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02-15-2006, 09:30 AM
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Psycho
Location: Metro Detroit, Mich, USA
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What media player do you use?
Subject says it all. I've been using Winamp5 for a year or two now, using it more recently to play videos and such more than MP3's. Is there anything new or interesting (and free!) that I should try out? I was thinking of downloading iTunes for its CD ripping capabilities, although I want a straight MP3 rip without any DRM wrapping it up (and I wanna play it on my PSP!). Any suggestions?
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02-15-2006, 10:54 AM
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Pup no More
Location: Voted the Best
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I've used WinAmp for a good long time for both videos and audio ... it's been good to me (especially with the plugin to sync my Nano)
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02-15-2006, 11:35 AM
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I got blisters on me fingers!!!
Location: In my stressless expectation free zone.
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winamp since at least 1997, but i have switched to itunes now that i split my comptuer time between a mac and a pc.
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02-15-2006, 11:49 AM
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Junkie
Location: Connecticut
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foobar for music, Media Player Classic for video. foobar2000 is a no-nonsense media player that supports virtually any format, and has a very small memory footprint. Likewise, MPC (link) is a modified version of Windows Media Player v 6, which isn't as bloated as other video players
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less I say, smarter I am Last edited by meembo; 02-15-2006 at 11:51 AM.. |
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02-15-2006, 01:30 PM
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Location: Chicago
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Winamp or XMMS for audio
VLC or BSPlayer for video I don't think I need to explain Winamp or XMMS. VLC is great because it's very lightweight and can play pretty much anything, even if you DON'T have the codecs installed. It is also great for watching video with AC3 5.1 audio. However, I use BSPlayer when I can because of two things. Primarily, I dislike that VLC doesn't support using the arrow keys to jump ahead and behind at small increments. Less importantly, I like the aesthetic of BSPlayer: the video "window" is all by itself with absolutely nothing around it, and the mouse's scrollwheel can be used to zoom in and out in small increments.
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02-15-2006, 01:55 PM
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Psycho
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I decided to just copy out of a table that I made from my website for this
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<table style="width: 100%; text-align: left;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Software <br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">os X [Apple]<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Linux </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Windows<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Audio Player <br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> iTunes<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://xmms.org">xmms<br> </a></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">winamp<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">cd ripper <br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"> Max<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Grip<br> </a></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">DB-Poweramp [before it became shareware]<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Video player<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.videolan.org">VLC</a><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">xine; mplayer<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">media player classic, <a href="http://www.videolan.org/">VLC</a> </td> </tr> <br> </tbody> </table> cya, will.
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02-15-2006, 02:32 PM
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Cosmically Curious
Location: Chicago, IL
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Winamp for anything audio related, VLC and BS Player for video.
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02-15-2006, 06:53 PM
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Insane
Location: Somewhere
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For video, I still use a combination of Windows Media Player/Quicktime/Real Player. I haven't found a player that can handle all of the different formats while still being stable. |
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02-16-2006, 05:52 AM
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Upright
Location: Montreal, Canada
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VLC on Mac and Pc (love VLC). WinAmp for audio on PC and iTunes on Mac. :-)
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03-03-2006, 08:55 PM
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Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Location: right here of course
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Foobr2000 is my only choice for music - it is the only interface that I can tolerate for more than five seconds and it is supports every codec that is in my collection 'out of the box',
not that picky about the very few videos I watch on the computers.
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03-04-2006, 02:06 AM
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Junkie
Location: San Francisco
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Winamp.. not because I like it, but because everything else I've tried is worse.
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03-05-2006, 12:58 AM
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Crazy
Location: Charlotte, NC
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I use Windows Media Player for both Audio and Video, however, I am not sure I haven't seen this anywhere else, but.....
Windows Media Player doesn't have mp3 ripping capabilities by itself, but if you just install iTunes and load it once, it installs a DRM-less mpe codec in Windows Media Player, so that you can rip mp3's without any issue in WMP. Is there any other cool shortcuts that may be out there to use?
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03-06-2006, 07:39 AM
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Psycho
Location: Texas
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Audio: Winamp (http://www.winamp.com/)
Video: Media Player Classic (http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli) Ripper: CDex (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/) Don't forget the codecs, what good is that 200 gigs of pron you just DL'ed if you don't have the codecs to see 1/2 of it :P K-Lite Codec Pack (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm) I use winamp cause I like the media library... that and it doesnt send its shit to MS every 30 seconds... I use media player classic and CDex because they are simple and no frills.. they get the job done and do exactly what I need of them.. nothing more.. nothing less
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03-07-2006, 05:56 PM
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Rookie
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Audio - Winamp
Video - WinAmp or VLC
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04-15-2006, 04:28 PM
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Junkie
Location: San Francisco
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I think foobar2000 has finally won me over. With 0.9 and the Columns UI what was the dealbreaker, the lack of a volume control in the main window, is finally fixed. I actually spent an hour unsuccessfully trying to add one to 0.8 before I noticed the new versions. It's the only player I've used that plays long continuous audio acceptably: if split into seperate files, foobar actually does gapless playback properly (that was the thing that killed me about every media player before), and if in one big file, the cuesheet tracklisting is very handy. But in 0.9 they seem to have taken out some useful plugins like AC-3 decoding for DVD rips from the default install. It's also great for converting formats, for me usually FLAC rips to something lossy and smaller for convenience. Now I just have to make browsing the media library more like in Winamp and I'll be set.
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"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." --Abraham Lincoln Last edited by n0nsensical; 04-15-2006 at 11:24 PM.. |
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04-15-2006, 05:37 PM
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WaterDog
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CD's, multible songs: Rhapsody
single songs or misc audio files: Windows Media Player video: windows media player i did have winamp on my work computer (it came with it installed) (dell) but it was getting to be a pain, seemed to take a hair longer to load up as opposed to WMP, soo i trashed it... i open and close alot for work with sfxs
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04-15-2006, 07:04 PM
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Devils Cabana Boy
Location: Central Coast CA
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Any music I use Winamp (latest version)
For movies, I use a combination of BSplayer (v 1.22) and media player classic (latest version) and on occasion I use VLC. I have a dual monitor setup and BSplayer is nice for that, you have a small control window and then the actual player window.
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05-02-2006, 08:10 AM
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Crazy
Location: Bath, UK
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I can't decide on a music player, I want small and simple. Something like itunes but without the bloat. Something like foobar but without the faff.
For video its Media Player Classic, fast, good interface, no bloat.
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05-02-2006, 08:41 AM
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Lover - Protector - Teacher
Location: Seattle, WA
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