Thread: What do you use to play your music?

I use either WMP or the Zune software on my computer, and my Zune on the go. I know I probably should have said something like Winamp or foobar, but frankly, WMP has what I need, and the Zune software isn't too shabby, much better than it's first iterations that I messed with. The idle timer kick-in is really neat, especially if it recognizes the band or singer you have playing. I have about 15GB of music now, and the rest is some movies I converted to play on my long trips on the train. Although not the best way to watch movies, it does kill time quite effectively.

All I basically use is itunes.

Itunes and my ipod.

I don't need anything else.

flash player and flowplayer in firefox

Winamp

You can use it with ipods too, which is nice since I think itunes is garbage.

I usually use Rhythmbox, it has some great features - particularly the simple "add to play queue" feature and it's not clogged up with crap features that aren't worth my time.
The only problem is the sound quality seems to have just gone really shit recently. It's only with RhythmBox that this happens and it sucks because I use headphones a lot and, when I'm not, I still have a great speaker system. There must be something wrong with the settings or something, but figuring it out seems like too much hassle.

I've started using Songbird a lot now. It's a bit too 'complex' for my liking but I do like the fact it automatically connects to MP3 blogs and you can download interesting stuff with a click. I've found some great music that way.

iTunes and my iPhone.

I didn't start using iTunes until last year, mainly because I got tired of foobar after I got tired of Winamp which I used forever and it sort of worked out since OS X doesn't have any support from any media players.

Originally Posted by simonj

I usually use Rhythmbox, it has some great features - particularly the simple "add to play queue" feature and it's not clogged up with crap features that aren't worth my time.
The only problem is the sound quality seems to have just gone really shit recently. It's only with RhythmBox that this happens and it sucks because I use headphones a lot and, when I'm not, I still have a great speaker system. There must be something wrong with the settings or something, but figuring it out seems like too much hassle.

I've started using Songbird a lot now. It's a bit too 'complex' for my liking but I do like the fact it automatically connects to MP3 blogs and you can download interesting stuff with a click. I've found some great music that way.

I had that rhythmbox issue once, and it turned out that it was using some crazy 'fluendo' codec instead of the standard gstreamer one, which meant even at a moderate volume the quality was awful. Got it sorted out eventually though.

Yours might be something else entirely.

Windows media player, and a Sony Ericsson w810i.

Cannot abide itunes, used to use that and ipod nano, but tis so slow.

That said wmp aint too much faster but does the job.

Windows: Foobar2000
Linux: Audacious
Portable: 30GB Creative Zen Xtra

I was using Winamp, but it is resource heavy and seemed to get worse with every new version.

iTunes, a second generation iPod Nano, my car stereo, and a record player.

Yeah I use my record player as often as I can (only have a limited amount of vinyls in comparison to CDs and mp3s, but oh well) and it's pretty awesome.

We have a stereo system in our living room and garage that we hook our various players up to.

I use iTunes, my roommate uses both Winamp and Windows Media, and the other housemates use iTunes or windows media.

Rhythmbox on my computer and Zune for the road. I have to load my music on my sisters computer to be able to add it to my zune. It's a pain but whatever. I had a zen stone 2g but gave it to my son. With it I can load it from my computer.

I use Winamp on my regular computer, and Media Monkey on my server. Winamp is easier to just open up and get music playing, while Media Monkey is great for being able to manage a boatload of media without getting bogged down when it tries to search for a particular song.

Originally Posted by Mad Pino Rage

I purchased a 160 GB Ipod three weeks ago, and I love it. So far, I've spent over 800 dollars in music.

Originally Posted by Mad Pino Rage

So far, I've spent over 800 dollars in music.

Originally Posted by Mad Pino Rage

over 800 dollars

Seems I'm the only one who uses Cowon jetAudio. I find it does everything I need it to do. And for a portable media player I just use my cheap phone and some card reader that's small enough to keep on my keyring. I used to use a Cowon iAudio M3L but I decided I don't like having my pockets full.

Mostly on my computer, but I have this radio/usb/lighter plug in, in my vehicle that I play the songs on. It seems easier than burning CD's because I can change the songs when I want to and change usbs when I want a different selection.

I've pretty much abandoned my iPod nano. I don't even know where it is now. I've started using the cd player in my car and I just burn new cds when I want to listen to something different.

As far as what I use on my computer, I mainly use iTunes. One of the major reasons I use iTunes is because for some reason it's the only media player besides Windows Media Player that is compatible with my keyboard song display function. And I'd rather kill myself than use WMP.

WMP really isn't that bad.

WMP is just one step up from Real Player

Originally Posted by Mad Pino Rage

I'm confused. Elaborate please.

It's just extremely odd for a person to legitimately purchase that much music digitally. I'll purchase music on iTunes from time to time, but christ, never $800 worth. If I had that kind of money to spend, I'd buy the music on vinyl; then again, I am a rather materialistic person and need a physical representation to justify what I buy.

People still pay for music?

Although back to the topic, I recently found my Mini Disc player. I've been rocking that out the last few days just for nostalgia's sake. Too bad I had a crappy taste in music back when I made all of the discs. I'm too lazy to install the software.

At home: iMac > iTunes > interface > KRK rp5's

Car: iPhone, as with personal music.

On my computer I usually just play my music through limewire since most of it is on there. For everything else I use media monkey.

Originally Posted by ThatGeorgeGuy

On my computer I usually just play my music through limewire since most of it is on there. For everything else I use media monkey.

WTF? Limewire? For real?

I use itunes on the computer. I know it is bloated, slow and there are better alternatives but all of my music is organized in there so that's not changing. I also don't listen to much music on my computer anymore, my desktop just sits in my room and I never go in there besides to sleep. Other than that i keep my ipod downstairs and we used to have it hooked up to my stereo, which unfortunately is no longer around. Now it can only be plugged into this weird ipod jukebox thing that has 0 bass, but get's pretty loud. It is good for parties where we need to keep it down a bit, no bass to shake the neighbors house.

Originally Posted by Killuminati

I use itunes on the computer. I know it is bloated, slow and there are better alternatives but all of my music is organized in there so that's not changing.

Same here. I've been tempted by Songbird, one of the few music player alternative for OSX, but I've heard that it still has a few bugs to work out.

Windows Media Player for my computer (probably going to switch to iTunes soon.)

I have two Creative MuVo 128 MP3 players I use for running and the like. I have some music on my Blackberry for the car (more convenient than MP3 CDs, sometimes.) I'll be getting a free iPod with credit card rewards soon, and then I'll use a Touch for the car.

The only other time I listen to mobile music is while studying which I usually use my laptop for.

I use WMP on my computer, a cheap 4gig mp3 player that has terrible sound quality for when i go on long walks or to the gym and otherwise i just use my guitar and sing.

ipod and itunes. I like using fire.fm for Firefox, I don't know if that counts.