It's all about the equipment
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Synecdoche
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by Synecdoche » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:04 am
I'm looking to upgrade from iTunes because latest versions are ridiculously slow.
I don't need a lot of features. I think I need:
* Compatibility with iTunes playlists and tags (and some kind of "smart" playlists would be nice)
* Ability to preview through separate audio channel
* Difficult to interrupt playing song
* Ability to handle a lot of music quickly (380 gigs)
What software are you using? What features should I be looking for?
Thanks,
Brian
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Surreal
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by Surreal » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:53 pm
I use JRiver Media Center. It's a very full featured library and playlist manager, can cue through multiple outputs, can handle my 50k library just fine, and doesn't use the spacebar for start/stop.
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missloo12
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by missloo12 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:58 am
I'm also looking for a new media player, with mostly the same requirements. I have used songbird in the past and don't really like how it was working with my system. I have a separate tagger, so I am really just looking for something light to play the files, though I store most of them on an external hard drive. I am looking at Jaangle, winamp, and foobar. Any opinions?
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missloo12
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by missloo12 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:59 am
Oh... and I'm not a paid DJ, so I am looking for something simple and free.
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Surreal
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by Surreal » Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:27 pm
If all you need is a player and not library management, then winamp or VLC are nice simple options.
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kbuxton
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by kbuxton » Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:32 am
I use winamp for playout. I use itunes for management and can drag and drop songs into winamp.