MP3 Player [Archive] - Chief Delphi

Chubtoad

25-09-2002, 21:42

I run winamp 2.x for two reasons, one, my comp is relativley slow for winamp 3 (I'm just waiting on a heatsink and I'll have my new comp running), and they haven't developed the Shoutcast plugin for 3 yet, and the 2.x Plugin Emulator doesn't like the Shoutcast plugin too much

If I ran linux, I'd use xmms, but the learning curve for me presently, with the amount of time I have is too steep, and it is too hard to find reliable information on how to setup everything. and I don't want to use RedHat or Mandrake.

Once they make a shoutcast plugin for winamp3, that's where I'm at.

mtaman02

25-09-2002, 22:28

I use Windows Media Player, Real Player, Music Juke Box, Winamp. There really is no one good player out there. They all have there downfalls. Personally I like Winamp the best both old and new versions

evulish

25-09-2002, 22:43

Originally posted by FotoPlasma
I'm the only person who uses xmms?

Heck no!

XMMS for GUI. mpg321 for playing single mp3s in console and mp3blaster for my console jukebox.

XMMS kick's the llama's arse! :P

FotoPlasma

25-09-2002, 23:49

Originally posted by evulish

Heck no!

XMMS for GUI. mpg321 for playing single mp3s in console and mp3blaster for my console jukebox.

XMMS kick's the llama's arse! :P

I think a high-five is in order.

/me gives evulish a high-five.

:D

Brandon Martus

25-09-2002, 23:51

If anybody wants to write plug-in's for their mp3 players, let me know, and I'll give you the specs.

I'm probably going to end up doing winamp3. I've got 25% of it done already, just got A.D.D. earlier and stopped coding :)

evulish

26-09-2002, 00:19

Originally posted by Brandon Martus
I've got 25% of it done already, just got A.D.D. earlier and stopped coding :)

Wow...I know that feeling :) And it's not good that I have a visible tv at 180 degrees :P

ChrisA

26-09-2002, 00:34

winamp is the way to go its fast loading, easy to use, and has lots of cool skins i havent upgraded to 3 yet but i tried the beta and its cool

Dave_222

26-09-2002, 00:42

Yeah im just using music match that came with my new computer. :(

Joe Matt

26-09-2002, 11:15

Originally posted by Kyle Fenton
I use iTunes

go iTunes!

Brandon Martus

26-09-2002, 12:57

Originally posted by JosephM

go iTunes!

hrm.. you could probably figure out an AppleScript to do the same thing our plug-ins are doing.

I have one that uploads a file with the current song playing to a FTP which could be modified to do a HTTP POST. Let me know if either of you are interested in messing with it.

Joe Matt

26-09-2002, 14:16

Rob Colatutto

26-09-2002, 14:42

sonique 2..... its almost a finished product now, but its still more stable in its alpha form than winamp3 is in its finished form

Kyle Fenton

26-09-2002, 14:56

Originally posted by Brandon Martus

hrm.. you could probably figure out an AppleScript to do the same thing our plug-ins are doing.

I have one that uploads a file with the current song playing to a FTP which could be modified to do a HTTP POST. Let me know if either of you are interested in messing with it.

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

Here are some sample scripts from Apple.

Also here is what a simple google search websites I found:

http://www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/itinfo/info00.shtml

Trashed20

26-09-2002, 15:04

Originally posted by Brandon Martus

hrm.. you could probably figure out an AppleScript to do the same thing our plug-ins are doing.

I have one that uploads a file with the current song playing to a FTP which could be modified to do a HTTP POST. Let me know if either of you are interested in messing with it.

didn't they change how apple script works in os 10?

Joe Matt

26-09-2002, 15:38

I think. Also, I just remember that TST locked all our iBooks so I can't use Applescript! :(

BTW, I PM'ed Brandon the Applescript and asked him about the IP address for uploading the info.

DanLevin247

26-09-2002, 17:54

I use WMP. Just cause I'm too lazy to get winamp and wmp lets me mess with my subwooders settings really easily.

