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Entertainment & Artistry => Music => Topic started by: Steve on August 29, 2012, 10:38:06 AM

Title: Windows Mp3 Player
Post by: Steve on August 29, 2012, 10:38:06 AM

are Winamp & Music Match still the big ones? I am excluding iTunes which I will never use.

Title: Re: Windows Mp3 Player
Post by: ober on August 29, 2012, 10:59:28 AM

I go to Winamp when I go that route.

Title: Re: Windows Mp3 Player
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on August 29, 2012, 11:49:28 AM

MusicMatch aren't they basically a virus?

Title: Re: Windows Mp3 Player
Post by: Perspective on August 29, 2012, 12:31:43 PM

I don't know if Songbird is still around, but that was a pretty cool project. Runs on Windows/linux/mac.

Title: Re: Windows Mp3 Player
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on August 29, 2012, 02:07:26 PM

VLC is powerful as is MediaMonkey.

Title: Re: Windows Mp3 Player
Post by: Steve on August 29, 2012, 03:28:47 PM

Quote from: KnuckleBuckett on August 29, 2012, 02:07:26 PM

VLC is powerful as is MediaMonkey.

I use vlc for video. Music Match never used to be a virus it was a great program. Looking now it seems nobody has touched it since XP era lol

Title: Re: Windows Mp3 Player
Post by: Steve on August 30, 2012, 09:37:53 AM

Playing with the built in music app for Windows 8 I may not need anything else....

Title: Re: Windows Mp3 Player
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on August 30, 2012, 01:11:04 PM

As an aside...

Win 8 does not include CODECs for Blu-Ray.

Title: Re: Windows Mp3 Player
Post by: Steve on August 30, 2012, 02:08:54 PM

Now I have to grab a Blu-Ray disc and try it. Why in the world wouldn't that be included? So many computers ship with Blu-Ray players.

Title: Re: Windows Mp3 Player
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on August 30, 2012, 02:51:30 PM

They didn't want to pay licensing fees.  I think.  I forget the specifics.  The more I think about it the more I think that it may have been for MPEG2 files.