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[+ViperAFK]

muggerfugger, on 31 January 2013 - 18:09, said:

Yeah this is the biggest thing i hate about foobar. Why can't it just display my library without me having to search for stuff, or create a playlist.
I wish i understood their logic behind making it so complicated like this.

I really miss winamp used it since 1998, but im really thinking its causing my audio drivers to crash some how. If my audio keeps crashing (happens randomly so its hard to pindown the reason), then i'll know its not winamp and go back to using it. Miss it.

Under the hood foobar does have fully functional media library/library watching functionality, its just that the default UI is simple and playlist centered. Its really not hard to setup foobar to have a more media library centered approach. here is my foobar layout, I'm only using 4 components and the default UI, took like 5 mins to setup using live editing :

Components: Facets, quicksearch, simplaylist, simplaylist manager

The left sidebar lets me search my media library, and anything I select on the left sidebar automatically populates the playlist, no need for me to create playlists or anything (although you can if you want to of course, the transcode and burn playlists are ones I made). I have the quicksearch added above the playlist so I can inline search just the active playlist if I want. I can upload the layout and needed components when I get home from work.

[+Blank]

ViperAFK, on 31 January 2013 - 18:37, said:

Its really not hard to setup foobar to have a more media library centered approach. here is my foobar layout, I'm only using a few components and the default UI, took like 5 mins to setup using live editing :

Components: Facets, quicksearch, simplaylist

anything I select on the left sidebar automatically populates the playlist, no need for me to create playlists or anything (although you can if you want to of course, the transcode and burn playlists are ones I made). I have the quicksearch added above the playlist so I can inline search just the active playlist if I want.

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But if you want to auto shuffle all sounds in you library, you still have to select all and hit send to playlist right?
It's not hard, but still more steps than all the other players.
I like winamp and wmp because the library is fluid, and auto detects and adds new songs, and such, so you really just have to load up the player and hit play.
Can't stand itunes, but the last time i used it you had to manually add tracks.

[+ViperAFK]

muggerfugger, on 31 January 2013 - 18:43, said:

But if you want to auto shuffle all sounds in you library, you still have to select all and hit send to playlist right?
It's not hard, but still more steps than all the other players.
I like winamp and wmp because the library is fluid, and auto detects and adds new songs, and such, so you really just have to load up the player and hit play.
Can't stand itunes, but the last time i used it you had to manually add tracks.

If you look at the top right of that screenshot where it says "Order", is where I can change the current playback order to whatever I want (random, shuffle, default etc...) You just gotta add it to the toolbar.

To shuffle all tracks I simply click "All artists" on the left sidebar which automatically populates the main playlist with all of my music library, and change playlist order to shuffle on the top right. Its just a matter of using the right components/layout. The default layout is playlist-centric, but the facets component that I use is media library centric (and the simplaylist component is by the same author so they work well together)

[mps69]

I have to admit when I used Windows I was a big fan of foobar. The fact I could customise the pants out of it appealed to me the best. However if you wanted to have just a lightweight player it is easy to set up, they have even included a basic wizard these days which help novice users a great deal.
I just wish they would port foobar to Ubuntu/Mint, I know deadbeef is similar it's just not as flexible for me.

[z0phi3l]

I use Foobar, Spotify and Google Music

Looking for one app that can do all three at the same time, that's my dream media player

[+ViperAFK]

z0phi3l, on 31 January 2013 - 18:59, said:

I use Foobar, Spotify and Google Music

Looking for one app that can do all three at the same time, that's my dream media player

Clementine can do spotify and google drive (not sure if thats the same as google music?). It also does others such as grooveshark, lastm.fm etc.., but you do need premium accounts to stream music from spotify, grooveshark, and last.fm afiak.

http://www.clementine-player.org/

[briangw]

ViperAFK, on 31 January 2013 - 19:09, said:

Clementine can do spotify and google drive (not sure if thats the same as google music?). It also does others such as grooveshark, lastm.fm etc.., but you do need premium accounts to stream music from spotify, grooveshark, and last.fm afiak.

http://www.clementine-player.org/

Nope, Google Music allows you to upload some 20,000 MP3s or something like that and plays them and created playlists of them within a browser. There are also some third party iPhone/Pod/Pad apps that interface with GMusic too. I haven't found a Windows player that will capture GMusic yet.

[+ViperAFK]

briangw, on 31 January 2013 - 19:18, said:

Nope, Google Music allows you to upload some 20,000 MP3s or something like that and plays them and created playlists of them within a browser. There are also some third party iPhone/Pod/Pad apps that interface with GMusic too. I haven't found a Windows player that will capture GMusic yet.

according to this bug report the reason its not implemented is there is no official api yet:
http://code.google.c.../detail?id=2204

probably why no other players have it yet either.

[KRazpopov]

I use Zune on my phone and computer, and Google Play Music on my Nexus 7.

[Aergan]

Xbox Music still at the moment and I'm not sure why.

[Setnom]

Luc2k, on 31 January 2013 - 16:26, said:

How come you don't use AIMP's library? I'm not yet at the stage of comprehensive management because the moment I've got my first 640GB HDD I've downloaded A LOT of linux distros that came with free music. Right now I just delete songs I don't like that happen to pop up on shuffle, but I do plan for something more organised eventually.

For two reasons: the Aimp library is an independent window/tool (?) from the player, and I prefer the way WMP manages the library, specifically the album art grouping and the way I can browse by folders..

[Colin McGregor]

Xbox music app on W8.

[The Laughing Man]

Aergan, on 31 January 2013 - 19:51, said:

Xbox Music still at the moment and I'm not sure why.

I too am wondering this lol.

[leo_the_lion]

Xion is a great player and there are loads of skins on the site and WC to customize it................http://xion.r2.com.au/

[Gerowen]

Rhythmbox
http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/