mundhra
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8/14/2006 at 15:55 |
i figured i'd throw this question out there to see if anyone had any suggestions for me...
my situation is that my windows install has basically become my primary OS on my primary machine. initially, i hadn't installed winamp on it because i figured wmp would be fine for the small amount of music playing i'd be doing. but wmp sucks ass. i'm considering installing winamp 2.x because i don't see the benefit to winamp 5.x (except less memory available).
what do you use and why?
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JohnLenin
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8/14/2006 at 16:35 |
real player.
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autoshoes
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8/14/2006 at 16:42 |
i use media player classic for video, and winamp for music.
i don't touch wmp at all anymore if i can help it.
I've recently moved to winamp 5, mainly for the ajaxamp plugin (it allows me to play my music collection that's at home on my work pc w/o actually copying the collection over).
if it weren't for that, i'd still be on v.2
overall, 5 is nicer than i expected, and you can just use it like you would 2 and you wouldn't notice you're using 5.
I've been using MediaMonkey to manage and tag my large (80+gb) music collection, and it looks to have a decent player/playlist creator, and does all the fancy sort/wahtever-by-tag functions that itunes seems to have, if you're into that sort of thing.
EDIT:
I've used foobar2000, and it's good too, especially the "sort by album" function (even if it doesn't always work 100%). damn I wish winamp had that.
On 2006-08-14 at 11:52:03, autoshoes wistfully remembered Bowie's codpiece in Labyrinth
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SexNinja
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8/14/2006 at 16:45 |
I use Winamp 5.21 because I don't give a fuck. It works and I've never noticed it sucking too much memory. However, I am planning on trying out foobar2000 sometime.
I like the MMD3 skin. I usually throw it up in the top corner of my screen and forget it.
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vasudeva
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8/14/2006 at 16:45 |
I find myself using FooBar2000 more than anything else. It handles a lot of nutty filetypes that otherwise you have to dig around for WinAmp plugins for and hope they work right. Plus apparently you can mod the hell out of the interface if you're a faggot with too much time on your hands.
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autoshoes: i use media player classic for video
Yes to this.
On 2006-08-14 at 11:47:17, vasudeva wistfully remembered Bowie's codpiece in Labyrinth
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dinozoa
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8/14/2006 at 17:31 |
I use itunes because it is not as bad as everybody says it is.
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Gothmog
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8/14/2006 at 19:45 |
I use foobar2000 as well. Here's a decent guide to gettting set up. It's only good for version .8. .9 is a few months old so you may have luck getting updated modules for that. I haven't updated yet but probably will when I get around to it.
http://shsc.info/foobar2000
As for why:
On 2006-08-14 at 14:48:23, Gothmog wistfully remembered Bowie's codpiece in Labyrinth
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metatron
Fighting The Good Fight ™  SSHOLEPosts: 463 Registered: 4/12/2002 Offline
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8/14/2006 at 20:15 |
WinAMP 4 LYFE.
At the moment, it's using 8848k of memory. I'm cool w/ that. I have transparency turned on and am using the default modern skin.
for video, stick w/ WMP and install the CCCP. It will play every-fucking-thing you want. Use VLC as the fallback player.
As you well know, porn is usually distributed in commonly readable formats.
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fl_projekt
I AM TEH FUKING FISHPUNCHAR. I WILL RAPE YOUR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND PETS.  SSHOLEPosts: 449 Registered: 8/8/2003 Offline
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8/14/2006 at 20:20 |
Winamp 5.x, Fubar2000 and media player clasic for video
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8/14/2006 at 21:37 |
dinozoa: I use itunes because it is not as bad as everybody says it is.
I use it because I'm a mac person. Also because I like its interface for managing all of my music. Also, it can play anything that Quicktime can play, which is a lot.
Then again, I rarely play music on a Windows machine. However, when I do, its with iTunes. |
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freakmachine
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8/15/2006 at 02:54 |
Uart: dinozoa: I use itunes because it is not as bad as everybody says it is.
I use it because I'm a mac person. Also because I like its interface for managing all of my music. Also, it can play anything that Quicktime can play, which is a lot.
Then again, I rarely play music on a Windows machine. However, when I do, its with iTunes.
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dent
Slipping it into the wrong hole any chance I get  SSHOLEPosts: 816 Registered: 10/20/2004 Offline
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8/15/2006 at 04:35 |
I use iTunes.
P.S. Windows is sort of gay.
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Wrecker
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8/15/2006 at 13:07 |
I typically use winamp for the initial listen. Then if I like the music, I burn it and play it on my stereo system (It uses less memory than winamp on my pc.)
If I don't like the music (like that Tool shit I downloaded) I delete it posthaste.
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LORDKAHUNA
Don't make me fuk your moustache  SSHOLEPosts: 1593 Registered: 8/5/2003 Offline
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8/15/2006 at 13:12 |
I use WMP for video, but I've been sampling VLC sauce more often of late because it plays bin/cue files (WHEEE).
I used to use WMP for music but foobar rox my cox presently.
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vasudeva
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8/15/2006 at 13:17 |
I often find VLC unbearably gay because it's not granular enough in letting you seek to arbitrary points in the video file. You can only go back in one-inch segments on the progress bar. Am I missing something?
