Which media player do you use for MP3s etc?

Zardon · Jun 23, 2003, 11:57 AM

Well I know we have several of these before, but its been a while so I though it would be cool to see what you guys are using?

windows media player?
winamp 2x?
winamp 3x?
sonique?
or one of the many others ?

I used to play mp3s with sonique and winamp, but ill admit in recent times ive stuck with windows media player, until a few mates on messenger, such as Dom and spike said I should give winamp 2.9 a try again. So I did and was pleasantly surprised at just how fast and good the interface was on this little player, it also had some nice skins options which I liked as im working to a theme as you can see over here.

So this is where my little adventure took a turn, having looked at some of the winamp 3 skins I decided to give it a shot. Most people say V3 is buggy and slow, but I like to try software, and I have to say, as yet I havent had a problem with V3 --- this of course might change as time progresses

Anyway I found a nice skin which fits in quite well with my theme

which while also looking effective is also pretty practical, some of those skins are pretty weird and hard to use on a day to day basis, once you get past the visual eye candy.

Getting back to my previous use of windows media player which I had used for quite a long while, I found the sound quality on winamp not quite up to par with WMP, so I did a hunt and found some audio guys mentioning the amazing sound quality and enhancements with "DFX", so I headed along to their site http://www.fxsound.com/ and installed the addon......

VERY IMPRESSIVE !!! nice sound options and it really works wonders through my PC sound setup. as you can see from the image above, you can alter, fidelity, ambience, 3d surround, dynamic boost and hyperbass.

what media player are you using for audio? id like to hear !

Dom · Jun 23, 2003, 12:21 PM

Well, as you know, Z, I'm currently using WinAMP 2.9x because of stablity issues with 3.

I'm using the above skin by; Imre Benedek, called Nucleo_NLog_v2G, which, for those interested, can be found here.

WinAMP is my default player for ALL audio files, always has been.

tragic · Jun 23, 2003, 12:23 PM

I do like Winamp but for the last couple of years have really enjoyed MusicMatch Jukebox.

You get a great variety of skins and numerous extras, radio, sound wave convertions and cd burning. I reckon i will stay with MusicMatch for the forseeable future.

hjs · Jun 23, 2003, 12:28 PM

winamp 2.9

Gardinen · Jun 23, 2003, 12:32 PM

I'm using the good ole Winamp 2.8. but sometimes I think about having Media Player as my default player for MP3 and Wav files.
All since I've installed Media Player 9, all my multimediaplaying have been flawless. (That is movies)
Hell...I just might try Media Player as MP3 player right now.

peterosesbookie · Jun 23, 2003, 12:32 PM

Windows Media Player

DocterDee · Jun 23, 2003, 12:38 PM

foobar2k is the only real (:

driverdriver · Jun 23, 2003, 12:38 PM

I all i use winamp 2.91

LeanWolf · Jun 23, 2003, 12:50 PM

you should have made this a poll (with little buttons to push), i'd be interested in the results. I use WMP myself.

Zardon · Jun 23, 2003, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by luleandy
you should have made this a poll (with little buttons to push), i'd be interested in the results. I use WMP myself.

There is a new poll front page, top right, vote there.

Mac Daddy · Jun 23, 2003, 12:58 PM

I'm giving Winamp 3 a go as well.
I haven't run into any problems either Zardon.

Media Player is still handy for all types of media ... as long as you have the proper codecs.

Any other music software I use is for recording ... and not really meant for MP3's.
You don't really need a multi-tracking recorder to listen to MP3's ... Although it is cool to watch the waveforms while your listening to the tune

TheIceMan · Jun 23, 2003, 01:02 PM

ZoomPlayer 3.10 Pro

http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/

Saint_K · Jun 23, 2003, 01:16 PM

for music, winamp 2.xx and for video i use WMP 9

JLP · Jun 23, 2003, 01:21 PM

fobbar2000 is the best. It may not look flashy but it does it job - playing music very well. Actually it has the best decoding quality of all. It is small and fast and light on resources. And it supports a lot of music excellent music formats like Ogg Vorbis or FLAC out of the box.

Before that I used Winamp 2.8. Never like 3, it is almost as bloated and slow as Windows Media Player which on top of that doesn't have very good decoders and in my opinion is the worst of all.

grouick · Jun 23, 2003, 01:36 PM

Using WMP 9.
Works like a charm since I'm not listening too much music on my PC.

CoolZone · Jun 23, 2003, 01:38 PM

i use bsplayer for movies cause it has better support for subtitles,windows media player 9 and winamp 2.92 cause it is very cool and stable

RIV@NVX · Jun 23, 2003, 01:42 PM

foobar2000 for me...

gerryf · Jun 23, 2003, 01:48 PM

add another supporter of foobar 2k

tek · Jun 23, 2003, 02:00 PM

Winamp2.9x for music like mp3's
Windows Media Player for pr0n, movies, game trailers, etc.
QuickTime for movie trailers
RealPlayerOne for online streams of foreign TV

I also noticed DiVX Player 2.0 is pretty nifty, but I'll stick to WMP

scorpious · Jun 23, 2003, 02:29 PM

I use WMP 9,

Great integration with IE, easy layout, good nhancements, like SRS, & crossfading.

krazy1 · Jun 23, 2003, 03:14 PM

I personally use JetAudio Version 5.1.5. Granted it isn't a free product but I personally like it better then WinAmp or MusicMatch!!
JetAudio

chicoselfs · Jun 23, 2003, 03:16 PM

I use a Multimedia Jukebox called J. River Media Center 9.1 www.jrmediacenter.com and it's amazing

puppet · Jun 23, 2003, 03:21 PM

foobar2000

msix · Jun 23, 2003, 03:21 PM

I like CPU Savers and being into free/demoscene software...

XMPlay is great!!!

**MIG-31** · Jun 23, 2003, 03:31 PM

windows media player 9

hellgate · Jun 23, 2003, 04:17 PM

I use Winamp 2.81.

Zulan · Jun 23, 2003, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tek
Windows Media Player for pr0n, movies, game trailers, etc.[/B]

roflmao

Winamp 2.** for life

-EDIT- Just checked Foobar 2000 after reading positive posts about it, very nice program VERY VERY light on resources, and great plugins, you can add 3rd party plugins, very nice.

DriveEuro · Jun 23, 2003, 05:37 PM

winamp 2.9......... Winamp 3.0 blows. They took out many shortcut keys.

SafirXP · Jun 23, 2003, 06:14 PM

Foobar2000 for me. you CANT argue... FBR2K is easily the best.

No fancy & system resources hogging GUI. its fast, its simple & yet its powerful too!

the sound coming out of it rocks!!! and who can forget the replaygain feature.. the file tagging & renaming feature is EXTREMELY useful... i wont be going back to Winamp or any other cr4p!

once you go foobar, you can't go back...

DocterDee · Jun 23, 2003, 06:17 PM

@puppet nice GUI (: How did you made it?

Jun 23, 2003, 11:57 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Which media player do you use for MP3s etc? Well I know we have several of these before, but its been a while so I though it would be cool to see what you guys are using? windows media player? winamp 2x? winamp 3x? sonique? or one of the many others ? I used to play mp3s with sonique and winamp, but ill admit in recent times ive stuck with windows media player, until a few mates on messenger, such as Dom and spike said I should give winamp 2.9 a try again. So I did and was pleasantly surprised at just how fast and good the interface was on this little player, it also had some nice skins options which I liked as im working to a theme as you can see over here. So this is where my little adventure took a turn, having looked at some of the winamp 3 skins I decided to give it a shot. Most people say V3 is buggy and slow, but I like to try software, and I have to say, as yet I havent had a problem with V3 --- this of course might change as time progresses Anyway I found a nice skin which fits in quite well with my theme which while also looking effective is also pretty practical, some of those skins are pretty weird and hard to use on a day to day basis, once you get past the visual eye candy. Getting back to my previous use of windows media player which I had used for quite a long while, I found the sound quality on winamp not quite up to par with WMP, so I did a hunt and found some audio guys mentioning the amazing sound quality and enhancements with "DFX", so I headed along to their site http://www.fxsound.com/ and installed the addon...... VERY IMPRESSIVE !!! nice sound options and it really works wonders through my PC sound setup. as you can see from the image above, you can alter, fidelity, ambience, 3d surround, dynamic boost and hyperbass. what media player are you using for audio? id like to hear !

Jun 23, 2003, 12:28 PM	#4
hjs DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 60 Rep Power: 0	winamp 2.9 __________________ My PC

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Jun 23, 2003, 12:50 PM	#9
LeanWolf alpha male Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Skyrim Posts: 5,713 Rep Power: 84 System Specs	you should have made this a poll (with little buttons to push), i'd be interested in the results. I use WMP myself. __________________

Jun 23, 2003, 12:58 PM	#11
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	I'm giving Winamp 3 a go as well. I haven't run into any problems either Zardon. Media Player is still handy for all types of media ... as long as you have the proper codecs. Any other music software I use is for recording ... and not really meant for MP3's. You don't really need a multi-tracking recorder to listen to MP3's ... Although it is cool to watch the waveforms while your listening to the tune __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Jun 23, 2003, 12:21 PM	#2
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Well, as you know, Z, I'm currently using WinAMP 2.9x because of stablity issues with 3. I'm using the above skin by; Imre Benedek, called Nucleo_NLog_v2G, which, for those interested, can be found here. WinAMP is my default player for ALL audio files, always has been.

Jun 23, 2003, 12:23 PM	#3
tragic Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Northern Hemi Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	I do like Winamp but for the last couple of years have really enjoyed MusicMatch Jukebox. You get a great variety of skins and numerous extras, radio, sound wave convertions and cd burning. I reckon i will stay with MusicMatch for the forseeable future.

Jun 23, 2003, 12:32 PM	#5
Gardinen DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Trollhättan, Sweden Posts: 512 Rep Power: 0	I'm using the good ole Winamp 2.8. but sometimes I think about having Media Player as my default player for MP3 and Wav files. All since I've installed Media Player 9, all my multimediaplaying have been flawless. (That is movies) Hell...I just might try Media Player as MP3 player right now.

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DocterDee DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 99 Rep Power: 0	foobar2k is the only real (:

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driverdriver DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 36 Rep Power: 0	I all i use winamp 2.91

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TheIceMan DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Germany / Bayern Posts: 31 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	ZoomPlayer 3.10 Pro http://www.inmatrix.com/zplayer/

Jun 23, 2003, 01:16 PM	#13
Saint_K InSaNe Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Den haag, netherlands Posts: 836 Rep Power: 0	for music, winamp 2.xx and for video i use WMP 9

Jun 23, 2003, 01:21 PM	#14
JLP DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Slovenia Posts: 249 Rep Power: 0	foobar2000 fobbar2000 is the best. It may not look flashy but it does it job - playing music very well. Actually it has the best decoding quality of all. It is small and fast and light on resources. And it supports a lot of music excellent music formats like Ogg Vorbis or FLAC out of the box. Before that I used Winamp 2.8. Never like 3, it is almost as bloated and slow as Windows Media Player which on top of that doesn't have very good decoders and in my opinion is the worst of all. __________________ Get Firefox! Get Thunderbird!

Jun 23, 2003, 01:36 PM	#15
grouick DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	Using WMP 9. Works like a charm since I'm not listening too much music on my PC.

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CoolZone HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 602 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	i use bsplayer for movies cause it has better support for subtitles,windows media player 9 and winamp 2.92 cause it is very cool and stable __________________ I am sending Lockerz invites. Just PM me !

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scorpious DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	I use WMP 9, Great integration with IE, easy layout, good nhancements, like SRS, & crossfading. __________________ :: AMD XP2800+ (Barton) -Vantec Aeroflow VA4-C7040 :: :: MSI KT4V-L (MS-6712, rev1.8) :: :: 1 GB Crucial PC2700 DDR :: :: Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro :: :: SB Audigy2 Platinum :: :: Maxtor Diamond 9 Plus 80 GB, ATA133 (8mb buffer) :: :: Samsung DVD-ROM (SD-616Q) :: :: Samsung CDRW (SW-248F) :: :: Antec Plus 1080 AMG / 420w PSU :: :: XP Home Edition ::

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hellgate DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Korea Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	I use Winamp 2.81. __________________ CPU : Pentium 4 3.06Ghz @ 3.8Ghz RAM : Geil DDR400 1024M MOBO : Gigabyte SINXP 1394 VGA : Radeon 9700 Pro Sound Card : Hercules GTXP 7.1 Keyboard : Logitech Freedom Optical Mouse : Logitech MX700 Cordless HBA : Adaptec 2940uw, Adaptec DP1554u2 SCSI Raid Controller HDD : Atlas IV 9.1 x 2 (Raid 0), Barracuda IV 60GB, WD30GB, Maxtor 40GB x2(Raid0), SyJet 1.5GB

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Jun 23, 2003, 02:00 PM	#19
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Winamp2.9x for music like mp3's Windows Media Player for pr0n, movies, game trailers, etc. QuickTime for movie trailers RealPlayerOne for online streams of foreign TV I also noticed DiVX Player 2.0 is pretty nifty, but I'll stick to WMP __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

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krazy1 Live from the Dungeon Join Date: May 2003 Location: Between the SubWoofers Posts: 1,395 Rep Power: 0	I personally use JetAudio Version 5.1.5. Granted it isn't a free product but I personally like it better then WinAmp or MusicMatch!! JetAudio __________________

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chicoselfs DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portugal Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	I use a Multimedia Jukebox called J. River Media Center 9.1 www.jrmediacenter.com and it's amazing Last edited by chicoselfs; Jun 23, 2003 at 05:21 PM.

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msix DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Barcelona Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	XMPlay For Music I like CPU Savers and being into free/demoscene software... XMPlay is great!!!

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Jun 23, 2003, 06:14 PM	#29
SafirXP DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dhaka Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	Foobar2000 for me. you CANT argue... FBR2K is easily the best. No fancy & system resources hogging GUI. its fast, its simple & yet its powerful too! the sound coming out of it rocks!!! and who can forget the replaygain feature.. the file tagging & renaming feature is EXTREMELY useful... i wont be going back to Winamp or any other cr4p! once you go foobar, you can't go back... __________________ [COLOR=burlywood][SIZE=x-small]yeah i absolutely believe in g0d & i absolutely hate the f***er![/SIZE][/COLOR]

Jun 23, 2003, 06:17 PM	#30
DocterDee DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 99 Rep Power: 0	@puppet nice GUI (: How did you made it?