iTunes vs WMP vs [State Other]

[Turin]

Hi,

Please compare and debate so I can choose the best player; I've personally tested quite a few and have so far narrowed it down to iTunes, WMP, Winamp for playing MP3s and BSPlayer/WinDVD/VideoLan for movies/clips.

I also have RealMedia for online media plugin things.

Discuss please
Turin

 

[Opeth]

Winamp.

For everything.

 

[Turin]

Winamp.

For everything.

hmm, does winamp support online embedded media things? Can it replace wmp and rp on things like BBC news etc?

Ty
Turin

 

[¤]´)÷¤--§îr Äürøñ--¤÷(`[¤]

Windows Media Player, for the whole shabang.

DirectShow filters make it an unrivalled media player.

 

[Hate]

Microsoft makes the best products, i wouldn't change them for anything.

Oh and everything else therefore, must suck.

:doggy!:

 

[CraiG^]

WMP xD! WMP xD! WMP xD! WMP xD! WMP xD! WMP xD! WMP xD! WMP xD!

 

[urbanfox]

I use WMP for anything I can.

 

[Blaminator]

I use Winamp for everything

 

[LeoCrasher]

I use BSPlayer on my HTSC for films/TV as it has BRILLIANT filter management (WMP9 has none), and its really fast.

I use WinAmp for internet radio, and WMP for general music.

/Leo

 

[Turin]

That settles it tbh :P Winamp and WMP (<== I'm suprised at your response to this guys, there's loads of forums slaggin it off lol)

Ty for the responses.
Turin

 

[Elijah]

Windows Media Player has never failed to meet my needs, i have used others like winamp, iTunes, but i just have to keep coming back to Windows Media Player

p.s Windows Media Player 10 That Is.

 

[Opeth]

WMP just has such an inconvinient interface, winamp just lays everything out infront of you, and doesnt take like a billion mb of memory to run.

 

[¤]´)÷¤--§îr Äürøñ--¤÷(`[¤]

Well, if you consider that WMP uses less memory than the latest winamp release (for me, anyway), then suddenly any argument against it seems....flawed.

I'll admit, it's UI is a little convoluted, but it's very easy to remember. iTunes fails in that it's portable devices are limited to the iPod & ROKR. WMP will go with any PlaysForSure device.

*** Auron goes back to petting his HD5.

 

[Eskimo]

Winamp all the way - It has a lot of plugins that can be useful but for what you want which is MP3 - It's the best in my opinion. Like Opeth said, you have everything infront of you, what's playing and the media library.

 

[Far]

itunes. it can play any format, simple to use, easy playlist creation, and if u have an ipod you can ofcourse directly play songs from it.

dont think any other player such as wmp and winamp can play m3u/m4u's

 

[NeoTrunks]

iTunes ftw XDD
donno why but i like it

 

[Wittin]

WMP10 is currently the best media player I've tried

 

[¤]´)÷¤--§îr Äürøñ--¤÷(`[¤]

itunes. it can play any format, simple to use, easy playlist creation, and if u have an ipod you can ofcourse directly play songs from it.

dont think any other player such as wmp and winamp can play m3u/m4u's

Isn't m3u a playlist format? I swear all my playlists are m3u's :P

As for MPEG4 Audio, I've got the DirectShow filter for it :P

http://support.microsoft.com/KB/316992

 

[Blaminator]

itunes. it can play any format, simple to use, easy playlist creation, and if u have an ipod you can ofcourse directly play songs from it.

dont think any other player such as wmp and winamp can play m3u/m4u's

You disgust me.

 

[Far]

i know wmp cant play m3u's. u usually get them when u copy music directly from cd to hdd. itunes is the only one ive found that will play them ok.

i do really like WMP10. but i always use itunes for the simple fact i can plug in my ipod and play all my music straight away.