iTunes vs Winamp

[Sondreee]

Which one do you prefer, and why?

[KTamas]

LOL It's a stupid question. iTunes rules (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y)

[yudi_lks]

Aww... I thought you created it yourself.. :p It look damn good... Any idea what's the program to do that...?? Hehehehe..

OMGG.. Look the price tags of those computers... :|

[oik]

whatever helps you sleep at night...

I don't know why big words bother you, must be an inferiority complex of some sort...

your lame attempt at an insult has been noted. when you go through puberty, your balls drop, and you can come up with a decent insult, please contact me. until then, shh.

i also like itunes because it does network streaming... i can turn on my computer, start itunes, and go to work on another computer. kind of nice when you're waiting for something to finish loading, installing, or (yes, it still happens on a 3mbps connection) downloading.

[IlliniPi]

The funny thing is, he's older than you and probably knows more about this topic than you do...but I'll let nspeds take it from here. :D

Edit: You consider yourself mature too, but still refer to yourself as 1337. :rollseyes:

[cznp]

They're both good :rolleyes: I prefer iTunes when I want to play songs off my pod though. Although when I'm really in a crunch for resources I'll switch over to Winamp.

/edit And use the iPod plugin for winamp to play tunes of my iPod ;). But Winamp doesn't have the ability to even make play lists on your iPod... :(

[oik]

The funny thing is, he's older than you and probably knows more about this topic than you do...but I'll let nspeds take it from here. :D

Edit: You consider yourself mature too, but still refer to yourself as 1337. :rollseyes:

actually, he called me "733t", which is teet. either way, what's wrong with being 1337? are you mad at me because you aren't? :p

and i don't care if he's older than me or not... when you try to insult someone by using a big word and then saying go check dictionary.com, that's called being a moron. if you want to insult someone, insult someone. don't run off to check the word of the day on your daily calendar to look intelligent.

[Iain]

How do you know that Winamp is perfect for you if you never compared it to better player? :p

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Because I dont need anything 'more' than it does, and it does everything I want it to do flawlessly. Like I said, it is PERFECT for me.

[Sondreee]

thanks for all relevant feedback..

it looks like im sticking with winamp for now, the 3 main reasons for that are:

- Global hotkeys

- Can be minimized to tray

- Less cpu/ram usage

[insurektion]

winamp... itunes is just too limited for me. no equalizer, not really much of anything. (or maybe i haven't used it enough?)

there is EQ i use it cause it goes perfectly with my ipod.

edit: I would have to agree it can be bloaty and such but i believe its because of support for the ipod.

[liar2]

thanks for all relevant feedback..

it looks like im sticking with winamp for now, the 3 main reasons for that are:

- Global hotkeys

- Can be minimized to tray

- Less cpu/ram usage

Actually, iTunes can be minimized to the tray. Someone created a plugin for it so you can. It was posted on here months ago. Sorry, but i CBA to find it for you.

[Knight']

I like iTunes, the AAC encoder is better.

[Surr3al]

Winamp 5! It plays movies too! It doesn't take forever to start up, multiple instances, has a great avs (itunes default avs blows), the small version of it fits really conveniently at the top of the browser window -itunes = not, umm, these may have been said but I must reiterate. The only cool features about itunes are the smart playlists, rating features, and # of times played feature. Those features aren't even needed, they are just convenient/minor luxuries.

Oh, and winamp 5 has a really nice library feature now, and just like iTunes, it is only as effective as your own mp3 tagging ability. So, except for the features above, there is nothing major that winamp doesn't have that iTunes have... in fact winamp has more.

Winamp 5 wins.

[Redestium]

Actually, iTunes can be minimized to the tray. Someone created a plugin for it so you can. It was posted on here months ago. Sorry, but i CBA to find it for you.

Wow I've never seen someone abbreviate "Can't be assed" before. :laugh:

[gflores]

I like Winamp 5. Have thoroughly enjoyed Winamp since 2.6 (never tried 3 though) and Winamp5 rocks now. I love it. Haven't tried iTunes, but seems to have more than I need and I don't have an iPod either.

[threetonesun]

Winamp 5! It plays movies too! It doesn't take forever to start up, multiple instances, has a great avs (itunes default avs blows), the small version of it fits really conveniently at the top of the browser window -itunes = not, umm, these may have been said but I must reiterate. The only cool features about itunes are the smart playlists, rating features, and # of times played feature. Those features aren't even needed, they are just convenient/minor luxuries.

Oh, and winamp 5 has a really nice library feature now, and just like iTunes, it is only as effective as your own mp3 tagging ability. So, except for the features above, there is nothing major that winamp doesn't have that iTunes have... in fact winamp has more.

Winamp 5 wins.

Smart Playlists are in Winamp too :happy: As is most played.

The only reason I prefer iTunes library is because it sorts by genre first, something that's a pain to do in Winamp. Plus it shows you the album cover, which is cool.

[Knight']

Wow I've never seen someone abbreviate "Can't be assed" before. :laugh:

Obviously he CBA to type Can't be assed ;) Man he's lazy :p