's success lies predominantly its its marketing. who else could a company charge so much for its products (imac, macbook pro, ipod) and sell them as well? (and dont even try to suggest i have a bias against apple, i wouldnt be looking at said macbook pro if i did)

I have no bios towards any companies. frankly you, BoomAM, should know that by now. if you dont see any need to carry on a conversation then thats fine. its no real lose to me. i tell it as it is from my own experiance. *** brand loyalty as they say - it does nothing for us customers and they only want our money. I don't buy into that, i gbuy to get the best for my money.

just grasping at the one critisism, shows that bias quite well
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as i said, you ignored everything else i said. battery life, sound quality, price, build quality, codec support. they are all things that other players do better and in the case of my d2 and an ipod nano, the d2 does it ALL better. one critisism?
 
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james.miller said:
if ipod's looked like any other player how many people would buy them?
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Me! But not if it was super mega turbo mix ugly. :cool:

Thinking of getting a new player later this year actually, need to get a PSP/8800GTX/Quad-Core/TV too though. :o
 
james.miller said:
i have no great bias against ipods :confused: that just shows how far you are willing to go to prove a point. if ipod's looked like any other player how many people would buy them? i can't critisize any aspect of them apart from being over priced, some models scratch too easily, some models have apauling sound....ok maybe thats a few (key) aspects that can easily be critisized.
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You didnt bring up any of those. You focused on looks.
Its all very well bring it up now you've been challenged.;)

I have no bios towards any companies.
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...but you've definatelly got bias against.
You cant even recognise the starting point of this discussion, and thats the ease of use of iPod/iTunes compared to all other competitors, which as you claim to 'tell it as it is', you dont seem to be able to admit that.


as i said, you ignored everything else i said. battery life, sound quality, price, build quality, codec support. they are all things that other players do better and in the case of my d2 and an ipod nano, the d2 does it ALL better. one critisism?
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The D2 doesnt do it all better. It still suffers from the same flaw every other player does, ease of putting music on it.

And how can i ignore these points when you've never made them!
Where have you made those points!? You havnt!?
 
Jihad said:
Me! But not if it was super mega turbo mix ugly. :cool:
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:D

i know a LOT of people who have bought ipods on looks alone. much the same as a great deal of people i know will buy a phone based on its looks first and function last. why else would people buy motorols :p

i have no problem with that:) i dont care that mine looks like a brick either, as long as it does what i want it to do, whos to complain?
 
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