I want to find an mp3 program with an intuitive interface that doesn't require me to navigate small text menus in order to load new songs. I've tried using WMP and PocketMusic, but loading songs with either of them requires me to select small areas of the screen which is hard to do without a stylus in the car. I like SimpleTunes, but it is not working properly so for now that's out. Are there any other alternatives?

MortPlayer v3.3 RC10 has very cool skins...

Try STEEL... it's the easiest and I think is at least as easy as an IPod (which I also own)

You can slide the volume easily and it's a clean interface

you can try the WMP skins found here (especially the audio only skins) for stylus free navigation.

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i find mortplayer very troublesome to use, not to mention it's volume control sucks (it has no option to NOT use system volume)

i'm pretty sure you can find a media player skin with bigger buttons to make it easier to use in a car

edit: omg how the hell do i add those themes

edit2: forget it, tcpmp will be my media player for everything media

Yeah, adding themes is not possible for me with WMP, I've tried every single strategy and it still doesn't find them. Besides, even if you have a wmp theme, don't you still have to use the same library interface to load new songs? The buttons are fine, it's just that loading a new song requires selecting the artist then the album and the text is tiny.
I'm downloadiing mortplayer now and will see if that's better, thanks for the recommendation.

Or to solve the problem a different way... voice command?

This week I have been mostly listening to..... Short cummings audio

Life — In Funny, Six-Minute Slices

     

That might be kind of awkward in the car if I'm on the phone or having a conversation with passengers and it just starts randomly changing tunes. Might be worth a try though just for kicks.

you do need to press the button to get it to recognise voices... but it is fun, in a geeky sort of way

This week I have been mostly listening to..... Short cummings audio

Life — In Funny, Six-Minute Slices

     

I just installed MortPlayer and it is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for, thanks again. Where can I find these skins though. I was unable to locate any website where I can download them.

look here: http://www.sto-helit.de/modules/wmpd...cat.php?cid=10
I also recommend Nordic NOR (i think that's what it is called), it's a really nice skin in my opinion.
Mortplayer is a great player, if you have couple of albums on your PDA, you should give the changer-mode a try, it's a really nice idea I think.

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Axim X50v

to mortplayer. i use ms steel inthe changer mode and it is very easy to use. Also there are lots of setting changes you can make as well as an equalizer with pre-amp.

  

Thanks for the link. Definitely the best player I've used yet and even better because it's free.

Well, it's optimized for playing files in a hierarchical structure (like \style\artist\album) and has lots of options. Thus it became a bit of an effort to set it up to your personal needs. After that, it might be easier to use than many competitors, esp. since you can simply skip through all folders listed in your current favorites. But I admit, if you just want to play a file from the explorer, it's a bit bloated...

Sure it has. With "swap volume and preamp sliders" the preamp is modified with the volume slider. I also added this to the wizard in the current 3.3RC16.
I'd recommend an update to this for everybody using a V3.3 beta lower than RC15. If you're using RC15, you won't notice any difference unless you're using streams (which also include PodCasts since some versions), where I fixed several bugs.

For MortPlayer? Just unzip them into the MortPlayer directory (but watch out the subdirectory with images remains a subdirectory). To select one, you can either use "Menu" - "Display" - "Switch Skin" or the settings. "Switch Skin" allows to use a Skin temporarily.
My favorite Skins are Steel (which is also installed with the current 3.3 RCs) and CoolBlue. Stein did a really great job there. But most of the other ones are quite nice, too. If only any of those other skins would include landscape and cover support, I'd use it as new default. I know "Night" isn't a beauty. I'm no designer. But it has nice contrasts and doesn't distract me by night, includes the buttons I need, and supports most of the possible features (landscape, cover, alarm screen, battery and phone signal).

Sure, it's a really nice program. If it does all you need, there's no need to use another...

btw: I set up a Frappr map of users of my programs. It would be nice if you'd add yourself. (Just for curiosity... )

sto-helit.de, i take it you develop MortPlayer? good job indeed, don't take anything i said personally

for themes, i was refering to WMP, builtin themes for MortPlayer are good enuff

the number of mp3s (and flac, ape, ogg, aac, etc) i have is reaching 6 digits... so i usually play music by "add directory" because when you have this many mp3s the ID3 tags are inefficient

i got my foobar hotkeyed with "clear list" and "add directory" and this is how i usually switch between albums

the problem i had with mortplayer is that i can't easily "add CF card" while TCPMP can... i dunno why... i believe this is MY fault for not knowing how to operate MortPlayer

Right.

I don't. I'm well aware I can't please everybody...

Sounds like the open dialog with favorites or the list skip buttons wouldn't be that bad for you, too...

Sorry, I don't quite get that... Your CF card should be listed when adding or opening a directory.
Or do you mean something like different favorite lists for different CF cards? You can do something similar by saving the favorites on the CF card. This is done in "Paths" settings. That way, the selected directories and read structure are saved on the same card as the tracks. Only drawbacks: You have to restart the player on a card change so the new list is read. And you have to create the directory and the favorites on all cards.