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What's the best media player?
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:43 am
by deer of the dawn
I've tried a few media players but haven't really had the time to learn the ropes of any of them besides Windows Media Player.
I find WMP dissatisfying for the following reasons:
- It loses data. Most often cover art, which I can live with, but it seems to forget what genre songs are, song titles, what artist they belong to; I end up with a "dump" of songs under "Unknown Artist" named "Track 03", etc.
- Frequent freezes/crashes.
- mp3 tag data is often missing or screwed up.
I have I-tunes, but I'm not sure if I want to invest the time getting to know my way around if it's not going to be any better.
Any recommendations?
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:07 am
by Frostheart Grueburn
I've used Winamp for as long as I can recall:
www.winamp.com/
It's gotten rather bloated during the past x years, however, so if you're looking for something simpler and less crash-prone, you might try VLC media player:
www.videolan.org/
I mainly watch videos with VLC due to its huge selection of supported codecs, so less experiences with its mp3 tag data integrity and whatnot.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:25 am
by Sorus
I use iTunes, and have no complaints.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:22 am
by MsMary
I like iTunes, too.
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:50 am
by balon!
Zorm wrote:you might try VLC media player:
www.videolan.org/
I mainly watch videos with VLC due to its huge selection of supported codecs, so less experiences with its mp3 tag data integrity and whatnot.
It's also open-source so it's easy to find help if you have trouble. I have no problem playing music, and it's playlist function is great.