a new music player

by dualinity • 19 Apr 2011, 16:07 • Journals
Since spotify seems to be limiting use for free users, I'm looking for a new music player with a useful playlist/library function, hopefully a bit similar to spotify's,

Aside from spotify, i am currently using foobar2k but i simply have too much music to make this useful. I simply have to scroll way too much to go from one song to another.

would be really nice if i could sort something trough genre or related genres or generate some dynamic-ish playlists which i can manage without alot of hassle.

What music player are you using? and what would you suggest me?

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johNny_ 19 Apr 2011, 17:08
use iTunes or wmp
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Tyfoo 19 Apr 2011, 17:09
window media player, iTunes :) very goot ones
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FeedMe 19 Apr 2011, 17:10
yeah iTunes!
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slotu 19 Apr 2011, 17:11
windows media player classic
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Tyfoo 19 Apr 2011, 17:12
he used that one, but he is not statisfied with anything :( he just needs new new new new new and even more new. same with girls :S

I do not like this person alot.
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bloxie 19 Apr 2011, 17:13
except for he cant get the media players, but the girls keep comming on the internet
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Tyfoo 19 Apr 2011, 17:13
That's a girl? :O
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Tyfoo 19 Apr 2011, 17:15
nice edit, faggot.
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dualinity 19 Apr 2011, 17:54
image: 2psrc55
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OfficerCohen 19 Apr 2011, 18:19
hahha very good yes :~>
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ScarZy 19 Apr 2011, 18:24
"Hater niggers marry hater bitches and have hater kids."
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harris 19 Apr 2011, 22:56
Oh Sonny u so crazy.
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Nub 19 Apr 2011, 17:11
youtube

or learn to configure foobar, it offers variety of extensions.
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dualinity 19 Apr 2011, 17:12
suggest some mods.

Mine is pretty modded, but i dont even know how to remove certain albums from current playlists -.-
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TosspoT 19 Apr 2011, 17:13
Its a shame people have turned on spotify like they have, people would have been happier to see them go bankrupt then actually make a change to save themselves.
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plekter 19 Apr 2011, 17:17
I still pay for premium!
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dualinity 19 Apr 2011, 17:40
I use it as a regular music player, for me it just doesn't offer enough to be worth paying a montly fee for.

I still buy albums to support certain independent artists.
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envyy 19 Apr 2011, 17:43
the fucks whining about spotify taking 10€ a month for unlimited music simply dont deserve using spotify...
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Danje 19 Apr 2011, 18:03
Since they seem to pull music from it weekly, it is rather annoying. For example is Alex K remixes... the L'amour song was taken off (the best one), and the same for Big Sky, 112 etc... people moan because what WAS FREE is now NOT FREE. It's like someone taking away your ability to type on your keyboard and then charging you a monthly fee.
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ScarZy 19 Apr 2011, 18:11
Its an awful business model anyway I'm afraid. I never conformed to using it because I saw this coming.
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crajsor 19 Apr 2011, 18:07
Its only 5 euros a month or 10 euros if u wanna be able to listen everywhere its a good fucking deal.
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imabob 19 Apr 2011, 18:37
yea, i actually think that spotify adapts to the new era of music, 5 euros for a really big catalogue its a good deal honestly.
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im a tree 19 Apr 2011, 19:43
I have friends who would prefer it if people torrented/stole their music than listened to it on spotify. It's a massive rip-off for artists and it isn't right that they are making money through it:

image: 0415_music_artists
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imabob 19 Apr 2011, 20:01
musicians should make their money out of gigs anyway.


downloading is not stealing anyhow, if your music is being download u should be happy.
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samAel 19 Apr 2011, 21:15
gief dl link to ur shoutcast sir, plz!
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TosspoT 19 Apr 2011, 22:28
do you feel the same way about listening music on youtube? As that spotify figure in your graphic (quite interesting graphic though!) is very similar
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im a tree 19 Apr 2011, 22:36
well i don't really know that much about how youtube works but i thought that it was only the bigger labels that are making money from it? (which is still probably not great) as most smaller bands that put their music up there do not have ads or the like

youtube does allow musicians to upload and host their music for free to a wide audience, for most i think this is good, spotify is a little different imo in that their business model is entirely based upon not paying artists for playing their music, quite different i think
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Deann 19 Apr 2011, 17:13
I don't have any songs stored on my comp atm, I just use grooveshark, simular to spotify.
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GreenClon 19 Apr 2011, 17:26
nice,its even available in my country, hähä
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jnz 19 Apr 2011, 17:18
"Aside from spotify, i am currently using foobar2k but i simply have too much music to make this useful. I simply have to scroll way too much to go from one song to another."

