Good mp3 players

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-03-05 02:54am

Does anyone know some good mp3 players I could download?

My Winamp is no longer running, and Windows Media Player is just horrible,

Is there anywhere good I could get something from?

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-03-05 02:56am

What version of Winamp are you running? 5?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-03-05 03:02am

Crayz9000 wrote:What version of Winamp are you running? 5?

Yes I was, for some reason it keeps crashing. Taking half my computer with it.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2004-03-05 03:04am

Personally I like iTunes. It's slick, clean, and works better than Winamp ever did for me.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-03-05 03:07am

Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:Personally I like iTunes. It's slick, clean, and works better than Winamp ever did for me.

Is that the thing where you have to pay for the music?

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2004-03-05 03:12am

No, that's the iTunes music store. The player is free.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-03-05 03:15am

I tried iTunes once, but for some reason the sound quality was bad enough for me to think about ripping my ears off.

Anyway, currently I use Winamp 5. Working like a dream for me.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-03-05 03:27am

Does iTunes run on Win98?

I don't see an option for it in the download options.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-03-05 03:28am

Did you try uninstalling Winamp and then reinstalling it? Whenever Winamp has given me trouble, that usually fixes it.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-03-05 02:20pm

And if you absolutely can't make Winamp 5 run then I suggest you try Winamp classic.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2004-03-05 02:22pm

Musicmatch jukebox!!

dunno how it compares to winamp, but it completely trashes windows media player.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-03-05 02:36pm

i'd recommend the QCD Player. i downloaded it awhile ago and it works quite nicely, having an easy to use interface that's comparable to winamp. it doesn't have all the features winamp does, but it does have some bonuses that winamp doesn't, like being able to convert .ogg files to .mp3 and vice versa.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-03-05 02:58pm

iTunes is for Windows 2000/XP only.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-03-05 03:11pm

Personally i use Music Match Jukebox (Bog standard free version) combined with Creative Media Centre (for the EAX effects).

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-03-05 10:09pm

Try uninstalling Winamp (and deleting the whole dir).

Then reinstall it. In theory, it'll work again...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-03-05 11:04pm

WA5 is a decent player, as is iTunes -- both use the same codec for playback.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-03-06 02:06am

I've tried MusicMatch Jukebox, but IMO it's too clumsy and bloated.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-03-06 02:08am

iTunes is kinda bloated too. No simple "shift/ctrl select a bunch of songs, set repeat and shuffle, listen away" like Winamp does.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2004-03-06 04:02am

Shinova wrote:iTunes is kinda bloated too. No simple "shift/ctrl select a bunch of songs, set repeat and shuffle, listen away" like Winamp does.

True, but I really like the way it sorts by artist and album, and the auto re-naming of files, proper volume determination, and nifty features like that. I could never go back to Winamp.

Johonebesus · Post by **Johonebesus** » 2004-03-06 06:21am

Try Winamp 2.91. With a few of plugins, it can do almost everything that 5 can do, and I've never had a problem with it.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-03-07 05:56pm

I use beep. Essentially XMMS w/ GTK2.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-03-07 07:08pm

Pu-239 wrote:I use beep. Essentially XMMS w/ GTK2.

Is there a win32 port?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-03-07 08:36pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:
Pu-239 wrote:I use beep. Essentially XMMS w/ GTK2.
Is there a win32 port?

No. What'd be the point? XMMS is more or less a clone of Winamp, anyways.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-03-07 09:30pm

phongn wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:
Pu-239 wrote:I use beep. Essentially XMMS w/ GTK2.
Is there a win32 port?
No. What'd be the point? XMMS is more or less a clone of Winamp, anyways.

Oh ok...

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Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-03-07 09:38pm

Darth_Zod wrote:i'd recommend the QCD Player. i downloaded it awhile ago and it works quite nicely, having an easy to use interface that's comparable to winamp. it doesn't have all the features winamp does, but it does have some bonuses that winamp doesn't, like being able to convert .ogg files to .mp3 and vice versa.

I'm using that now. Thanks man.