Alternative to Winamp?

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:46 am **Post subject:** Alternative to Winamp?

I'm sick of it!!!

Slow reacting, mass memory & cpu consuming, bloated piece of shit!

I guess I could always install ver. 2 again... that wasn't too bad, but is there something else I should try out?

There's another app I've heard alot of good things about (can't remember the name right now) but the GUI was almost non-existant, so I found it clumsy to work with...

VampyrA · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:39 am **Post subject:**

XMPlay

http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia ... Play.shtml (4.8/5)

and FREEWARE....

George Tatum · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:05 am **Post subject:**

I use JetAudio

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:50 am **Post subject:**

Foobar.
http://www.foobar2000.org/
Probably the best out there. Superior sound and functionality assured.

autopsy

John_Doe wrote:

Slow reacting, mass memory & cpu consuming, bloated piece of shit!

I guess I could always install ver. 2 again... that wasn't too bad, but is there something else I should try out?

Winamp 5 with a "modern" skin = slow, like winamp 3
Winamp 5 with a "classic" skin = fast, like winamp 2

Polityk · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:20 am **Post subject:**

JetAudio is ok if you are used to Winamp and want to have a similar interface.

D. · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:15 pm **Post subject:**

Ever since i play mp3's, i've used winamp 2. Never had any problems with it.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:29 pm **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer wrote:

Foobar.
http://www.foobar2000.org/
Probably the best out there. Superior sound and functionality assured.

that was the one I meant with the clumsy GUI. Where's the volume bar? I know you can turn it up and down with the + & - keys, but I like to see it as well. Where's the EQ? Where can I read the ID tag of the files I'm playing? Is there a skin or something to make it a little more userfriendly?

killingjokezzz · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:50 pm **Post subject:**

I agree with D. Still using Winamp 2.x here.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:58 pm **Post subject:**

hey john, google rape your mum or something?

You wanting something like winamp?
http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/plugins/interface.php

There's absolutely millions, upon millions, upon millions

The entire point of foobar is modulisation, just look at the sheer amount of components available to download. It can play pretty much anything.

BTW why its so good:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar2000

Quote:

foobar2000 is a freeware audio player for Windows developed by Peter Pawlowski, a former freelance contractor for Nullsoft

Makes you wonder who made winamp

DropDeadFred · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:59 pm **Post subject:**

I use Quintessential Player
http://www.quinnware.com/

Similar to Winamp without the bloat.

Polityk · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:09 pm **Post subject:**

@spud, you mean there's one skin available for foobar2000?

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:24 pm **Post subject:**

Polityk wrote:

@spud, you mean there's one skin available for foobar2000?

Well the winamp one lets u use any winamp skin, then there's other ones like this:
http://www.btinternet.com/~sean.m.kelly/foo_looks/
which allows you to plug together your own one.

So that's every winamp skin, there's a handful there, then any skin you want to make plus there's lots of hits on google too, these come from the first 10 or so, so its not like there's an absense or anything. So I'm not quite sure what you mean :S

Personally I'd rather use the default one, I hate skinning, nothing but bloat and its kind of anti-foo :lol:

, tabbed playlists is a godsend, but beyond that. So I uses this to organise playlists if i need to:
http://pelit.koillismaa.fi/fb2k/strings.php?s=vote

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:44 pm **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer, man I have never seen a quirkyer installation!!!

Quote:

how to install

- (optionally) copy msvcr71.dll (or msvcr71d.dll for the debug-version) to your system-folder (e.g. c:\windows\system32)
- copy "foo_ui_gfx.dll" or "foo_ui_gfx_debug.dll" into your components-folder (e.g. c:\programs\foobar2000\components)
- copy "winamp.lua" and the waskin-folder anywhere you want (e.g. c:\programs\foobar2000\skins)
- select the plugin as your "default user interface module" and restart foobar
- after restarting, open the skin-file (winamp.lua)
- (optionally) extract another winamp-skin to the waskin-folder

Took me ages to find where to "select the plugin as your "default user interface module".
How about having a simple self-installating .exe???

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:18 pm **Post subject:**

how about not being a dumbass? hehe.. j/k ... sounds like someone that's just thrown together a plugin, its generally just open source peeps; probably didn't know how to make a self-installing .exe, or didn't have the licensing

Then again to be fair, if i read that right you extract two files and change your "default user interface module"? First place I would have looked would be under display, and it looks like that's where it was installed to anyway.

Not using many none standard plugins myself, if you come across a good one let us know though

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:33 pm **Post subject:**

oh and besides the sound quality, the multi-tabs and the non-fussy nature, its that search function that's a winner with GBs upon GBs of mp3s, makes it very easy to find mp3s

oh and how you can highlight a track, and then it will play that one next, jumping between playlists.

Don't use any advanced features beyond them that i recall,

Its weird there's no volume on the default gui, I'd never noticed, i got some decentish speakers so there's a hardware volume and channel balance on a remote on my desk, so always use that.

There's probably a plugin to stick one on the dash, probably better doing that, no need for skins, its minimized to tray most of the time anyway

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:52 am **Post subject:**

not seen that Foobar b4 but looks good 2 me. thanks 4 teh heads up :beerchug:

John_Doe · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:19 am **Post subject:**

it might just be placebo, but the audio quality does indeed seam better in Foobar!

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:41 pm **Post subject:**

"where do we get these placebos?"
"Maybe there's some in this truck!"

lol

Search is still one of the best things about foobar, and tabbed playlists and...

kingbuxton · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:19 pm **Post subject:**

Not noticed Winamp getting all recource heavy - didn't AOL get involved with them? Does Foobar have EQ? I have only used it to Rip MP3 back to .WAV so I can make them smaller for my MP3 player.

Placebos

"I'm Cured" - "I mean, Ouch!"

Just loaded Winamp and an MP3 - only using 10Mb RAM and 0% CPU - goes to 5% when skipping the track - it's a 40 min Live track.

Media Player

15Mb - 10% CPU - skipped 3/4 through - hit 99% and froze for 3 secs then used 17Mb - Oooer Matron.

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