What's the most user-friendly media player software? (must play FL |
What's the most user-friendly media player software? (must play FL |
Dec 7 2009, 18:43
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Here's the sitch. I myself use foobar2K and my friends are all impressed by me using a laptop as a media server.
So now I need to set one up for one of my friends. However, I think f2K is too tweako for him by several orders of magnitude. He's not a computer oriented guy, his main exposure is using a desktop for email, word processing and such. He DOES know how to rip his CDs and encode them to properly tagged FLAC files (I configured EAC for him, thougjh I may switch him to dbPoweramp). Is there a really easy-to-use alternative to F2k? Like an iTunes that plays flacs? Because I don't want to have to do constant IT support for his music server after it's set up. Ideally it should -- play FLAC files -- be able to scan a drive/folder and update the music library automatically -- display album art (finding and downloading automatically would be nice too), and basic track information (title, album, artist, date, tracknumber) -- allow EASY creation of playlists -- allow tag/filename editing (this is secondary to the other functions) |
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Dec 7 2009, 19:23
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![]() Group: Super Moderator Posts: 3268 Joined: 26-July 02 From: princegeorge.ca Member No.: 2796 |
Really, I don't see why a set-up installation of foobar2000 would not suit that need, other than the "automatically download album art" part. I install it on even my most computer-illiterate friends' computers and they have no problems at all.
foobar2000 is very simple, and takes incredibly little time to produce incredibly efficient and easy results. -------------------- (atrix|(fb2k->e-mu 0404 usb|audio 8 dj))->hd280|jvc ha-fx35-b
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krabapple What's the most user-friendly media player software? (must play FL Dec 7 2009, 18:43
zipr Mediamonkey?
The latest free version now does fol... Dec 7 2009, 18:47
krabapple QUOTE (Canar @ Dec 7 2009, 13:23) Really,... Dec 7 2009, 20:14
Canar QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 7 2009, 14:14) Wha... Dec 7 2009, 21:32
andy_c QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 7 2009, 11:43) Is ... Dec 7 2009, 19:49
FasterThanEver > Is there a really easy-to-use alternative to ... Dec 7 2009, 20:06
krabapple Must add one more criterion -- it has to work in W... Dec 7 2009, 20:11
botface Another vote for Winamp. Plays FLAC (and most othe... Dec 7 2009, 21:03
ncrollo +1 for mediamonkey, the free version has just enou... Dec 7 2009, 21:27
RonaldDumsfeld QUOTE foobar2000 is very simple, and takes incredi... Dec 7 2009, 21:43
Canar QUOTE (RonaldDumsfeld @ Dec 7 2009, 15:43... Dec 7 2009, 22:41
krabapple QUOTE (Canar @ Dec 7 2009, 16:41) QUOTE (... Dec 8 2009, 01:45
JunkieXL I love foobar, but from his post, he is looking fo... Dec 7 2009, 21:46
RonaldDumsfeld Don't get me wrong Canar. I think foobar is a ... Dec 7 2009, 23:07
Cokemonkey11 +1 for media monkey, tried it again after a year o... Dec 8 2009, 01:00
greynol That sort of sums up my experience with fb2k as we... Dec 8 2009, 03:43
jayg30 Not to throw fuel on the fire but I just feel a ne... Dec 8 2009, 09:09
unekdoud I don't see much of a problem with foobar2000 ... Dec 8 2009, 10:25
Trondis I thought Foobar was very difficult to set up and ... Dec 8 2009, 12:24
2Bdecided QUOTE (Trondis @ Dec 8 2009, 11:24) I tho... Dec 9 2009, 15:08
jmcguckin QUOTE (jayg30 @ Dec 8 2009, 03:09) Sorry ... Dec 8 2009, 14:55
krabapple QUOTE (jmcguckin @ Dec 8 2009, 08:55) and... Dec 8 2009, 17:59
2Bdecided QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 8 2009, 16:59) QUO... Dec 9 2009, 15:05
RonaldDumsfeld This thread is amusing.
Bloke writes in to ask... Dec 8 2009, 18:00
Canar QUOTE (RonaldDumsfeld @ Dec 8 2009, 12:00... Dec 8 2009, 22:20
singaiya Haha, totally. @krabapple, have you looked at song... Dec 8 2009, 18:09
krabapple Thanks, but I've decided the easiest path for ... Dec 8 2009, 18:25
Canar I'm just completely confounded by krabapple... Dec 8 2009, 18:30
jmcguckin QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 8 2009, 11:59) QUO... Dec 8 2009, 19:52
greynol QUOTE it's clear that you prefer to introduce ... Dec 8 2009, 19:55
Canar QUOTE (greynol @ Dec 8 2009, 13:55) Enoug... Dec 8 2009, 21:21
krabapple QUOTE (Canar @ Dec 8 2009, 15:21) QUOTE (... Dec 8 2009, 22:15
Canar QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 8 2009, 16:15) Wha... Dec 8 2009, 22:31
krabapple QUOTE (Canar @ Dec 8 2009, 16:31) QUOTE (... Dec 9 2009, 04:15
Canar QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 8 2009, 22:15) If ... Dec 9 2009, 13:50
krabapple QUOTE (Canar @ Dec 9 2009, 07:50) The fea... Dec 9 2009, 18:57
Canar QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 9 2009, 12:57) Act... Dec 9 2009, 19:11
antropoid I Think Foobar is the way to go, but I second medi... Dec 8 2009, 20:13
greynol From someone who is ambivalent about the topic at ... Dec 8 2009, 21:33
trout QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 7 2009, 12:43) Lik... Dec 8 2009, 22:28
shakey_snake Rather than repeating the same line of arguments t... Dec 9 2009, 05:00
Antonski QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Dec 9 2009, 06:00) ... Dec 9 2009, 22:43
carpman My impression about the ultra pro fb2k angles is t... Dec 9 2009, 07:23
shakey_snake QUOTE (carpman @ Dec 9 2009, 01:23) @ Can... Dec 9 2009, 16:12
pdq QUOTE (shakey_snake @ Dec 9 2009, 11:12) ... Dec 9 2009, 17:46
2E7AH Another idea 1by1
All suggested players can... Dec 9 2009, 14:10
DonP Hmm.. I find Foobar the easiest to use of the 4 or... Dec 9 2009, 15:35
2t0nEg As stated a few posts above, J-River Media Jukebox... Dec 9 2009, 15:40
Squeller There's a lot things fb2k is good at, but I... Dec 9 2009, 16:22
shakey_snake This post is a great example of iTunes not making ... Dec 9 2009, 16:25
greynol The people interested in "easy" don... Dec 9 2009, 16:30
shakey_snake I'm more looking at the user interaction metap... Dec 9 2009, 16:54
greynol Look, to me this really seems like PC people tryin... Dec 9 2009, 17:00
Innuendo_ Hopped in here to recommend MusicBee, but looks li... Dec 9 2009, 17:28
krabapple QUOTE (Innuendo_ @ Dec 9 2009, 11:28) Hop... Dec 9 2009, 18:00
andy_c QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 9 2009, 11:00) So ... Dec 9 2009, 18:15
krabapple QUOTE (andy_c @ Dec 9 2009, 12:15) QUOTE ... Dec 9 2009, 19:00
andy_c QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 9 2009, 12:00) Tha... Dec 9 2009, 22:34
Eli Well, I never create playlists. I don't have t... Dec 9 2009, 20:14
Trondis Another easy to use player is AIMP2. You find it a... Dec 9 2009, 23:15
а.п.т. I've tried to start a pool about the favorite ... Dec 10 2009, 01:32
salientlucidity i use foobar myself, but also have media monkey i... Dec 10 2009, 02:14
Antonski MusicBee Dec 10 2009, 03:35
ncrollo I was too humored by the flames getting tossed bac... Dec 10 2009, 08:08
RonaldDumsfeld This is crux of the OPs question.
QUOTE Is there ... Dec 10 2009, 15:23
Canar I've made a poll here because this discussion ... Dec 10 2009, 15:42
Innuendo_ QUOTE (krabapple @ Dec 9 2009, 11:00) So ... Dec 10 2009, 16:37
Teknojnky I think mediamonkey is one of the easiest to use.
... Dec 10 2009, 17:17
krabapple FWIW, I went with Media Monkey. My friend seems h... Jan 8 2010, 22:38![]() ![]() |
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