What is your favorite music player on your computer?

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#1 PEELEDbanana
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I am still using iTunes (on Windows), mostly because I got resources to kill and I have been using it forever. I am rather curious what everyone is using.

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#2 Fightingfan
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iTunes. I got a Hexacore, 8gb ddr3 I can afford to 'waste resources'.

I just like the layout, and I have an itouch.

*I just checked. My CPU usage goes up 2% and my ram goes up by 1% how is that unoptimized?

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#3 Bikouchu35
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Itunes > apple lossless :) and windows media or wm classic on samples.

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#4 Blade8Aus
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On Windows: foobar2000 --So fast!

On KDE: Amarok --Godly Interface!

On GNOME, I use Audacious, which is like foobar2000.

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#5 Fightingfan
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Itunes > apple lossless :) and windows media or wm classic on samples.

Bikouchu35

Wouldn't flac or .ape be a higher quality audio format?

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#6 IcyToasters
Member since 2007 • 12476 Posts

I just use iTunes. There's nothing huge wrong with it that I see.

And I've got some iPods. :p

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#7 Celldrax
Member since 2005 • 15053 Posts

Media Player. It does what I need it to do.

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#8 soulless4now
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I've been using Windows Media Player forever.

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#9 JigglyWiggly_
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Prolly windows media player, it's fairly good.
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#10 Bikouchu35
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[QUOTE="Bikouchu35"]

Itunes > apple lossless :) and windows media or wm classic on samples.

Fightingfan

Wouldn't flac or .ape be a higher quality audio format?

flac and alac are the same, just that the former works with everything else and the latter only works on apple stuff, apple logic. The files retain the same bloated size which Im having trouble managing on the phone, sad. Wav is even higher which I believe is uncompress but in terms in sq that doesnt make difference at all compare to compressed lossless.

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#11 Fightingfan
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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]

[QUOTE="Bikouchu35"]

Itunes > apple lossless :) and windows media or wm classic on samples.

Bikouchu35

Wouldn't flac or .ape be a higher quality audio format?

flac and alac are the same, just that the former works with everything else and the latter only works on apple stuff, apple logic. The files retain the same bloated size which Im having trouble managing on the phone, sad. Wav is even higher which I believe is uncompress but in terms in sq that doesnt make difference at all compare to compressed lossless.

Main issue here as well, can't load-up a cell phone with window's loseless file format(Name escapes me at this moment).
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I am still of the mindset from some years back that iTunes was a massive resource hog that did nothing but waste time. It has always worked well for me and I am still tethered to my iPod classic as Apple is the only one still making HDD mp3 players (hell, they are the only ones making quality mp3 players at all!).

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#13 CHOASXIII
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I just use iTunes. I don't need some special hipster program.

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#14 yellosnolvr
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itunes solely because i own an itouch.
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#15 Bikouchu35
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Main issue here as well, can't load-up a cell phone with window's loseless file format(Name escapes me at this moment).Fightingfan

I sometimes question myself if Im an idiot if I stick around for the next iproduct when an android can play flac without the tedious chore of converting. My biggest jab is the lack of sd slot grr.

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#16 themajormayor
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I use winamp right now cause it plays flac files.

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#17 deactivated-58a5e8ead9efe
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I have Zune. It's a good media player imo, and it can stream music onto my 360.

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#18 Fightingfan
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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"] Main issue here as well, can't load-up a cell phone with window's loseless file format(Name escapes me at this moment).Bikouchu35

I sometimes question myself if Im an idiot if I stick around for the next iproduct when an android can play flac without the tedious chore of converting. My biggest jab is the lack of sd slot grr.

Ha, I hate that crap too. I have a few m4a. files laying in my music collection and it's annoying not all Android(manufacturer) support(tags) that file.
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#19 Devil-Itachi
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Foobar2000 under Windows and Sonata under Linux.
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#20 PernicioEnigma
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On Windows: foobar2000 --So fast!

On KDE: Amarok --Godly Interface!

On GNOME, I use Audacious, which is like foobar2000.