Trashed20

26-09-2002, 19:37

I am currently using winamp 2 because winamp 3 is really slow on my comp. Also, if you use a shortcut key like 'b' (goes to next song) it takes forever to change (3 seconds) while in winamp 2 it is instantanious. Winamp 3 is cool though because of the cool skins you can get (*cough* my crappy first skin that i never finished */cough*) hehe. :)

FotoPlasma

26-09-2002, 20:08

Originally posted by Trashed20
I am currently using winamp 2 because winamp 3 is really slow on my comp. Also, if you use a shortcut key like 'b' (goes to next song) it takes forever to change (3 seconds) while in winamp 2 it is instantanious. Winamp 3 is cool though because of the cool skins you can get (*cough* my crappy first skin that i never finished */cough*) hehe. :)

About shortcut keys:
I downloaded a simple plugin (not really a plugin, just a set of exes) that cause winamp to either pause, play, skip to the next track, or skip to the previous track. With that, and a Logitech keyboard with three configurable (software) hotkeys, I had immediate access to play, pause, next, and previous, no matter what window had focus on the desktop...

Jnadke

26-09-2002, 20:38

Originally posted by Nataku
sonique 2..... its almost a finished product now, but its still more stable in its alpha form than winamp3 is in its finished form

That's a gutsy thing to say. Winamp 2.7.6 is the most stable mp3 player ever. Tons and tons of people will tell you that.

Sonique, on the other hand, tends to eat much of your processing power. I call that useless.

Currently, I use Winamp 3 (www.winamp.com) for my audio files. I was thinking of going back to 2.8 because the CPU usage is a bit high, but the new features are nice. For video files, I use BsPlayer (www.bsplayer.org). It's a nice video player with support for divx, among other formats. Low CPU usage and an easy interface... not bloatware like WMP.

MikeFromTeam71

26-09-2002, 20:40

right now i use Musicmatch 7.2 to play my mp3s, but i use windows media player for the snl stuff and music videos i download.

Chubtoad

26-09-2002, 21:26

Originally posted by Trashed20
if you use a shortcut key like 'b' (goes to next song) it takes forever to change (3 seconds) while in winamp 2 it is instantanious.

This might be because you have fading enabled.
I didn't like winamp3 also because when you had it on random, you couldn't go "back" and get back to the same song you were at, which I guess makes sense, but I get very agitated when I can't go back to the song I was just on.
I liked the abilites of winamp 3 to be able to enqueque certain songs INSIDE a playlist. I wish UPS would hurry up and deliver my heatsink so I could put together my new system....:(

I use the original wmp (before the fluff) that comes with every windows installtion to play videos!

If you don't know what I mean
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe

evulish

27-09-2002, 15:41

Originally posted by Jnadke
That's a gutsy thing to say. Winamp 2.7.6 is the most stable mp3 player ever. Tons and tons of people will tell you that.

That also is a gutsy thing to say. I've never had any version of XMMS crash on me ever...I'm not going to say it's the most stable because that's nearly impossible to prove. I'd be willing to bet winamp is easier to crash than XMMS. (Thousands of programmers can fix bugs in XMMS when theres only a limited few who have the Winamp source.)

Yay for opensource!

I don't see the point in having closed-source free software. If they were selling Winamp, I could see how that would make a difference...but they're not. Sheesh.

Trashed20

27-09-2002, 22:43

Originally posted by Jnadke

That's a gutsy thing to say. Winamp 2.7.6 is the most stable mp3 player ever. Tons and tons of people will tell you that.

Sonique, on the other hand, tends to eat much of your processing power. I call that useless.

Currently, I use Winamp 3 (www.winamp.com) for my audio files. I was thinking of going back to 2.8 because the CPU usage is a bit high, but the new features are nice. For video files, I use BsPlayer (www.bsplayer.org). It's a nice video player with support for divx, among other formats. Low CPU usage and an easy interface... not bloatware like WMP.

I crash winamp 2.78 at least once a day, and i don't keep my computer on all the time. If anything steals the sound inbetween songs winamp tries to play it, throws an error, and crashes. Stupid AIM.