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[razz]

I have been thinking of possible going to another player other than Windows Media Player. I don't play any videos, just music.

Any suggestions on a good free player that will play MP3 format so all my songs from WMP will play?

Thanks guys & gals for your time.

[Andavari]

Foobar2000 which is what I've used for years. If Foobar2000 didn't exist I'd use Winamp.

[Talldog9]

fubar

[razz]

Andavari, on Sep 23 2008, 09:24 PM, said:

Foobar2000 which is what I've used for years. If Foobar2000 didn't exist I'd use Winamp.

Thank you for the advice, I will try it for sure. I am currently trying Real Player. Just discovered that Real Player also plays my songs from iTunes so I've imported all my songs into My Real Player Music Library. Part of my goal has been achieved - to have all songs in one player. I have decided to uninstall Windows Media Player and iTunes/QuickTime. Yay, get rid of all that bloating!

[TeeJay3800]

I think Winamp is the best, but another very good (but not very well-known) media player is Quintessential Player.

[Humpty]

Using Spider Player here.

May be worth a look?

[DennisD]

Foobar2000. Small footprint. Plays gapless tracks seamlessly.

[razz]

Just after posting my original post on this subject I downloaded Real Player 11. Seems really good, only uses about 10,000K memory. Anyone have any cons regarding Real Player? I'm looking at all players recommended.

When done checking several recommendations, I'll post which player, in my opinion, is the best.

[hazelnut]

Just take notes from here Razz if you want to uninstall it.

http://blog.stopbadw...ayer-is-badware

[razz]

hazelnut, on Sep 24 2008, 11:25 AM, said:

Just take notes from here Razz if you want to uninstall it.

http://blog.stopbadw...ayer-is-badware

Thank you for telling me about this. I will uninstall Rhapsody because I don't want it.

[YoKenny]

I don't let anything from RealMedia on my systems so I use Real Alternative:
http://www.free-code...Alternative.htm

[DennisD]

razz, on Sep 24 2008, 03:40 AM, said:

I have decided to uninstall Windows Media Player.

I wasn't sure whether it was possible to remove Windows Media Player 11. I assumed the result of trying, would be to just roll back to WMP10, but apparently not.

However, it isn't a straightforward operation razz, so have a read up on it first.

This page, is from this list of googled items.

[Andavari]

DennisD, on Sep 24 2008, 06:04 AM, said:

Foobar2000. Small footprint. Plays gapless tracks seamlessly.

Yup! It's like a "swiss army knife" as far as music players go since it can do a whole lot such as rip audio CDs directly to your choice of the built-in formats given that you download the encoders, convert from a ton of formats, etc.

For anyone using Foobar2000 just remember when making your system backups to also backup the Foobar2000 configuration file:
C:\Program Files\Foobar2000\foobar2000.cfg

[JDPower]

I use KMPlayer for everything - music and video.

[Winapp2.ini]

I use iTunes only because I have an iPod (not that I'd EVER buy one, it was a gift from an aunt.)

but VLC Media Player works for most audio formats, and most video (excluding Real, which It plays Real Audio, but not video)

I use VLC for videos :›

[Corona]

OMG I almost freaked when Razz posted he downloaded RealPlayer 11. Glad you decided otherwise. You've gotta be really hurting if you absolutely have to download that POS......or checking out porn. For the love of God people, give up porn. Life will be simpler.

[razz]

Corona, on Sep 24 2008, 06:59 PM, said:

OMG I almost freaked when Razz posted he downloaded RealPlayer 11. Glad you decided otherwise. You've gotta be really hurting if you absolutely have to download that POS......or checking out porn. For the love of God people, give up porn. Life will be simpler.

[tcoffeep]

I use VLC for videos and some music, and GOM Player for everything else. If one doesn't work on one, the other usually fixes that problem.

[New_Age]

i use MediaMonkey. used it since 2005

[CeeCee]

I use Winamp (5.51) with Otachan's in_!mpg123 playback plugin. Don't really know is there any real need for that plugin now a days though. I don't use Winamp that much.