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Pretty much this. ITunes is a piece of ****.
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#21 keno570
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I got Winamp, I like its interface.
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#22 DJ_Headshot
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Foobar2000 for me its the best media player simple but very tweakable and gets the job done with very minimal resource usage. Also I really prefer organizing and viewing my music by folder view and foobar does this the best for me.
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#23 ColdExistence
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foobar

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#24 DJ_Headshot
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I am still of the mindset from some years back that iTunes was a massive resource hog that did nothing but waste time. It has always worked well for me and I am still tethered to my iPod classic as Apple is the only one still making HDD mp3 players (hell, they are the only ones making quality mp3 players at all!).

PEELEDbanana
That's now true at all COWON J3,Sansa Clip+, and Zune are all quality mp3 players.
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#25 Palantas
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Are there people here talking about music players being fast? I didn't know fastness was an issue with music players in the last ten years. You just click on the song and it plays. I guess Palantas is not an audiophile.

I just use iTunes. I don't need some special hipster program.

CHOASXIII

I have a Zune Pass, and use Zune for the same reason.

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#26 Fandangle
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Winamp

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#27 bigbeebis
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Winamp
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#28 Hellsy_PK
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iTunes because it's easy to sort my music the way I want it, find music easily and because I have an iPod.

That being said, I have been using Winamp occasionally because it's not such a resource hog, but I cannot be bothered updating both media players whenever I get a new album, so I just stick to iTunes.

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#29 taterfrickintot
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on my windows desktop i use windows media player. very lightwight program with a wonderful UI. especially with Win7.

on my macbook i use iTunes. iTunes is lame as hell on windows, but runs fantastically on my mac for obvious reasons. i like the UI for it a lot too.

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#30 APiranhaAteMyVa
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MediaMonkey, it is pretty awesome at organising music, really stable and very fast. I have used Windows Media Player, iTunes, Winamp and Foobar, but overall I prefer MediaMonkey,
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#31 Kcinz
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I use iTunes since it's the only mediaplayer I really need :/
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#32 criminalscum87
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iTunes because I HAD and iPod until I lost it.

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#33 Jackc8
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I use Windows Media Player. It's a piece of crap that takes forever to load, but I almost never listen to music on my computer anyway.

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#34 gamefree2
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iTunes. I don't know why I keep using it though. I have to keep closing it and starting it up again frequently because it likes to freeze after a couple of songs.
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#35 markop2003
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Foobar2000, everything else is incredibly slow at searching. iTunes is slow to the point of unusability.
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#36 Commander-Gree
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Winamp. I like the customization.
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#37 Loegi
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Foobar, mainly because I needed it to play some weird filetype, and couldn't find a plugin for winamp.
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#38 T_REX305
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Windows media player or itunes.

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#39 travisstaggs
Member since 2008 • 10562 Posts

Windows Media Player for music.

VLC for videos.

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#40 Feryraiser
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I've been using Windows Media Player forever.

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This.

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#41 tjricardo089
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I only use my phone to listen to music. Otherwise I'll just listen to my playlists on YouTube.

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#42 Cloud_765
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Eh, I'm find with Windows Media Player.
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#43 aaronmullan
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I just use WMP. iTunes is annoyingly stupid.
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#44 katana_duo
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Windows Media. No need for anything else.
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#45 PEELEDbanana
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[QUOTE="PEELEDbanana"]

I am still of the mindset from some years back that iTunes was a massive resource hog that did nothing but waste time. It has always worked well for me and I am still tethered to my iPod classic as Apple is the only one still making HDD mp3 players (hell, they are the only ones making quality mp3 players at all!).

DJ_Headshot
That's now true at all COWON J3,Sansa Clip+, and Zune are all quality mp3 players.

Those are all flash storage (which still is too low as I like to have all my music with me), and I had a zune for awhile, but it had a defective battery. That is besides the point, they don't make Zunes anymore (to my knowledge).
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#46 one_plum
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Winamp

I love to put Milkdrop visualizations in desktop mode.

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#47 -Toshy-
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Only have windows media player. Come at me foobar2000 users.
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#48 helwa1988
Member since 2007 • 2157 Posts

ive been using vlc a lot lately.

i have itunes but i only use it for syncing with my ipod.

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#49 flipin_jackass
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WMP. I don't really play music on my PC these days though. I used to use iTunes or Winamp during high school and college for those late nights doing assignments last minute.
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#50 fantasyfacade
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iTunes, since I have an iPod all my music is there.