Alternative To iTunes?
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Anyone know of a decent free alternative to iTunes? I've tried Songbird 0.5 and IMHO, it's pretty buggy and doesn't provide some really crucial functionality.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Anyone know of a decent free alternative to iTunes?
What portion(s) of iTunes are you trying to replicate? The online media store? Media organization on the PC? Ripping? Syncing to an iPod? Playing media on the PC?
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Anyone know of a decent free alternative to iTunes?
What portion(s) of iTunes are you trying to replicate? The online media store? Media organization on the PC? Ripping? Syncing to an iPod? Playing media on the PC?
good question, because if it's just the iPod management i would use SharePod. very highly rated. the store? maybe microsoft as a nice DRM music download site somewhere.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Anyone know of a decent free alternative to iTunes?
What portion(s) of iTunes are you trying to replicate? The online media store? Media organization on the PC? Ripping? Syncing to an iPod? Playing media on the PC?
I don't want to sync. I don't generally buy music online. I don't like Apple's update practices.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I don't want to sync. I don't generally buy music online. I don't like Apple's update practices.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001There's always FooBar 2000[^], which was at the time, a good bare-bone player.
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Anyone know of a decent free alternative to iTunes? I've tried Songbird 0.5 and IMHO, it's pretty buggy and doesn't provide some really crucial functionality.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001If you're looking to just transfer music to/from your iPod (i.e. not access Apple's online store, etc.) you can use the WinAmp (5.2+) which has built-in support for iPods. I find it to be lean and effective. /ravi
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If you're looking to just transfer music to/from your iPod (i.e. not access Apple's online store, etc.) you can use the WinAmp (5.2+) which has built-in support for iPods. I find it to be lean and effective. /ravi
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I'll second WinAmp. Since 5.0, it has awesome support for portable devices.
// Steve McLenithan
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If you're looking to just transfer music to/from your iPod (i.e. not access Apple's online store, etc.) you can use the WinAmp (5.2+) which has built-in support for iPods. I find it to be lean and effective. /ravi
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For your purposes, I would say WinAmp as well. I used to use it before I got addicted to buying songs on iTunes. I've always had an iPod, and don't really have a problem with iTunes.
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good question, because if it's just the iPod management i would use SharePod. very highly rated. the store? maybe microsoft as a nice DRM music download site somewhere.
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
I use sharepod running directly off my iPod and it works great, highly recommend it to anyone! :-D
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Anyone know of a decent free alternative to iTunes? I've tried Songbird 0.5 and IMHO, it's pretty buggy and doesn't provide some really crucial functionality.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001For Linux, there's always Amarok. It's going to be ported to Windows (almost there I believe). I think it's an excellent player, and I'm usually pretty conservative about these things.
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I'll second WinAmp. Since 5.0, it has awesome support for portable devices.
// Steve McLenithan
[quote]I'll second WinAmp. Since 5.0, it has awesome support for portable devices. [/quote] I use it for its transcoding ability, so that my .flac files can by synched to the iPod. It does seem to have some problems though, even after wiping the iPod after ensuring automatic starts of iTunes was disabled, it manages to loose files. I don't know whether it is overwritting existing filenames with new content or what, but sometimes the tune playing is not the one that the iPod track info shows, and the only way to fix it is to use iTunes.