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mundhra
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8/15/2006 at 13:32 |
sounds like foobar is worth checking out. thanks.
i usually use vlc for video because i have codec issues with media player classic - i think i have old nemo codecs installed. thanks for the cccp link, meta.
vasudeva: I often find VLC unbearably gay because it's not granular enough in letting you seek to arbitrary points in the video file. You can only go back in one-inch segments on the progress bar. Am I missing something?
drag the slider instead of clicking forward on the timeline is the best i can do for you. but yeah, that shit's annoying.
p.s. does itunes isupport iright-clicks? 
On 2006-08-15 at 08:33:07, mundhra wistfully remembered Bowie's codpiece in Labyrinth
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dent
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8/15/2006 at 14:25 |
"I often find VLC unbearably gay because it's not granular enough in letting you seek to arbitrary points in the video file. You can only go back in one-inch segments on the progress bar. Am I missing something?"
No, you're not missing anything. I guess every great program has to have one major flaw, and that's it. I use VLC for all video, and that flaw makes me miserable, especially when I need to quickly stop and slow-mo some movie titties on the fly.
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Clavis_Apocalypticae
Beautiful Puppet of Chaos  SSHOLEPosts: 726 Registered: 5/16/2004 Offline
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8/15/2006 at 14:40 |
Audio: Winamp, with the FLAC, OGG, and ml_iPod plugins.
Video: MPC & VLC. WMP and Real Player don't exist in my world.
Vas: Yeah, the inability to go directly to a specific point on the timeline sux. Also, does anyone else notice that VLC's streaming component sux as well? It stalls frequently, so I end up doing a "right-click/save as" routine and storing it locally to play. This is a pain in the dick.
P.S. Mac is gay.
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LORDKAHUNA
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8/15/2006 at 15:27 |
Clavis_Apocalypticae: WMP and Real Player don't exist in my world.
I'd say that the buggy adware realmedia player sucks, but I fucking love the .rmvb format, I used to be able to squeeze three 2-hr movies on one 700mb CD.
Sadly, the format has gone the way of the dodo in pirate circles. The only other person I know who had anything in that format got it from me (like aids) and his collection of futurama corkscrewed into the ocean along with his puterbox.
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Clavis_Apocalypticae
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8/15/2006 at 16:34 |
Real Alternative supports .rmvb.
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vasudeva
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8/15/2006 at 17:49 |
LORDKAHUNA: The only other person I know who had anything in that format got it from me (like aids)
And to date you are the only person I know who owns any .rmvb. In fact most people probably don't know it exists. An old torrent tracker site I was on had a special section for .rmvb, but it was always empty. I guess it never took off. Blame compression when broadband is everywhere, I guess.
and his collection of futurama corkscrewed into the ocean along with his puterbox.
:wotak:
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Uart
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8/15/2006 at 19:28 |
mundhra: sp.s. does itunes isupport iright-clicks?
On 2006-08-15 at 08:33:07, mundhra wistfully remembered Bowie's codpiece in Labyrinth
Yes. It does.
Please tell me more of this .rmvb format? |
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LORDKAHUNA
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8/16/2006 at 01:26 |
vasudeva: :wotak:
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Sheik_Yerbouti
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8/17/2006 at 04:50 |
iTunes, I'm on a Mac, and I have an iPod.
The interface is simple and all that shit. My only trouble is converting WMA's. From reading Apple guides I am lead to believe I can convert WMA's to MP3, but I'm not sure how. I'm having to use this shareware app, "MusicMan" it works fine, but it's shareware. So, does anyone know if it is possible, and how to convert WMA to MP3 using iTunes? LAwL noob, yes i noes.
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dinozoa
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8/17/2006 at 16:10 |
I have some porn in .rmvb format. I don't need fancy resolution to watch the sex explosions, so the small file size suits me fine.
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Uart
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8/19/2006 at 02:56 |
Sheik_Yerbouti: iTunes, I'm on a Mac, and I have an iPod.
The interface is simple and all that shit. My only trouble is converting WMA's. From reading Apple guides I am lead to believe I can convert WMA's to MP3, but I'm not sure how. I'm having to use this shareware app, "MusicMan" it works fine, but it's shareware. So, does anyone know if it is possible, and how to convert WMA to MP3 using iTunes? LAwL noob, yes i noes.
Only the Windows version of iTunes converts wma. As a loyal mac user you have no reason to possess any WMA...
(btw, there is prob. a way to do this, but it hasn't come up for me ever -- google it, yo). |
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Sheik_Yerbouti
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8/19/2006 at 06:32 |
I have WMA's because of some torrents. One torrent even had .flac encoding.
The only way I know of doing it is through the shareware "Music Man" (found via google/version tracker), every other search, though, has yielded shitty results.
Again, anyone know of some good Mac Freeware that converts WMA to MP3? Thx in advance
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8/20/2006 at 03:38 |
Itunes, the evil! never installing that DRM crippleware on my boxen!
if you are stuck using an ipod on windoze you can use some python database rebuilding without it. [google: "ipod without itunes"]
Winamp 2.X is my choice, while 5.x+ has vogg orbis and flac support it also has some DRM crippleware [AOL!] to it by which one cannot abide.
vids:
VLC has some non-linear time deal going on which I too find annoying, maybe we should take up the cause and get the VLC people to fix it.!?! Media player classic is the shizzle.
Audacity does a great job of playing tracks, but that's usually when mixing some goodness--the Foobar never worked too well for me, probably I didn't do the requisite amount of tweaking and updating interfaces to make it beyond LAME.
I second the winamp 4-evar! comment.
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