Need Software for Playing music

[Fool010]

Using The Godfather for my part, not the most intuitive piece of software ever though. Allows batch file renaming, batch tagging, renaming of files using tags, tagging of files using folder/file names, and a few more features.
As for ReplayGain, I actually stopped using it. Music is louder or quieter for a good reason, that's how it's supposed to sound.

[molbjerg]

Foobar2000 is the best hands down.

Though I don't know if using it would make you just think of pounding guys in the ass mgz 

[razirazo_90]

Using The Godfather for my part, not the most intuitive piece of software ever though. Allows batch file renaming, batch tagging, renaming of files using tags, tagging of files using folder/file names, and a few more features.
As for ReplayGain, I actually stopped using it. Music is louder or quieter for a good reason, that's how it's supposed to sound.

It is annoying when some track volume too low(due to poor encoding 'skill'), then at the next track (that encoded by other person/another album) it suddenly blast to deafening sound.
Its like I need to control the volume slider all the time, change the volume level each time new track playing.

[psyren]

Replaygain should not have done that either... I don't know what you did, but it certainly wasn't Replaygain <__<

[Fool010]

It is annoying when some track volume too low(due to poor encoding 'skill'), then at the next track (that encoded by other person/another album) it suddenly blast to deafening sound.

That's called contrast, everything isn't supposed to sound the same, with no highs and no lows. Encoding everything at the same volume kills the range, just like the overcompressed recordings do. Same volume from start to end, with virtually no dynamism left.

That being said, I agree with Psyren, applying ReplayGain using Foobar never overwrote any of my tags. There must be another cause to your problem.

[mgz]

It is annoying when some track volume too low(due to poor encoding 'skill'), then at the next track (that encoded by other person/another album) it suddenly blast to deafening sound.

That's called contrast, everything isn't supposed to sound the same, with no highs and no lows. Encoding everything at the same volume kills the range, just like the overcompressed recordings do. Same volume from start to end, with virtually no dynamism left.

That being said, I agree with Psyren, applying ReplayGain using Foobar never overwrote any of my tags. There must be another cause to your problem.

however you will occasionally get tracks that are abnormally low in recording volume and then REALLY FUCKING LOUD FOR THE ENTIRE TRACK regardless of what is being played in the track.

[disassembler]

I've never had a problem with any type of audio file in Winamp. Maybe this is because I downloaded a keygen and unlocked Pro features?

I've heard good things about Foobar, but never used it.

I recommend Songbird if you like the iTunes interface, but dislike some of the features. Songbird supports Mozilla add-ons and it's open source. :] Here's a quick rundown.

[Will5757]

replaygain has a few settings, and it isn't a compression algorithm
You can use either track or album replaygain settings and in a nutshell it adjusts the base volume of each track (or album) to a standard (since files can be encoded at different volumes).
I use it because a lot of my files come from different ppl with different ideas on how loud a track should sound (replaygain can also "fix" clipping in some files, provided the clipping wasn't in the soundwave itself)

As for winamp crashing on flac files, have you installed the flac decoders (i know winamp has it build in now, but maybe a different codec could solve the issue.  Personally i've never had winamp crash for any of my files, flac or otherwise

[samfisher1]

winamp all the way. 

get skins n sht

play your tunes, use milk drop (vis-software) and sit back relax

[Tatsujin]

foobar2000?

End of discussion

+1

[Lupin]

For Linux?

[fohfoh]

For Linux?

Wasn't the above recommendation of songbird a linux program?

[disassembler]

For Linux?

Wasn't the above recommendation of songbird a linux program?

Yup! Songbird runs of Linux, Mac & Windoze. :] There's a .deb package available for those of you who might be afraid of Terminal, but from what I've seen in other posts, that's not a problem for you & Mr. Lupin.

[Stsin]

Some questions about Foobar:

People say that foobar is worth it just for ASIO.  But is it worth using with onboard sound?  I don't really notice a difference.

Are there any good Windows 7 gadgets for foobar2k?  The ones I've tried were buggy.
And what are the must have addons?

[Will5757]

afaik ASIO is mostly used for recording, I see no real benefit in low latency playback of a finished file
foobar does however have kernel steaming (bypassing the windows mixer) which is the main reason i hear ppl moving to foobar

tbh though, if your fine with using on board sound, it's unlikely a change in the software or decoder you use to play files will make a noticeable difference to you

[nelfin]

@Lupin, for Linux there's often the paradox of too much choice, Exaile is a good Amarok 1.4 clone. Songbird is a pretty good iTunes clone.

However, for a player that just plays music and stays out of your way, I'd have to say mpd (Music Player Daemon). Plays (pretty much) any and all music file-types; uses very little resources; and has no "interface" as such, you have to use a frontend to control it (sonata is a nice graphical one, mpc is the default cli one) which is a plus for me (less bloat), but maybe not for some.

[Xtras]

See the thing I like about Songbird, is that since it also doubles as an internet browser, I can also open tabs of my favorite online streaming hosts, and one to my Youtube profile's music video playlists. It lets me keep all of my music in one window instead of having to switch back and forth between a media player and a browser. Don't know if that is of significance to anyone else, but I like it myself.

Additionally, Songbird has quite a few good plugins and is decently customizable. Though I'd say Foobar has the edge with this.

[Joshua0001]

Is there a player I can use to replace itunes that both can be used with my ipod and play flac files? Would also like it if it could upload the flack files to my ipod without having to make a separate version. if it maters i run a win 7 64 bit

[Proin Drakenzol]

Is there a player I can use to replace itunes that both can be used with my ipod and play flac files? Would also like it if it could upload the flack files to my ipod without having to make a separate version. if it maters i run a win 7 64 bit

Throw away your iPod and buy a different media player? Like the Creative Zen X-Fi2 (native .flac support). iPods don't natively play .flac and I haven't heard of any reliable hacks for it to allow it to do so. Though I've personally found it's better to just convert to .mp3/.mp4 anyway, audio files are smaller and the difference from a small media player between .mp3/.mp4 and .flac is fairly negligible.

[Joshua0001]

Is there a player I can use to replace itunes that both can be used with my ipod and play flac files? Would also like it if it could upload the flack files to my ipod without having to make a separate version. if it maters i run a win 7 64 bit

Throw away your iPod and buy a different media player? Like the Creative Zen X-Fi2 (native .flac support). iPods don't natively play .flac and I haven't heard of any reliable hacks for it to allow it to do so. Though I've personally found it's better to just convert to .mp3/.mp4 anyway, audio files are smaller and the difference from a small media player between .mp3/.mp4 and .flac is fairly negligible.

thats what i do but when your talking about a torrent that has a lot of tracks to it its just a pain in the ass to thing to do.