WMP10 Advantages

[Erftek]

What are the advantages to using WMP10 over other players?

NO FLAMES PLEASE.

I'm just trying to find a media player to stick with and trying to compare the pros and cons. I just don't know much about wmp10.

[Raa]

Winamp 5 for music

WMP 9 for movies

Nothing really compares...... dont bother saying it does either :p

[Jexel]

i simply cannot be bothered using third party apps. I use wmp for everything music, videos, dvds etc...

[icecaveman]

What advantage is this your speaking of ?  As I see absolutely nothing going for WMP10.

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There are always people like you, they see no advantages of Office 2003's Word over Notepad! They want just the basics and would be happy with computers the way they were 20 years ago as long as they have command line interface.

[notuptome2004]

two screenshots of Itunes on my system Pc versions useing a Skin. works awsome betetr then all otehr playes and managing your MP3s well Itunes does it for ya and when ya want to search for a song ya just type it in the search and it shows results as ya type. as ya see ther i types in gotta and look what ti found it can find songs just by otehr Titles in the name of the sound or by artist it can do so mutch and is simple to use Itunes it also allows ya to customize how things are witch is great. Sencd image on the way

[notuptome2004]

here is the sencd image

[icecaveman]

notuptome2004 does it still force you to copy your music to alternative location?

[iOsiris]

There are always people like you, they see no advantages of Office 2003's Word over Notepad! They want just the basics and would be happy with computers the way they were 20 years ago as long as they have command line interface.

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Ah but your wrong. I do see how at times Office 2003 is better than Notepad. It's just that WMP10 is not a good player. There are many things I'd rather use over it like Foobar for audio, VLC for movies..

[Erftek]

notuptome2004 does it still force you to copy your music to alternative location?

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Yeah it still does. That's one of a few reasons I don't use ichunes. It's waaaayyyy to system heavy and leaves hidden processes running in the background. no ichunes for me.

Ah but your wrong.  I do see how at times Office 2003 is better than Notepad.  It's just that WMP10 is not a good player.  There are many things I'd rather use over it like Foobar for audio, VLC for movies..

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the point of this topic is a all-in-one audio video solution, not separate players. I've used both foobar and VLC. Both are good, but I'm trying to simplify my pc usage by using a all-in-one solution.

icecaveman has made some very valid points. I will now use wmp10 for my solution.

I also like that wmp10 gets album art for you automatically. :woot:

Thanks for the help all. ;)

[nexx]

It can play DRM content.

Umm..apart from that..cant think of anything :)

I listen to my music in the background, not stare at the interface. Foobar for this.

I watch my movies fullscreen, not stare at the interface. MPlayer for this.

[notuptome2004]

notuptome2004 does it still force you to copy your music to alternative location?

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i can copy music fine and place it wher i want so i dont see any issues . i just Itunes Advanced audio quality and Advanced Search functions and how the music is finely sorta out. Itunes Spotlight search functon is just nice.

[BajiRav]

i can copy music fine and  place it wher  i want so i dont see any issues  . i just Itunes Advanced audio quality and Advanced  Search functions and how the music  is finely sorta  out. Itunes Spotlight search functon is just  nice.

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Spotlight on Windows ? :rofl: guess all mac people here wasted their money buying Tiger.

sure its the same thing but it is not spotlight :pinch: ....otherwise you can find spotlight in thunderbird as well :D

For somebody who asked....WMP allows you to choose if you want to DRM protect ur files. :pinch: though I don't see any point in it :no:

[Bearded Kirklander]

i can copy music fine and  place it wher  i want so i dont see any issues  . i just Itunes Advanced audio quality and Advanced  Search functions and how the music  is finely sorta  out. Itunes Spotlight search functon is just  nice.

Doesn't iTunes limit your copying to a certain number or something?

[THE BAT]

I used Windows Media Player, Classic one, PowerDVD,...

But Windows Media Player 10 is faster than Classic one and more powerful.

but u can use Classic only for some mpeg vedios that can't be open with Windows Media Player 10.