F3 search??

or have each genre in a different playlist ;/
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dualinity 19 Apr 2011, 17:41
already have that, but my music collection is just too big for this to work.
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im a tree 19 Apr 2011, 19:37
i've used fb2k on a library in excess of 30k tracks and it has been fine... what sort of layout are you using? http://tuomas.co.uk/public/foobarlayout.PNG or just a playlist?

about playlists too, foobar does have the ability to create smart/autoplaylists, i have one for unplayed stuff so i can remember what i need to listen to, it would also work for genre and whatnot

QuoteIn foobar2000 0.9.5 or newer, you can create autoplaylists by right-clicking an Album List branch. In order to create a query-based autoplaylist using Album List, use the 'filter' box to enter a query and create an autoplaylist from the 'All Music' item.


i don't think you'll find a better app than foobar, itunes and wmp are both pretty awful at dealing with large libraries

ps: jenny lewis is hot
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dualinity 19 Apr 2011, 23:08
currently using image: 351uyop which might look alright, but isn't really all that efficient.

I'll try the layout you sent me, looks pretty solid actually.
but I'm still running an old foobar version, do i need to update?

also, does it run on linux? never tried...
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im a tree 19 Apr 2011, 23:11
yeah... newer versions don't have the panels ui but well... they may look good but as you said really unfunctional. this is default user ui with facets + quicksearch, if i remember correctly when you install new versions you get a menu to pick a layout (and you can have genre/artist/album itunes style by default i think)
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firzen 19 Apr 2011, 17:21
songbird?
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sym 19 Apr 2011, 17:25
songs from the web: http://www.muziic.com/
songs from your hdd: Mediamonkey
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infect 19 Apr 2011, 17:29
winamp is the best for that
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Sammeh 19 Apr 2011, 17:33
using spotify, not having problems :x

used to use foobar with decems awesome skin, was beast b4 i lost all my music ;(

was beast
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Viperish 19 Apr 2011, 19:12
Free users are going to get limitations. You can play maximum of 5 times each track and 10 hours/month.
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Sammeh 19 Apr 2011, 19:20
not effected me so far :( will use something else when it does!
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imabob 19 Apr 2011, 19:37
on may the limitations are going to start.
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Thomm 19 Apr 2011, 18:01
Listen to good music only and use random = profit.
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crajsor 19 Apr 2011, 18:06
Grooveshark is really good!

http://listen.grooveshark.com
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Instant 19 Apr 2011, 18:09
If you import your own music into spotify, there will be no commercial, even if your not a subscriber. Don't change from Spotify, just import your music :)
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ScarZy 19 Apr 2011, 18:11
Foobar2k is the only thing ive used for years, really customizable and really lightweight (although more comps = higher resources).

Loving the song too dude!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1sySOJSBt0
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imabob 19 Apr 2011, 18:41
u guys share music like 2 fags????


its okay me and dual do the same:))
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baq 19 Apr 2011, 18:21
foobar2000
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homiee 19 Apr 2011, 18:35
if only itunes was more lightweight imo :< make such a thing
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Ajit 19 Apr 2011, 18:45
kmplayer
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mini 19 Apr 2011, 18:49
fooooooooobar
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Stonerrrr 19 Apr 2011, 18:53
Grooveshark
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hkz 19 Apr 2011, 18:54
winamp
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hAMMER 19 Apr 2011, 19:04
winamp??
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HugTheSub 19 Apr 2011, 19:08
so you are asking for a player but dont want one (as you would have weird bondage sex with people recommending such things).
what you want is yet another web2.0 app-able shit
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HansoO 19 Apr 2011, 19:08
still using winamp here
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PHOTO 19 Apr 2011, 19:37
youtube
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imabob 19 Apr 2011, 19:39
the fuck, ppl uses youtube to play music?
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PHOTO 19 Apr 2011, 19:40
only cool people, like me
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imabob 19 Apr 2011, 19:49
ONLY DUMMIES THAT DONT KNOW HOW TO USE THEIR PC


BURNT
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Quiki 19 Apr 2011, 21:47
I use Itunes because I have Ipod touch and I really like the program. It is kinda easy to use when you get used to it.

Previously I used Winamp and well now that I think about it... I kinda miss it :D
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harris 19 Apr 2011, 22:57
Same, oh wait.
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