Winamp 3 gets the chop.
 

Ok. Winamp 3 finally pissed me off for the last time today. It never seemed stable enough, messed with other apps, and could never randomize large playlists to my satisfaction. Before I rollback to 2, what do you guys use? I would like a simple interface, and skins aren't really a big issue. I want something to work, not look like "Buffy, season 3".

Thanks!

I use windows media player...

I don't know why nobody likes it.

Media Jukebox from www.musicex.com. I feel it has the best library features of any MP3 player. It manages my 8000 track collection with no problems.

I've never had stability options as far as winamp goes...weird.

I've been using CoolPlayer. I changed the default theme to the osX rip off.

It's open source, and small... and it plays mp3s =)

http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/

Try CoolPlayer, its good :thumbsup:

i use version 2 of winamp.......i too got pissed at winamp 3 f)(#% up all the time....just go on and get the old version...its stable as hell

Winamp v2.9 works much better than 3 and hasn't once caused me any trouble. The internet radio/tv option with alt+L is kind of cool too, usually something interesting on there.

iv stuck to winamp2, cos some of my old pref's i couldnt find on 3. so im still usin it. i used to use sonique many years ago, but that sorta lost its way.

Winamp 2.8. I couldn't be bothered to keep upgrading anymore and it works just fine.

winamp 2.91 i believe.

using the 'old' instead of the ver 3 by choice. why change what works nearly perfectly? :)

Winamp 2.91 most of the time... I also sometimes use an old version of sonique which also does the job, I like Sonique better, but WinAmp is the system standart over here... so ::shrugs::

winamp 2

i have tried winamp 3 many times and always end up switching back.

winamp all the way

wm 3 is simply too resource-hogging

Thanks for all of the replies! Going to try Coolplayer, then go back to WA2 if I don't care for it. Coolplayer looks...well...cool!

Winamp 2.91.. the best.

iTunes :D

Winamp 2.91 seems to have the best features of Winamp 3 without the instability and resource-hogging nature of it's "newer" revision.

I really like Music Match Jukebox its not free for all the features but i love the full features it has.....

I am a fan of foobar2000 myself, if skins /really/ isnt your kind of thing.

http://foobar2000.hydrogenaudio.org

I use windows media player and love it, plus don't have to install crap, it comes with windows and don't have to shell out any more money...

MusicMatch Jukebox

No better way to listen, rip, burn, and organize your MP3's.

Winamp sucks worse than Media Player.

QCD best player available.. check the cnet ratings..

www.quinnware.com

XMMS.

For windows v2 of winamp is fine. Unobtrusive. That's what I'm lookin for.

WA 2.91
I like it more now that you can watch divix videos too now.

I've never found a easier player to use. Others make playlists a pain in the ass.

Another vote for Winamp 2.91

Media browser is a nice add-on. Tried version 3 and just didn't like the feel/couldn't find a skin I liked. Didn't think it was worth keeps so rolled back to 2.91.

i gave winamp 3 the boot today. went back to god old 2.91 :D

I think my favourite PC jukebox program is Media Jukebox. Rock solid, and great management tools. Winamp 2.x for casually playing single mp3s (winamp 3.x is too bloated for me). My fave player is iTunes though ;)

I am usint winamp 2.79 because it plays mp3's and That's all I really need it to do. Also I don't tend to upgrade my software unless it has a feature I really need.

windows media player and winamp 2.x lite are both installed on my system, i dont care if i have an all in one media player, i use winamp for mp3 only and the wmp for everything else.

that's 2 ;)

Winamp 2.78 is what I have used for quite some time. It plays MP3's, thats all I need. Winamp 3 core dumps on every machine I have installed it on when I try to enqueue songs. Besides some of the cooler features such as the transparency, I don't see any reason to use the 3.x. Besides, IMHO it seems that they only come out with new versions when they want to change the tracking bugs that come with it. On the same note, I just simply dont trust the windows media player.

winamp 3 has never given me any trouble at all. i like it cuz its very lean and mean. not bloated like music match or win media player. im waiting for the bugs to be worked out of sonique 2, then ill use that primarily.

Winamp 2.9beta2 and Jet Audio on my PC
iTunes on my Mac laptop

Winamp 2.91 for me. Its fast, small, don't choke my system. It is eveything i need.

iTunes on Mac (fav)
XMMS on Linux
WA3 on Windows (never had a prob with it)

Although I am checking out QCD now - it looks pretty nice!

I use a mix between Windows Media Player and Winamp 2.91.
Windows Media Player is just so closely integrated I just said
to hell with it and went with that. Usually I play albums with that,
and when I play sample music from Winamp, which is just as
much since I'm always listening to new music.

I don't care for MusicMatch Jukebox much. QCD didn't seem
anything interesting and the interface confused me. Cool Player
I tried a long time ago, but I can't remember much about it. Eh.

I have Winamp 2.8. I've used WA3 and thought it sucked.

CoolPlayer > *