Alternatives to Winamp? - Democratic Underground

Chichiri

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Thu Feb-24-05 03:46 PM
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Alternatives to Winamp?

I'm looking for a good alternative to Winamp -- just something that plays mp3s well and is reasonably well-featured, but loads faster than Winamp. Ideally, something that they haven't stopped developing, either, as they have Winamp. Any suggestions?

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Thu Feb-24-05 03:47 PM
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1. iTunes

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CanuckAmok

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Thu Feb-24-05 03:51 PM
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3. I ran iTunes on my WinXP P4 laptop, but...

it tended to hesitate/skip in MP3 playback, when winamp and Win Media player didn't.

I tried uninstalling and reloading, downloading updates, closing other programmes, etc., and it still didn't work properly, so I just use Windows Media Player.

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Thu Feb-24-05 03:59 PM
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7. You're problem is that you're using a PC

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ashmanonar

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Thu Feb-24-05 04:08 PM
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8. yep! that's always the problem when someone has computer problems.

:D

i swear, people all around me with their pc laptops have to get reimaged constantly...and i haven't had to take my computer in for repair YET.

that's what i call a reliable computer. :D

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Cannikin

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Thu Feb-24-05 03:48 PM
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2. Limewire?

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McKenzie

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Thu Feb-24-05 03:54 PM
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4. anything except Realplayer. Try these>>>

I wouldn't allow RP within 3 miles of my 'puter.

you might play around with>>>

http://www.c4player.com/

http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/

http://www.au-ja.org/pam.phtml

http://sonique.lycos.com/

http://www.ultraplayer.com/

Winamp is THE standard though.

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Thu Feb-24-05 03:56 PM
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5. I heard good things about MusicMatch Jukebox.

Rips and encodes CDs too.

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Eikon

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Thu Feb-24-05 03:58 PM
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6. Winamp 2.x

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starroute

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Thu Feb-24-05 06:05 PM
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9. I've been happy with Quintessential Player

http://quinnware.com/

A good feature set, good sound, actively upgrading, and lots of skins.

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Hand

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Thu Feb-24-05 06:07 PM
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10. Irfan View

Edited on Thu Feb-24-05 06:09 PM by Hand

It's the Swiss Army knife of media software. View graphics, play music, chop 3000 French fries in a minute...

http://www.irfanview.com

or here...

http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html

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Kellanved

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Thu Feb-24-05 06:08 PM
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11. Media Player Classic

http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

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Guy Fawkes

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Thu Feb-24-05 06:08 PM
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12. XMMS

Made for linux, XMMS is a nice little multimedia system. I don't know if there is a windows port, sorry.
http://www.xmms.org/

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