mp3 player

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-07-12 02:28pm

what are do use for an mp3 player? i'm downloading winamp 5.03, but i had bad luck with the previous version (2.x was great however)

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-07-12 02:29pm

Winamp 2.81, or winamp 3.0 usually. occasionally will use QCD player.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-07-12 02:31pm

Winamp 5.03 Usually, Media Player Classic Occasionally.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2004-07-12 02:37pm

Winamp 5.03: the use of system resources is much more reasonable than MusicMatch was.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-07-12 02:39pm

beyond hope wrote:Winamp 5.03: the use of system resources is much more reasonable than MusicMatch was.

thats exactly what i wanted to know. music match 8.2 vs winamp 5.03.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-07-12 02:44pm

I've begun to use winamp almost exclusively for mp3s, WinAmp 5 for video.

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2004-07-12 02:48pm

To give you an idea, I'm currently at about 50% system resources free. If I start WinAmp it drops to 45%, while with MusicMatch it drops to 36%. I've had a couple problems with MusicMatch: often it crashes with an illegal operation the first time I try to start it, and if I try using it with "watchfolders" enabled it just dies completely. The one thing I'll say in favor of it is that it does a better job of volume leveling than WinAmp does.

Basically, if I wasn't too lazy to learn how to use EAC to burn CDs, I'd already have uninstalled it.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-07-12 03:03pm

Winamp, I would use Itunes if it did't insist on installing and running an extra service.

I really hate that type of shit.

I run mp3 player approx 5% of the computer time then I dont want a service connected only to that ap running 100% of the time.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-07-12 05:03pm

iTunes 4.6

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-07-12 07:40pm

Winamp, Windows Media Player and Quicktime. Usually WMP (it takes the least effort, I just click the play all button, and it sounds exactly the same). I only use QT if that's all it will run in for some reason, or if I want to edit it.

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2004-07-12 09:48pm

WinAMP 2.91 for MP3 files; 5.03 is kind of buggy on my system (mostly centered around international font support; you probably won't have to deal with that). However, I use MPC for the occasional RA/AU/MOV audio, and Zoom Player for any video.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2004-07-12 11:22pm

Winamp 5.x pro.