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07-13-2008, 04:24 PM
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Alternative media player to WMP 11?
As the title asks, is there an alternative to Windows Media Player that works well with very large collections??
I have always liked WMP 11 in the past but now that I have in excess of 165GB of MP3 music, WMP 11 has become very slow. I need a solution.
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07-13-2008, 04:29 PM
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07-13-2008, 04:43 PM
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I use iTunes for my music needs.
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07-13-2008, 06:08 PM
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I've used iTunes and foobar2000. Of the two I prefer foobar2000. While it is less fancy than iTunes or WMP, it has better sound quality and is very functional.
http://www.foobar2000.org/
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07-14-2008, 12:53 AM
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I use Winamp.
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07-14-2008, 07:27 AM
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Winamp is my go-to media player.
I have been meesing around with Mediamonkey http://www.mediamonkey.com/ too. I haven't used it too much, but it seems very capable of sorting through large collections, Bigred CC Dually. |
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07-14-2008, 07:06 PM
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Winamp seems to be the popular freebee, along with iTunes.
VLC is good as a media file player, rather than for library management.
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07-14-2008, 07:28 PM
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Thanks for the reply's folks, now I just need to make a decision. Based on the feedback and personal experiences of the posters, Winamp seems to be the one to go with.
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