,PowerDVD for DVDs

,Winamp for MP3's

it is only my opinion.

:)

[Laptop]

Starts instantly, its fast, keeps music in order and its not bulky either

[Erftek]

I started adding my CD collection last night. I can't believe how fast it rips cds...I'm pretty amazed. With other rippers it used to take between 15 to 30 minutes per disc, with wmp10 it's done in about 5 minutes. Talk about a time saver. :D

[coyotewrw]

Wow, five pages and I'm the only jetAudio fan. That said, I still think jA beats them all for sheer functionality when it comes to video playback.

But WMP 10 doth rock for audio :)

[Bearded Kirklander]

Wow, five pages and I'm the only jetAudio fan.

I feel the same way about Music Match. :pinch:

I guess I grew up on separate players for audio and video, and that idea has kind of stuck with me. Each tool to do its own job, as it were.

If JetAudio works for ya, more power to ya. (Y)

[gaekwad2]

This is certainly some valuable points. I'm pretty much leaning towards .wma

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As for file format - I prefer WMA...

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I don't, it's worse than mp3 from 96kbps upwards, and doesn't gain much from using higher bitrates (also in my own experience).

WMA (standard) was designed to be fast and simple (and therefore use less battery) and still produce relatively decent quality at 64kbps. And that's what it does, qualitywise it can't compete.

http://guruboolez.blogspot.com/2005/07/com...4053184963.html

http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.html

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....ndpost&p=315243

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....ndpost&p=315472

(and the next post below it)

Edited August 6, 2005 by gaekwad2

[Erftek]

I don't, it's worse than mp3 from 96kbps upwards, and doesn't gain much from using higher bitrates (also in my own experience).

WMA (standard) was designed to be fast and simple (and therefore use less battery) and still produce relatively decent quality at 64kbps. And that's what it does, qualitywise it can't compete.

http://guruboolez.blogspot.com/2005/07/com...4053184963.html

http://www.rjamorim.com/test/multiformat128/results.html

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....ndpost&p=315243

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....ndpost&p=315472

(and the next post below it)

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Wow! Thanks for all the info. No wonder it rips soo fast, reduced audio output. Now that I've played back a few of the CD's I imported, I really noticed a reduction in sound quality even at the highest VBR setting. I think I'll use something else. Maybe I'll go back to winamp....

[Erftek]

Wow! Thanks for all the info. No wonder it rips soo fast, reduced audio output. Now that I've played back a few of the CD's I imported, I really noticed a reduction in sound quality even at the highest VBR setting. I think I'll use something else. Maybe I'll go back to winamp....

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Nevermind. Had the settings wrong. DOH!:pinch: Forgot to change the pull down menu to VBR. Sounds pretty good to me once I changed to the highest VBR .wma. Also, I did notice a change in the length of battery life of my portable audio player. It does last quite a bit longer with .wma. I really like how easy it is to manage my library with wmp10. I like that it automatically makes playlists and I also like the fact that playback of dj mixed cds are gapless. Very Nice :yes:

Thanks for the help all.

WMP10 = :woot: IMHO

:D

Edited August 9, 2005 by Erftek

[insanekiwi]

anyone ever noticed how slow and dodgy wmp1 cddb feature is? it takes ages to retrieve album info.

[Erftek]

anyone ever noticed how slow and dodgy wmp1 cddb feature is? it takes ages to retrieve album info.

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Actually I found, from my experience, that opening my browser (for some odd reason) sometimes speeds it along. Otherwise, clicking on the get info button helps too.

[Erftek]

Winamp has streaming tv........NICE :woot: :woot:

That's my final decision: Winamp :D

[Bearded Kirklander]

anyone ever noticed how slow and dodgy wmp1 cddb feature is? it takes ages to retrieve album info.

CDDB = GraceNote = Teh EvIlZ

[Erftek]

Winamp has streaming tv........NICE :woot:  :woot: 

That's my final decision: Winamp :D

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Nevermind.....havin probz with the winamp.....