What Media Player do you primarily use for listening to music?

nomar05 · 03-13-03, 09:57 PM

What Media Player do you primarily use for listening to music?

GSPlayer
PocketMusic
PocketMVP
WinamPAQ
Windows Media Player
Other

Therigwin · 03-13-03, 10:04 PM

Windows Media Player - because it is a no brainer to rip the CDs and then push them down to my Axim SD Card

Raynne413 · 03-13-03, 10:04 PM

I rarely use my Axim to listen to music, but when I do, I use Windows Media Player. It is already there, so I do not have to deal with installing something new. Just like I use Microsoft Reader for my e-books.

io333 · 03-14-03, 12:40 AM

I use GSplayer because it is lightweight and efficient. It's best for me 'cause I have my collection served to me wirelessly over the network and the heavy duty players sometimes skip when doing that, and also it lets the processor stay at 200Mhz without skipping.

Fritz · 03-14-03, 08:42 AM

I would use WMP cuz it's builtin, but the playlist feature is so flawed:

1) I stream over WiFi, and it scans my WHOLE network share which takes forever!

2) When I add a directory, the files are added in reverse-alphanumeric order -- which effectively reverses my playlist numbers; and I would have to manually sort.

3) Related to 2, no auto sort in playlist.

So I use withMP3.

Cheers.

jbit · 03-14-03, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Raynne413
I rarely use my Axim to listen to music, but when I do, I use Windows Media Player. It is already there, so I do not have to deal with installing something new. Just like I use Microsoft Reader for my e-books.

I thought microsoft where suposed to stop bundling stuff with their os's for this reason?

NMkiD · 03-14-03, 10:24 AM

PocketMusic is my favorite, Winamp skins and EQ presets are awesome (in the featutre pack), in the next version when it supports .wma .ogg and streaming files, it will be the best one out there IMO.

Raynne413 · 03-14-03, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jbit
I thought microsoft where suposed to stop bundling stuff with their os's for this reason?

Ehhh. . . That is a little different. I do download other things for my desktop or laptop, but I do not want to take up unnecessary room on my PPC.

derring dodette · 03-14-03, 01:41 PM

Although I use GSplayer (small, simple, and loads a directory at a shot), another nice player is 'withMP3', which can be found at Tucows:
http://www.pdacentral.com/pocket/preview/292121.html

or pocketgear, or any number of other places.

It is shareware, and lets you evaluate it for 60 hours before purchasing.

hkoyuncu · 03-14-03, 03:40 PM

also use withMP3 and quite happy with it :)

ceej13 · 03-14-03, 03:52 PM

I'm with Raynne413 on this one. I just use my WMP for PPC. I don't need to set anything else or look at it so I'm happy with what I have without sacrifice more RAM.

rhyno · 03-14-03, 03:54 PM

WithMP3 should be added as a selection...

Keon · 03-14-03, 04:11 PM

I use PocketMVP to playback my 64kbps OGG files. I first tried WMA and Mediaplayer but the audio quality at 64kbps is just awful compared to the OGG equivalent. And even then, my OGG files have an AVERAGE bitrate of only 60Kbps (minimum 32, 96 peak) and still sound better. I'm not biased against WMA because OGG is "better" and "geekier". OGG just sounds better. Oh, and people pay me for my hearing (I do audio stream checkups on DVD-Video)..

opus1971 · 03-14-03, 04:15 PM

PockeMusic all the way! It was a no brainer to go from WinAmp on my PC to this. It looks the same, it works the same, it rocks! :D

nomar05 · 03-14-03, 06:42 PM

hmmm....withMP3 DOES look nice.

"These are the key features being added to version 2.0 of withMP3:

1. WMA and OGG File Support
2. SKINs Support
3. Media Library -> Enhanced Playlist
4. Network Support
5. Audio Effects Support "

I agree that withMP3 should be added as a choice in the POLL, but I think we need a Moderator to do it.