Jaybonaut Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Trying to find something for the wife. She used to use Winamp years ago. Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc2k Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 AIMP all the way. Plenty of skins too if you want the classic Winamp look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I have winamp installed, but I can't recall the last time I listened to music on my desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotoxic Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 +1 for AIMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwizard88 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Dopamine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Groove Music. +JR1966 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybonaut Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 1:57 PM, Luc2k said: AIMP all the way. Plenty of skins too if you want the classic Winamp look. Is that Russian software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybonaut Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 2:29 PM, greenwizard88 said: Dopamine How has that been coming along lately? Do you use regular releases or the preview versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talys Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I don't listen to music on my desktop Really, I don't listen to much music at all. But on the odd occasion, when there is music that I want to play, I windows media player is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JR1966 Subscriber² Posted September 29, 2017 Subscriber² Share Posted September 29, 2017 I use Groove on my desktop mostly. I have curated playlists depending on my mood. I'm a fan of Groove although the Android app is almost unusable. For my library of yarr " other " yarr music albums I still use the good old WMP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 MusicBee and Foobar2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc2k Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 4 hours ago, Jaybonaut said: Is that Russian software? That's the official site, so I suppose it is. Personally, I don't see how that is relevant. Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copernic Reporter Posted September 29, 2017 Reporter Share Posted September 29, 2017 Winyl and, when nostalgia strikes back, Winamp Online - it can even load skins lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragontology Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I use AIMP as well, but I don't really love it. It's got some weird issues that don't seem to be going anywhere. Like, if it's maximized, it'll hide when not focused. There's no way to stop this. "Don't maximize it" is literally the response from the developer. If you do, it enables docking mode which hides it, and it will slide down from the top of your screen if you mouse up there. It's weird behavior and it's weird that you can't disable it. Plus, while the library is cool, at times it seems counter-intuitive as well. Still, it's my player of choice right now. On my portable SSD, I use AIMP Portable. It runs off a portable or cloud drive, and its database doesn't care if you change drive letters or whatever, I guess it's relative. Even though my SSD is 500GB, I only keep a small selection of my music on it, so any music library based player like AIMP or iTunes would have an advantage. (I use iTunes on my laptop because I have an iPhone and I need it somewhere. I wish there were a legit Portable iTunes I could carry on my SSD, but Apple needs its hooks in the Registry, and I won't corrupt my desktop with it.) There's a new player/library on the horizon called Music Box Alpha. It's by the people behind the emulator frontend LaunchBox, and it's free to try with a 1,000 song limit, or $25 for a lifetime license (or $10 annually). These are introductory, half-price sales, with the lifetime license going up to $50 at some point. I'm sure y'all feel the same way I do about paying $50 or even $25 for a media player, though looking at it, I can see why some people might be going for it. There really isn't a good one, and these guys are saying "if you give us money, we will make a good one." And I guess some people believe in that. It's funny though, back in the day, we used to pay for all kinds of programs. Like file managers. You can still get Directory Opus, but my dad had it in the early 90s. Web browsers used to cost money, until Microsoft made Internet Explorer free and Netscape was forced to follow suit. There are still a lot of specialty programs that are free, like Photoshop and MS Office, and video editing tools, but most of us would scoff at paying for an audio player. Then again, maybe there's something to it after all. /shrug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted October 4, 2017 Subscriber² Share Posted October 4, 2017 Dopamine, mostly. Other than that, I'd use good ol' Winamp. Occasionally I'll use Spotify or Pandora, just to find new artists. Jaybonaut 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybonaut Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Kinda sounds like Groove is going away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted October 20, 2017 Veteran Share Posted October 20, 2017 On 10/4/2017 at 9:45 AM, Jaybonaut said: Kinda sounds like Groove is going away? The music streaming service and store are closing by the end of this year, but you can continue to play local music and you can still manage music with the app after the closure. I use iTunes for my personal music collection and Spotify for all my streaming needs. Jaybonaut 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I use Google Play Music or Spotify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS Bob 11 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 MPC-BE or foobar2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaGinger Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Use to use Winamp but now AIMP. its ok but I think Winamp sounded better. Shame Winamp died. I know I can still use it but, no development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted June 18, 2020 MVC Share Posted June 18, 2020 A web browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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