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iTunes alternative (pg. 2)
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| r5a |
| Songbird is pretty wicked imo. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by r5a
Songbird is pretty wicked imo. |
Unless it has improved in the last few months, it is way too buggy. |
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| r5a |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Unless it has improved in the last few months, it is way too buggy. |
its been awhile since i used it (only did simple play list managing, and i liked the gui) and i didn't really notice any bugs, so i can't comment about this. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by r5a
its been awhile since i used it (only did simple play list managing, and i liked the gui) and i didn't really notice any bugs, so i can't comment about this. |
Yeah I haven't used it in a while either, but when I was using it for a short time, I wanted to kill it. The interface looks nice, but it really sucks. |
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| Darkarbiter |
| iRiver is still cheaper, and has a much better interface. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Darkarbiter
iRiver is still cheaper, and has a much better interface. |
And rockbox supports most of the iRiver players too! :D |
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| woscar99 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Darkarbiter
Looks gay, worse features, more expensive, worse interface, not as simple to use as other mp3 players, requires you to use itunes.
Whats with people and their love for ipods? |
Well, I think everyone has already said everything there is to say except it is quite obvious that you are talking out of your and never actually owned an iPod. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar99
Well, I think everyone has already said everything there is to say except it is quite obvious that you are talking out of your and never actually owned an iPod. |
Not really. He is kinda right. Supports 3 audio formats, uses a video format that has to be specifically for the ipod, etc. How much more locked down can you get?
Rockbox ftw |
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| woscar99 |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Not really. He is kinda right. Supports 3 audio formats, uses a video format that has to be specifically for the ipod, etc. How much more locked down can you get?
Rockbox ftw |
Actually it supports mp3, acc, aiff and wav. And quite frankly, why would you need more? I really don't care much for wma anyway.
As for the video format, there are several converters that will convert from virtually any format to iPod format in no time and with no hassle. Take videora for example, very easy to use and it's completely free.
www.videora.com
Never heard of Rockbox before, though. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar99
Actually it supports mp3, acc, aiff and wav. And quite frankly, why would you need more? I really don't care much for wma anyway.
As for the video format, there are several converters that will convert from virtually any format to iPod format in no time and with no hassle. Take videora for example, very easy to use and it's completely free.
www.videora.com
Never heard of Rockbox before, though. |
Audio formats: Because AAC sucks. I prefer FLAC or OGG. Also, who every puts anything in AIFF and WAV anymore? Seriously. Go with better things out there that support tagging and what not.
As for Videora, yeah I know. I actually used it the other day and ing LOVE it, but my point was that you shouldn't need to do that.
Oh and Rockbox is a replacement firmware for 1-5.5g iPods. It supports TONS of other formats and whatnot. here is a list of what it supports. |
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| woscar99 |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Audio formats: Because AAC sucks. I prefer FLAC or OGG. Also, who every puts anything in AIFF and WAV anymore? Seriously. Go with better things out there that support tagging and what not.
As for Videora, yeah I know. I actually used it the other day and ing LOVE it, but my point was that you shouldn't need to do that.
Oh and Rockbox is a replacement firmware for 1-5.5g iPods. It supports TONS of other formats and whatnot. here is a list of what it supports. |
Yeah, you're right about the AIFF and WAV. Still I pretty much go with mp3s and don't really care that it doesn't support OGG and other formats. Quick question: isn't FLAC the same thing as Apple Lossless?
Checked out that link and it looks really awesome, I only wish they had a version for the 160GB classic so I could give it a try. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar99
Yeah, you're right about the AIFF and WAV. Still I pretty much go with mp3s and don't really care that it doesn't support OGG and other formats. Quick question: isn't FLAC the same thing as Apple Lossless?
Checked out that link and it looks really awesome, I only wish they had a version for the 160GB classic so I could give it a try. |
Yeah it would be nice if they had it for the classic, but they changed the hardware a bit. IIRC they are working on porting to the classic.
As for the other formats, it is because I prefer stuff that is less lossy, or in the case of FLAC, lossless, over mp3 or wma.
Also, FLAC has a similar target of Apple Lossless, but is not proprietary, has no DRM, etc. |
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