Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I want the most basic player there is, with a simple interface that can display the records by its cover, like itunes does, and that can scan my portable hd, from which i play my music, without needing an additional app (itunes folder watch). I know itunes sucks, i just woke up now to realize the potential of open source software. Better late than never, they say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Foobar2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Foobar2000 That was my first thought, because it can read FLAC as well. How is the interface compared to itunes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I managed to get my foobar to look like itunes using an extension. I think it's called columns ui. I haven't added a search function, but I'm sure it's possible to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 i don't want extensions. i want a simple program that can offer me some visual options and play from my portable hd. i don't want it to look exactly like itunes either. it's just my reference for a music player. If there is one of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanakori Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 You actually used itunes? On windoez? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 You actually used itunes? On windoez? and for 3 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Winamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I forgot to say i using win7 and would love suggestions based on actual arguments rather than naming the player you use, poll reply style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geosmina Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 aimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 foobar2000 - Interface is very quick, feels very native. You can drag into it, out of it, large amount of functionality and tools a right mouse button away... No UI bugs ever. It's very quick to do pretty much anything (converting, retagging, auto-renaming, queue management etc.) You can change the layout very easily from the UI and add different panels like a cover panel. I think foobar2000 is the best out there by far because of its large feature set, flexibility and unmatched raw speed. I mostly use MPD + ncmpcpp these days because I'm on linux. But it doesn't come close to foobar2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Foobar2000 LOL at using iTunes on Windows for 3 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Thank you Enter a new display name. Always good to have you reminding how dumb i am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mirezzi Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I still use WinAmp because I'm old and dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Thank you Enter a new display name. Always good to have you reminding how dumb i am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest couch Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 ive been using itunes. i like the search bar at the top, that's how i pick what album to play. I can't remember winamp doing that, but I haven't used winamp for at least 5 years. Does winamp or foobar have a search bar like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanakori Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Every music player has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 foobar2000 - Interface is very quick, feels very native. You can drag into it, out of it, large amount of functionality and tools a right mouse button away... No UI bugs ever. It's very quick to do pretty much anything (converting, retagging, auto-renaming, queue management etc.) You can change the layout very easily from the UI and add different panels like a cover panel. I think foobar2000 is the best out there by far because of its large feature set, flexibility and unmatched raw speed. +1 for all of this. The one thing i'd add rugalo is to reconsider your (hereto justifiable) objections to extensions, skins 'n shit; foobar is extensible via components which actually add useful functionality instead of bloat. For example, you'd want the facets component for the Default UI to get an iTunes-like hierarchical library viewer w/ covers, etc. Here are some screenshots of my setup to give you an idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jur Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Winamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worlds Most Johnsson Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I still use WinAmp because I'm old and dumb. i'm gonna try that ..Fooo bar 2000 thing out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 i just drag and drop folders onto wmp, doesn't compute why all the fuzz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 LOL at using iTunes on Windows for 3 years unlike doing the same fucking shtick for 6 years on an internet forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Al Hounos Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 i like clementine. http://www.clementine-player.org/ foobar is good, but i don't really care for messing around with extensions. it's too configurable, for me. i use it on ubuntu btw so YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 using foobar2000 now. i have had it for a while a couple of years back and remember enjoying the fact that it is so light and quick. the customization options offer quite a variety without needing skins and additional stuff. how's the converter compared with dbpoweramp? because i am thinking that i could also get rid of it, and have everything in this little player... edit: also, having a real time running spectrogram is a nice detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worlds Most Johnsson Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I downloaded winamp essentials pack after some fiddeling with foobar Now I'm fresh! Winamp is the HEAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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