Your MP3 Player

[IgWannA]

so what mp3 software do you guys use? personally i've switched from winamp to XMplay, solely because of how fast it loads up. for some reason winamp takes 5 or 6 seconds to fully load with the media library open and it frustrates me. however, i still use winamp for internet radio.

anyone know of any fast mp3 players which have a media library (and playlist)?

[TerminX]

Winamp loads in around a second here.. uninstall the plugins you aren't using and it'll speed up.

[Rellik66]

Winamp here for MP3's and streaming radio.
And I use either WMP or MPC for video formats

Here's a little Tweaking guide to help improve the startup speed of Winamp:

Like The Wind: Tips and tweaks for Your Winamp 5 (http://www.winampunlimited.com/like_the_wind/)

[Kevin Wolff]

I mostly use my iPod for music now...but I used to use XMMS but then it started messing up songs partway through for some reason, then Totem, which plays stuff correctly but likes to crash a lot. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

Thank god for the iPod...

[Ivan]

I use Windows Media Player for the computer and soon I'll be using my 20GB iPod.

Until my birthday I'll be listening my songs in my Sony diskman. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[Water12356]

Winamp if its on my PC, and I-tunes/I-pod if its on my I-pod.

[Wooloomooloo]

I use Winamp Lite.

[IgWannA]

wow what a difference using the classic skin makes http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif it now loads in under a second, but when i use modern skin it takes 5 seconds. why the hell would it take that much longer?? well anyway, i got a skin that looks just like the modern skin but works with the classic skin, so now i feel at home again http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif and winamp loads fast again, weeee

[NutWrench]

I use Winamp on the PC. I also have a 5 Gig Zen Micro and an older, 128 Meg MP3 player that doubles as a flash drive.

[Crispy Critters]

For MP3's, I use MusicMatch Jukebox. Most people seem to hate this player, but it feels odd not using it, as I've been using it since around version 2 or 3. I've been using Winamp for streaming audio. My portable MP3 player is a Zen NX 30GB.

[Droid]

itunes and foobar2000 if opening from explorer, as itune takes too long to load

[Roma Loom]

He-he... As I rarely turn my PC off I do not care how fast mp3 player loads-up...

Using Apollo. And about to switch to foobar2000...

[Odin]

Winamp 5.08.

I'm looking for a 2.73 so I can play it and my games won't lag.

[Rellik66]

Odin said:
I'm looking for a 2.73 so I can play it and my games won't lag.


http://www.winampheaven.net/

[Phait]

iTunes on my PC & Mac, but for quick MP3 loading on the PC I use Winamp

[Taril]

I use iTunes when listening to music on my computer, and my iPod for everywhere else.

[Geir]

I use windows media player and a 256 mb muvo slim

[Phait]

Dr. Emmett Brown said:
I use windows media player and a 256 mb muvo slim



Oh god, MuVo Slim.

I ***** mine over, and I'm not getting into how. There is a chance I can fix it, but bleh.

[Sephiroth]

I use xmms (compiled from source of course) and it runs flawlessly, as for moble I use my 1GB memstick pro and my PSP

[Joe Siegler]

Winamp 5 (paid for, too).

I also have iTunes and MusicMatch Jukebox here, but the majority of my stuff is Winamp 5.

MMJB I paid for several YEARS ago, so I continue to get the free upgrades.

My actual mp3 player hardware is a Rio s10. It's their lowest end player, I got a good deal on it at Sam's Club about a year ago when I bought it. I upgraded it with a 1Gb SD card, and it serves me quite well.

[IHerman]

Winamp. Simple, I'm used to it, and it's fast. No fancy skins or plugins.

I also have an iRiver with 256mb and a Clarion MP3 CD-player in my car.

[Mountain Man]

I use XMMS (http://www.xmms.org/) in Linux. For on the go, I use an iPod with an iTrip radio transmitter so I can listen through my car stereo during my daily commute.

[Bludd]

fb2k (http://www.foobar2000.org) with Otachan (http://www3.cypress.ne.jp/otachan/)'s asio output plugin (dll version).

[GOK]

DSD Jukebox (http://www.dsd-jukebox.de/) is a good Jukebox programme for parties when you don't want all sorts of peeps messing with your files/computer. It is not a standalone player and hooks it self into winamp (and other players I presume?) to actually play the files. There is an English page with minimal info on it but you would be better off translating the German pages using Google.

I get the feeling that DSD used Google for their own translation!
The Jukebox is a program, which changes a "normal" Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP computer to an adequate Jukebox, which provides independently or interactively on a party for music. Here various MP3 files are used, which the administrator can add when starting (or also automated) Jukebox archives. These files are then indicated in a list, from which the actual user of the party took his favourites into a playlist. The Jukebox is in such a way conceived the fact that she selects also alone songs according to the coincidence principle from the list and thus ensures a continuous music play.

[Steve]

Winamp.

[Mountain Man]

Since my last post, I've switched to the Beep Media Player (http://www.sosdg.org/~larne/w/BMP_Homepage), a more mature fork of the XMMS project.

Also, Firefox users will no doubt want to check out the FoxyTunes (https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=219&application=firefox) extension which gives you player controls at the bottom of your browser window.

[Night Hacker]

I use Winamp 5 Lite install. Loads real fast, plays everything I want. Plus I really like my winamp skin (woodamp).

[Wooloomooloo]

Mountain Man said:
Also, Firefox users will no doubt want to check out the FoxyTunes (https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=219&application=firefox) extension which gives you player controls at the bottom of your browser window.


For Winamp users, there's also a small program called Winamp Desk Band, which puts them on the task bar.

[Mountain Man]

Nice thing about FoxyTunes, it works with a variety of operating systems and music players.

[XPM]

I use XMMS (http://www.xmms.org/) & Beep Media Player (http://www.sosdg.org/~larne/w/BMP_Homepage) for playing MP3's, Wav, OGG and MPC Files.

I use VLC (http://www.videolan.org) for Movie files.

All running in Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog Linux (http://www.ubuntulinux.org/)

Heres a Screenshot:

http://img221.echo.cx/img221/4246/screenshot9xl.th.png (http://img221.echo.cx/my.php?image=screenshot9xl.png)

[XPM]

And whos to say that linux isnt a desktop OS?

http://img245.echo.cx/img245/6239/screenshot1vf.th.png (http://img245.echo.cx/my.php?image=screenshot1vf.png)

[ADM]

IHerman said:
Winamp. Simple, I'm used to it, and it's fast. No fancy skins or plugins.



Same. Winamp 5.08c -- probably abit out of date by now.. but no need to upgrade, it's fine as it is.

Use Winamp Classic skin since it loads quicker.

I have Winamp always minimized and FoxyTunes (Firefox plugin) as the GUI.

[Geo-King]

Sephiroth said:
I use xmms (compiled from source of course) and it runs flawlessly, as for moble I use my 1GB memstick pro and my PSP



Nice.

Winamp and VLC Player.

[Temp_user473]

winamp 2.95v
takes near 2mb of memory, loads fast http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

for movies mostly VLC, but sometimes media player.

[IwantMORE]

Eric19 said:
I use iTunes when listening to music on my computer, and my iPod for everywhere else.

[ZuljinRaynor]

Windows Media Player 10 on the computers with XP. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif
Windows Media Player 9 on the 98SE computer. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif
iPod 20GB on the go. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif