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Topic: MP3/media player software?

Homestar !RUNNERV7vk started this discussion 15 years ago #1,720

iTunes is pissing me off. I won't want something big and bulky - I don't even need something with a library/organiser as I prefer just to double click the mp3 in windows explorer.

What's a good light-weight software to use for playing audio? Maybe winamp? vlc? What do you use?

Ph !5pM9NZR/l6 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 25 seconds later[^] [v] #32,067

Foobar is my favorite.
http://www.foobar2000.org/

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Nega !34Kas0OdzM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #32,068

GOM player.
It's not FOSS, but very, very good.
Alternatively, VLC.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #32,069

@32,067 (Ph !5pM9NZR/l6)
I heard a lot about this one, but do you have some clear reasons why you use it, or just because you got used to it?

I use Winamp because I used it for so many years (due to people installing it for me before I knew how to operate my computer). And it does its job well with my simple requirements (some small playlists, last.fm scrobbling).

Ph !5pM9NZR/l6 replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #32,071

@previous (D)
It's really simple to use and takes barely any resources so it causes no issues if you run it in the background while doing something else. Back when I played WoW I used it while raiding. I know that doesn't sound all that impressive since WoW can run with some shitty graphics, but I always played it with ultra settings.
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