So, two things have happened lately which have led to me staring to rip my cds. I have been noticing lately that all my 15 year old cds are kinda getting scratchy and fragile. Thus, backing everything up on my hard drive, which in turn meant I got an external hd for xmas.
I have never bothered to use anything other than Windows Media Player before...but now that I have a ton of music to manage it is giving me fits. My biggest problem is having things in two places. If I have a cd on both the external and internal hard drives, it shows all the tracks twice under the same album name. Also, occasionally my cds are extra special sucky and if Media Player can't rip them, it causes the computer to freak out forcing a hard reset.
So, I would assume there is a better option out there. I feel really old and out of touch having to ask about this...but I have never jumped on the download bandwagon, I never got an mp3 player other than my phone, and have clung to my cds.
Help!
Recommend me a media player...
So, two things have happened lately which have led to me staring to rip my cds. I have been noticing lately that all my 15 year old cds are kinda getting scratchy and fragile. Thus, backing everything up on my hard drive, which in turn meant I got an external hd for xmas.
I have never bothered to use anything other than Windows Media Player before...but now that I have a ton of music to manage it is giving me fits. My biggest problem is having things in two places. If I have a cd on both the external and internal hard drives, it shows all the tracks twice under the same album name. Also, occasionally my cds are extra special sucky and if Media Player can't rip them, it causes the computer to freak out forcing a hard reset.
So, I would assume there is a better option out there. I feel really old and out of touch having to ask about this...but I have never jumped on the download bandwagon, I never got an mp3 player other than my phone, and have clung to my cds.
Help!
I recommend Winamp for media playing, Exact Audio Copy for ripping.
As for seeing everything twice, just don't add the media from one of the locations to the media player's library.
"Either Winamp or Zune Software.This is just not true. You can use the Zune software without owning a Zune. That's like saying you can't use iTunes without an iPod, it's just not true.
Zune software is the better of the two, but that requires you to buy a Zune. Which is also a good decision."
and the Zune software is pretty good about managing albums, it's not flawless, but it's one of the better softwares out there that I can think of.
"keyhunter said:"Either Winamp or Zune Software.This is just not true. You can use the Zune software without owning a Zune. That's like saying you can't use iTunes without an iPod, it's just not true.
Zune software is the better of the two, but that requires you to buy a Zune. Which is also a good decision."
and the Zune software is pretty good about managing albums, it's not flawless, but it's one of the better softwares out there that I can think of."
I EDITED my post a good 10 minutes before you made that post.
"Either Winamp or Zune Software.Zune Software is inferior to Winamp, to speak nothing of Winamp Pro.
Zune software is the better of the two, but that requires you to buy a Zune. Which is also a good decision.
My bad, you don't need to purchase a Zune. You can just download the software from the website."
Get Winamp, and consider buying or uh... acquiring Winamp Pro for way better features/functions. Even the free Winamp outclasses other shit.
"keyhunter said:What is the diff between free and pro again? was it not only the ability to rip cds?"Either Winamp or Zune Software.Zune Software is inferior to Winamp, to speak nothing of Winamp Pro.
Zune software is the better of the two, but that requires you to buy a Zune. Which is also a good decision.
My bad, you don't need to purchase a Zune. You can just download the software from the website."
Get Winamp, and consider buying or uh... acquiring Winamp Pro for way better features/functions. Even the free Winamp outclasses other shit."
"Am I the only one that uses iTunes here? Maybe because I own an iPhone and am forced to own it..."No- I use iTunes as well.
"Jayge said:A bunch of deeper ripping and conversion features and crap."keyhunter said:What is the diff between free and pro again? was it not only the ability to rip cds?""Either Winamp or Zune Software.Zune Software is inferior to Winamp, to speak nothing of Winamp Pro.
Zune software is the better of the two, but that requires you to buy a Zune. Which is also a good decision.
My bad, you don't need to purchase a Zune. You can just download the software from the website."
Get Winamp, and consider buying or uh... acquiring Winamp Pro for way better features/functions. Even the free Winamp outclasses other shit."
"Use vlc its the best free one it plays video also."I agree. VLC all the way. For video, that is. However, for music and keeping your library in order, I have to admit i-tunes is handy. It also rips very well.
Winamp is fine, but I always found its interface rather irritaing. However, I was alone in that form everyone I knew - they all used it and loved it!
You should maybe try a few and see what works for you. Most of them are free download, so you can try them, then lose the ones you don't like.
"Levio91 said:Winamp its Interface is customisable actually, all my video runs on winamp since i downloaded the needed plugins."Use vlc its the best free one it plays video also."I agree. VLC all the way. For video, that is. However, for music and keeping your library in order, I have to admit i-tunes is handy. It also rips very well.
Winamp is fine, but I always found its interface rather irritaing. However, I was alone in that form everyone I knew - they all used it and loved it!
You should maybe try a few and see what works for you. Most of them are free download, so you can try them, then lose the ones you don't like."
"Songbird seems good."Agreed! Haven't tried it myself, but heard about it on Diggnation. Check it out:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/10_Things_Songbird_Does_That_iTunes_Can_t
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