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Thread ID: 47992 2004-08-11 07:36:00 mp3 OFF TOPIC iron-zeus (3479) Press F1
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260463 2004-08-11 10:27:00 I find winamp much more cusomisable, and you can get much more plugins for it. I also prefer the modular style of player, rather than sticking it all in one window like WMP. It is also far more customisable. Yes, it does crash a bit more than WMP (due to a bug in the WMA codec that came with version 5.0.0) but this has mostly been fixed with version 5.0.4. What makes you say that WMP is better? In my opinion, the only 'better' thing about it is 'more stable' and 'comes preinstalled with windows'. Winamp also has way better plugin support, and you can make your own vis plugins/presets.

Bletch
Bletch (244)
260464 2004-08-12 05:21:00 maybe its just that i dont use plugins much, i prefer to hide my player away while doing other things, but i really like the all in one window style of wmp, it makes it easier, for when i do finally bring it up to change something i dont have to go hunting through 5+ windows to find what i want. plus i just cant get over how handy the miniplayer is lagbort (5041)
260465 2004-08-12 05:47:00 I downloaded and tried Foobar Kiki, but i cant see how to veiw the lyrics or album covers?? iron-zeus (3479)
260466 2004-08-12 08:53:00 Fair enough. WMP is prabably better for what you use it for. I don't use winamp as a background player, I have it on a dedicated music PC, so I don't need to hide it. Winamp has limited miniplayer support (the tray buttons plugin) but WMP is better for this. I just don't use it much. One aspect winamp has over WMP though is the global hotkeys. You can set them to anything you like, and then hide winamp out of sight in the tray. Doesn't work too well as a mini-player though.

Each to their own.

Bletch
Bletch (244)
260467 2004-08-12 10:02:00 I can confirm what Baldy & SbOh says about MusicMatch. Free upgrades for life ! And it does everything ! The options are fantastic, ripping, recording, playing, converting, plus the "Music libary" displays all music files you have selected as title or artist.

Amazingly I have used MM to record (as mp3) at the same time of streaming audio from other players like real & WMP. Even feeds from the VCR & Stereo. Recommended.
Bazza (407)
260468 2004-08-12 11:34:00 > Amazingly I have used MM to record (as mp3) at the
> same time of streaming audio from other players like
> real & WMP. Even feeds from the VCR & Stereo.
> Recommended.

And you cant do that with other players??
Chilling_Silence (9)
260469 2004-08-12 11:45:00 Well Chill, can I ? I would be pleased if you can tell what other players you recommend, with details for recording, playing, ripping, etc. Bazza (407)
260470 2004-08-13 05:36:00 > Amazingly I have used MM to record (as mp3) at the
> same time of streaming audio from other players like
> real & WMP. Even feeds from the VCR & Stereo.
> Recommended.

I wasn't aware that WMP was capable of streaming audio by itself. Details on how to do this please?
Bletch (244)
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