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    Best media player besides iTunes?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Jamste, Feb 9, 2009.

  1. Jamste

    Jamste Notebook Geek

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    Hi there,

    I'm just wondering... I've got a lot of unorganized music and I don't want to play it with iTunes as it adds to music and this will clutter up my organised iTunes library. What is the best media player apart from iTunes?. Similar to Winamp for Windows.
     
    Jamste, Feb 9, 2009
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    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    cdnalsi, Feb 9, 2009
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    superrey19 Notebook Enthusiast

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    my fav is still windows media player, I'v just grown accustomed to it i guess.
     
    superrey19, Feb 9, 2009
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  4. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    I got the feeling we were talking about OS X software, since the OP mentioned "similar to Winamp for Windows"...
     
    cdnalsi, Feb 9, 2009
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  5. Jamste

    Jamste Notebook Geek

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    yeh, It's the best media player for OSX besides iTunes. I've been looking and their aren't many. I want something basic such as Quicktime but has a playlist function in it.
     
    Jamste, Feb 9, 2009
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    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    If its just to listen to one track here and there, you can't beat 'quicklook'.
    Just press space bar and the track will start playing.
    great, simple and very fast !
    a
    :)
     
    Underpantman, Feb 9, 2009
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    sheldon77 Notebook Evangelist

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    ^^^ except if you goto another screen the music stops, wish it didnt. is it changeable?
     
    sheldon77, Feb 10, 2009
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  8. Jamste

    Jamste Notebook Geek

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    I would love there to be Winamp for OSX. I've tried to looking for applications, nothing exists.The only option is using VLC player which is what i use anyways for videos. VLc is ok at music and it has a playlist, so....
     
    Jamste, Feb 10, 2009
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  9. 00fez

    00fez Notebook Deity

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    Songbird, but I guess it's a lot like iTunes, which you don't like...
     
    00fez, Feb 10, 2009
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    Songbird is one of the few true iTunes alternatives I like.. and VLC works for playing individual songs
     
    alphanash, Feb 10, 2009
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