baph Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 iTunes for Windows is shit, but iTunes for OS X is responsive and functional (once you turn off genius syncing, who the fuck uses that shit) never had a single issue with itunes. running windows 7, 64bit. i really don't understand the hate. i like foobar for its custom interface and the discogs feature, but itunes works perfectly fine. i've run itunes on both a mac and a windows machine, it's slightly faster on the mac, but that's the only difference i've seen in usability. Actually, my hate is probably time-barred by some kind of statute of limitations now. I haven't used iTunes on Windows since 2006 or so. It was miserable back then, in the Pentium 4/ WXP days, and I'm sure it's much better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l1fef0rm Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 iTunes is just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I've just made the switch from Foobar2000 to this amazing little thing - My BonziBUDDY told me about it. ragestalgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanakori Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I use XMPlay. it is free, memory efficient, has plugins for every format, a resizeable visualizer inc. cover art mode, a last.fm scrobbler, a sortable library that works perfectly with all compatible formats, and a simple interface. there are lots of nice skins for it as well. main application is here: http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html all plugins/skins are here: http://support.xmplay.com/ and here is what it looks like with my setup: edit: also worth noting is that unlike most media players, the application loads instantly, as do songs when opened from the library or explorer. LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 so far i only have one [huge] problem with foobar2000. unlike with itunes, i don't have a button that once clicked, will take me back to the album i am listening, when i am scrolling my library, which is kinda big. is it missing or am i missing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest futuregirlfriend Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 You couuuuld activate 'cursor follows playback' in the playback menu. It'll just flip back to the playing track, once the next track comes on. Closest thing I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 You couuuuld activate 'cursor follows playback' in the playback menu. It'll just flip back to the playing track, once the next track comes on. Closest thing I can think of. it's not exactly the same, but it's actually fine! thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 so far i only have one [huge] problem with foobar2000. unlike with itunes, i don't have a button that once clicked, will take me back to the album i am listening, when i am scrolling my library, which is kinda big. is it missing or am i missing it? Double click on the status bar (thingy at bottom of window) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest futuregirlfriend Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Holy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shit Attack Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 vlc meedja palyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 so far i only have one [huge] problem with foobar2000. unlike with itunes, i don't have a button that once clicked, will take me back to the album i am listening, when i am scrolling my library, which is kinda big. is it missing or am i missing it? Double click on the status bar (thingy at bottom of window) i am using a customized theme and that is not working. are you using the default skin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 also i have just added Deep Purple's In Rock to the general playlist, which is in fact my whole library, and it goes right next to x-asp, which is stupid, because it should be on D. what the hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Spotify you can even sync to iphone. I don't use itunes much anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 i am currently using foobar2000.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 why is itunes (at least for windows) considered shit? i've been using it for 5 years (alongside foobar as of late), no problems so far. the only problem is that it doesn't play flac. it's pretty simple, and intelligent playlists are the shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 it's pretty simple, and intelligent playlists are the shit. the only problem is that it doesn't play flac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 i am using a customized theme and that is not working. are you using the default skin? also i have just added Deep Purple's In Rock to the general playlist, which is in fact my whole library, and it goes right next to x-asp, which is stupid, because it should be on D. what the hell? I use the Default UI. There's no such thing as a foobar "skin" - what people pass off as skins are just user-made, prettied-up & modded-to-all-hell configurations using one of the UI's (Default or Columns UI) and various components. If you want to use someone else's customized config that's cool, but the trade off is that you won't be able to get decent help with things like this. If your config is based on Columns UI then you can specify the status bar double-click action in Preferences (e.g., highlight currently playing track). Then again whoever made your config could just as well made the status bar hidden. Can't help much with your second problem either because by default foobar adds tracks to the end of a playlist. You could try select all > right click > Sort > Sort by Artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dese manz hatin Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 lol. i think there's even an extension for flacs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I dunno about on windows, but itunes plays flac just fine on macs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I love when everyone makes a big deal about FLAC on itunes, as if ALAC isn't just as good and open source, and converting to ALAC from FLAC is borderline instantaneous even on my aging 2007 laptop. It would be "nice" to have default FLAC support in iTunes, but it's an extremely minor inconvenience at the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I've always hated Itunes (like everyone else) But I really like the new Itunes 11. Especially what they've done with album covers and colors: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 foobeard I've always hated Itunes (like everyone else) But I really like the new Itunes 11. Especially what they've done with album covers and colors: I fucking hate iTunes but I have to admit that's pretty slick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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