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[BlazinSkatinAxel]

Groove Music

 

[To Far Away Times]

iTunes is 💩️

 

[NameGenerated]

I use itunes because I have an ipod. Only thing that annoys me is having the fully restart my PC when it updates. Don't see what's so bad about it besides that.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Replaced Winamp for Aimp a few years ago. Still use Foobar for specific videogames audio formats (SPC, PFS, VGZ, VGM, etc..)

 

[iMAGINATION]

My main is musicbee and spotify but I also use google music and groove/onedrive. I don't really know why but my local music sounds so much better in groove than in musicbee. Any one know how to fix that?

 

[RavenSan]

I've been using AIMP3 for quite some time now. The closest thing to Winamp I've found.

 

[Magwik]

Still using the Zune software. I'm never gonna let go of this player

Zune software is top tier.

 

[CharminUltra]

iTunes. I really like the newest version.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

i still use winamp

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[Wark]

Most definitely Foobar2000! It's crazy how I still use it to this day. I like the amount of customization it offers while still remaining lightweight. In terms of media players, I haven't really found anything that is at its level.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Lol at people suggesting iTunes for Windows as if it's a favor. That shit is garbagio on Windows.

 

[Arulan]

foobar2000

 

[Steamlord]

MusicBee is great.

 

[Nielm]

I would say Foobar2000.

I like to use Spotify on my phone, but I think the desktop client sucks, plus this happened.

 

[LionPride]

Spotify and Groove Music for me

 

[RipperGrim]

I use foobar, does everything I need it to, very customisable and easy to use.

 

[Chichikov]

I use spotify, I like it as a streaming service, it has a decent support for local files and it works well on all of my devices. I also set my local file to sync with my cloud storage so they are available on all of my machines.
Though if you really don't care about streaming, something like foobar might be better.

 

[nasax]

 

[yamaneko]

Winamp

I have a lot nes, snes, mega drive music files, and only Winamp play these files.

 

[trinest]

Groove.

 

[darklin0]

Google Music for me. Being able to upload your music is great.

 

[Joyful]

foobar2000

 

[dakun]

I still use Windows Media Player for my music and most of my videos. The only thing i ever need is being able to create playlists. Maybe i'm just ignorant to the advantages other Players have to it for someone like me.

 

[Johnny Cage In The Shower]

I've been using iTunes on Windows 7, and 10 since I bought my first, first gen iphone back in 2008... Kinda been iTunes on Windows since, with like four different gen iphones....


Going by the opinions on this thread, I am probably the biggest fool for my choice of software and OS... But being stuck with an iphone and iOS, I haven't even dared tried to try to sync my phone with another music player....

I guess what I am really, really curious to know and find out here is, what's the most "iPhone friendly" media/music player on Windows (10) that is not iTunes?

I really want to move away from iTunes, but I need you to hold my hand GAF, I'd love a through and an educated answer to this dilemma!

Thanks in advance!

 

[Alex]

MPC player. Fast and simple.

I use this too, gets the job done.

I would not let itunes anywhere near my PC. One of the joys of dumping the iPhone was getting that infestation off.

 

[curiouscharles]

it's still winamp, it's always been winamp.

 

[Renekton]

Which one has the best visualizer?

 

[Randolph Freelander]

I just use Windows Media Player.

I once preferred iTunes, but it has just made itself unintuitive over the years.

 

[zon]

foobar2000, can't go back to winamp after foobar.

 

[Kientin]

Foobar for local files, Spotify for streaming. Spotify doesn't handle the file formats I need to while Foobar with plugins does. Also Foobar is nice and lightweight.

 

[superjona]

Dopamine. A pretty unknown music player, but it looks and runs great.

 

[chronic_archaic]

foobar2000

 

[Spiritwalker]

I've been using AIMP3 for a while now, before that I used Winamp.

 

[True Savior]

Foobar

 

[ChryZ]

Mostly XMPlay, but also Foobar2000. Love the versatility and plugin support of both, they really make my DAC sing and dance.

 

[djplaeskool]

Foobar

 

[obin_gam]

i have winamp but only for the podcast feed thing.

otherwise spotify.

 

[AzureSkies]

I've been using AIMP3 for a while now, before that I used Winamp.

Are you using a skin with AIMP3?

That looks really nice and clean. I'd love to setup a media player to look like that.

 

[nan0]

MusicBee is pretty customizable without having to worry about the tons of plugins and skins that require maintenance.

Spoiler

Looking at you, Foobar

I'm otherwise with iTunes. Nowhere as bad as people make it.

Groove is okay, but more a streaming client with support for local files. Barely any library management.

 

[Violet_0]

I've been using iTunes on Windows for many years, what are the issues with it? Though I only use it to listen to my playlists and Spotify when I'm in the mood for new music

 

[Zojirushi]

I "play this folder with VLC" everything.

 

[Spiritwalker]

Are you using a skin with AIMP3?

That looks really nice and clean. I'd love to setup a media player to look like that.

Yeah, there are lots of skins here. I use W8 Light or something like that.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

I use spotify. itunes just feels so bloated and installs so much junk. Google Play doesn't even have an official desktop client.

the last music player i used before i switched to streaming was Windows Media Player. I don't think I will ever go back to having all my music saved on my computer. Streaming is so much easier.

 

[daxy]

I jumped ship from Winamp to MusicBee this year.

 

[The Shadow]

I really liked MusicBee until I tried updating some decade old rips with album art and ID3 info. It worked with most of them, but a handful got full on corrupted and wouldn't play. I had a backup, but made me really concerned about that feature in the future, because it's so tempting to use.

 

[Memento_Mori15]

+1 for foobar.

 

[siddx]

I got musicbee semi recently and so far it seems great.

I used iTunes for years and liked it but it just kept feeling clunkier and heavier with each version. Till the point it felt like a pain in ass just to open it up and I avoided doing so unless I was planning on listening for an extended period of time. One of the selling points with Musicbee was how light it feels and how fast it seems to move, despite being a fairly in depth and expansive program.

 

[CDX]

On Windows, I've never stopped using Winamp.

 

[jelly]

Still using the Zune software. I'm never gonna let go of this player

It's still good.

I've been using groove as well which is fine.

You can't go that wrong OP with many of these choices.

Foobar is good too.

 

[Sillverrr]

If I'm listening to music it tends to be a dedicated experience, via a DAC and headphone amp, with expensive headphones. To this end, I use Foobar2000 with components to allow for HD audio playback, and FoobarCon Pro to control my music from an Android tablet. This is a pretty lightweight solution, and easy as I'm so familiar with Windows.

Foobar2000 seems to be infinitely customisable, even if there are prettier players "out of the box" so to speak. And my standard speakers are nothing special, so most of the time if I'm just browsing I'm content with Youtube quality

I have tentatively begun to explore other solutions for my locally stored collection, which might be better suited to my setup. For example, I have an Unraid server in a spare room, but I'm hopeless with Linux.