sakurakira 0 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I am looking to find a really light weight music player that I can use to play songs while I am running games. iTunes and WMP are just too bloated. I am assuming that the 3 major contenders will be Winamp, VLC, or Foobar. Anyone care to share their experiences with these? Link to post
DZGH_Operator 0 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 There are a lot of lightweighting music players out there, for example:- musikCube: http://www.musikcube.com/- Evil Player: http://www.hakeem.gigahost.dk/Personally, I use iTunes and I'm really satisfied with it. I used Winamp for many years, but switched to iTunes 2 years ago.I also have tested a lot of other players and if I'm in the same position as you, then I would either use foobar2000 or musikCube. Link to post
wizard 0 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I don't know if VLC would be the best choice, I find it to also have as heavy of a footprint as iTunes or WMP. It may not, really, but it feels like it. It's more of a video player.Sorry, I haven't used any others, except for iTunes (me is purist). And I haven't used a Winamp version since version 2, and before AOL bought them out; when it was good. Link to post
Sranshaft 0 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 +1 for musikcube. Extremely lightweight and fast databasing. Takes about a 1 and a half synchronize the database to the drive with well over 8000+ songs. Takes roughly only 3-4 minutes for a fresh database. WMP is closer to 10-15 and iTunes was a dog at it...after 10 minutes and only a quarter of the way through, I gave up. And this isn't an ancient computer either... Link to post
nrossow 0 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 I'm sold on Foobar. When minimized to the tray it has a very small footprint, perfect for multitasking.It is also very customizable, so you can set it up any way you like. Link to post
beef 0 Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Well what i like is winamp, mainly because there is a ton of skins, and it has ipod support. Link to post
chatpristi 0 Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Have you thought of Xmplay, it's simple, supports playlists and dozens of formats and above all it's skinnablehttp://www.un4seen.com/BTW, there's a nice itunes skin... Link to post
mythmystic 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 i recommend foobar.. nice on the eye too Link to post
labou 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Definitely go with foobar2000. Its not just the lightest player, but in my opinion it is the best. Link to post
Ojalord 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 The only reason I use iTunes is because of it's library management. If there's any way at all to do that in Foobar, I'll switch over in a second. Anyone? Link to post
Husaini HB 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 If you are talking about the sound quality Foobar2000 is the best ! Link to post
alabanco 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 AIMP 2.0. I like its sound better than Foobar. Plus it can convert and record better than Audacity. Mind all these things its incredibly light. Link to post
Husaini HB 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Ok,Alabanco,want to try it,is is it freeware?,search in google it says in Russian,please help me,thank's Link to post
dreadnaut 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 you can get Winamp 2.95 from OldVersion.com. An music player doesn't need to be more than a MB Link to post
alabanco 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Husaini HByes. it is a product by Russian developers. And you know what, it has been done by a very small group of people who happened to be smarter enough to make it really cool from the very beginning. it is 100% freeThere is an english version http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?newlang=english Link to post
Husaini HB 0 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Ok,I've D/L it,installed it and I think kind of like it,have to learn it,thank's alabanco Link to post
hidein 0 Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 maybe foobar2000 is a good choice. Link to post
Brainbug 0 Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 foobar rules. mac-user would kill to have such a player. btw, kinky sig, hidein. like it. Link to post
szekelya 0 Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Billy MP3 player from sheep friends is the most minimalistic music player I ever seen. http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billyCurrently it eats less than 3 megs from my physical memory. Link to post
delphine 0 Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 +1 for foobar2000. It's extremely lightweight, has great sound, and the new default UI of 0.9.5 beta is a HUGE step forward - it's no longer totally unusable and ugly out of the box! And if you so wish, there's still Panels UI to make it very, very pretty. Syncs flawlessly with iPods too. It's perfect. Link to post
Levi- The perfectionist 0 Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 tried itunes lite?its coded using the iTunes engine, looks like the mini itunes controller and is able to open plist files, or create a "now playing selection" full of mp3's u select. its made by a third party dev.JK. it doesnt exist. gotcha. ok. lame. sry. Link to post
vincent326 0 Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 + for evil player, lighter and faster than foobar 2K, and more important you can change the theme easily to match with your system Link to post
Ojalord 0 Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I'm going to try this one out (found it on subdemon in a similar thread.) It's supposed to be very very lightweight and fast, emphasis on the "very very", http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy Link to post
Smarty 0 Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Husaini HByes. it is a product by Russian developers. And you know what, it has been done by a very small group of people who happened to be smarter enough to make it really cool from the very beginning. it is 100% freeThere is an english version http://www.aimp.ru/index.php?newlang=englishI wouldn't recommend AIMP. After I installed it and ran an anti-spyware software, I got a warning message that I have a spyware module installed inside its exe or its dir. I'm not sure now. I used XenAntiSpyware and AIMP was downloaded from the official website. Link to post
alabanco 0 Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Smarty Don't worry. That's the wrong threat. there are no viruses there. There are lots of talks about it but there are even more disproofs.you could check that on official forum of AIMP Link to post
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