Specific Audio Player

Smooth Immigrant · Jun 11, 2002, 08:43 PM

ok everyone, I need some help with choosing an audio player. I have a few requirements though:
1. No Winamp (this is my last choice if I can't find anything better)
2. Has lots of keyboard shortcuts for the functions of the player or has remote control support (play, stop, fast forward, rewind,skip, random, repeat)
3. Fast loading and not a resource hog like WMP
4. Free or shareware that is not totally disabled when the trial runs out, although if I like it enough, I will buy it
5. I only want a PLAYER, not burning and all the other features (which means no media jukebox)
6. DSP is not important as good speakers (Klipsch Promedia 4.1) don't require one
7. Visualization Plugins aren't important although I would like a player with them.
8. I would like a player that doesn't update too often, and preferablly plays videos and music ( doesn't have to)

It may seem like these requirements are going towards winamp, but for some reason I don't like winamp. There must be another player that has these features. (Looking at zoom player, but feel free to mention anymore)
Thanks

DallasStar · Jun 12, 2002, 01:15 AM

http://www.sonique.com

Its an alternative to Winamp. I like winamp and sonique both. I used to use Winamp as my primary player, but just got tired of it. I now use Sonique. The thing I like about sonique that is better than winamp is that the developers are constantly improving the mp3 decoder, unlike winamp that just uses a fraunhoffer decoder (no offense to winamp developers... they have made a great player and done hard work). With my headphones, sonique sounds better. I'm sure with someone else's speakers, winamp would sound better. Its all a matter of opinion and means of listening. Anyway, enough of my rambling. Just go to the site and try the player if you really want to.

Smooth Immigrant · Jun 12, 2002, 08:33 AM

Thanks dallas for your suggestion, but I have chosen cool player for my needs. All though it has no visualizations and only plays music, it's perfect for the music portion of my media system. The video (dvd, mpg, avi) will be covered by zoom player.

DallasStar · Jun 12, 2002, 09:05 PM

Well, for the benefit of us all, could you please say which player it is?

Smooth Immigrant · Jun 13, 2002, 01:50 AM

Dallas, the player is called cool player .

Cool Player

It's very simple but it should do for now. I'm also thinking of freeamp,(freeamp.org), but the poor help doesn't describe the keyboard shortcuts...

MiguelSantana · Jun 15, 2002, 06:44 AM

jet audio is great http://www.cowon.com/english/engdownload.htm

Alan Allen · Jun 22, 2002, 08:32 PM

I find Music Match Jukebox to be OK and It can also rip Music CD's.

Jun 11, 2002, 08:43 PM	#1
Smooth Immigrant DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	Specific Audio Player ok everyone, I need some help with choosing an audio player. I have a few requirements though: 1. No Winamp (this is my last choice if I can't find anything better) 2. Has lots of keyboard shortcuts for the functions of the player or has remote control support (play, stop, fast forward, rewind,skip, random, repeat) 3. Fast loading and not a resource hog like WMP 4. Free or shareware that is not totally disabled when the trial runs out, although if I like it enough, I will buy it 5. I only want a PLAYER, not burning and all the other features (which means no media jukebox) 6. DSP is not important as good speakers (Klipsch Promedia 4.1) don't require one 7. Visualization Plugins aren't important although I would like a player with them. 8. I would like a player that doesn't update too often, and preferablly plays videos and music ( doesn't have to) It may seem like these requirements are going towards winamp, but for some reason I don't like winamp. There must be another player that has these features. (Looking at zoom player, but feel free to mention anymore) Thanks

Jun 12, 2002, 01:15 AM	#2
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	http://www.sonique.com Its an alternative to Winamp. I like winamp and sonique both. I used to use Winamp as my primary player, but just got tired of it. I now use Sonique. The thing I like about sonique that is better than winamp is that the developers are constantly improving the mp3 decoder, unlike winamp that just uses a fraunhoffer decoder (no offense to winamp developers... they have made a great player and done hard work). With my headphones, sonique sounds better. I'm sure with someone else's speakers, winamp would sound better. Its all a matter of opinion and means of listening. Anyway, enough of my rambling. Just go to the site and try the player if you really want to. __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Jun 12, 2002, 09:05 PM	#4
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	Well, for the benefit of us all, could you please say which player it is? __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Jun 15, 2002, 06:44 AM	#6
MiguelSantana DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cohoes ,NY Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	jet audio is great http://www.cowon.com/english/engdownload.htm __________________ AMD XP1900@1600Mhz Ecs-k7s6a 384 meg PC2100 Geforce 3 200/460 WinXP Pro/Plus

Jun 22, 2002, 08:32 PM	#7
Alan Allen The "Eye" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 286 Rep Power: 0	I find Music Match Jukebox to be OK and It can also rip Music CD's. __________________ [COLOR=lightblue] [SIZE=small]Alan Edward Allen[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=xsmall] [COLOR=yellow]AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4Ghz 266fsb (AIR COOLED MC-462A), Gigabyte GA-7DXR - Microsoft Windows Me Micron 512Meg PC2100 DDR 16-8-8-2-6-2-2 @ 2.7v, IBM Deskstar 60GXP 40Gb (x2), Setup as RAID 0 ASUS V8200 Deluxe GeForce3 - nVidia 40.71's [/SIZE] [/COLOR]

Jun 12, 2002, 08:33 AM	Thread Starter #3
Smooth Immigrant DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	Thanks dallas for your suggestion, but I have chosen cool player for my needs. All though it has no visualizations and only plays music, it's perfect for the music portion of my media system. The video (dvd, mpg, avi) will be covered by zoom player.

Jun 13, 2002, 01:50 AM	Thread Starter #5
Smooth Immigrant DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	Dallas, the player is called cool player . Cool Player It's very simple but it should do for now. I'm also thinking of freeamp,(freeamp.org), but the poor help doesn't describe the keyboard shortcuts...