Music/Media manager/player

[basejumper]

What programs do you use to manage and play your music/media files? What operating system do you have? What are some of the pros and cons of your setup?

Thanks

[not tyson]

I've converted to foobar.

Open folder, select, play.

Minimal with no bells and whistles.

[basejumper]

FooBar's example screenshot - main page

[basejumper]

I've converted to foobar.

Open folder, select, play.

Minimal with no bells and whistles.

Does it play all file types? What do you use for a portable music player? Is this only for Windows machines? **edit - found that info

[hellboy]

Foobar is excellent, but it may take some work to get it how you like it. If you are the kind that likes to tweak the configuration and look of your player, then Foobar is definitely the best option.

As far as managing media goes, what are your expectations? Something that automatically tags and sorts music for you? I hear Media Monkey is great if that is your focus. Doing this kind of stuff is certainly doable in Foobar with the right plugins, but it's more work.

[hellboy]

Does it play all file types? What do you use for a portable music player? Is this only for Windows machines? **edit - found that info

It plays all the common formats out of the box, and will play almost anything else with plugins.

I don't listen to much music on a portable device, but when I do I connect my iPod Shuffle to Foobar using an ipod sync plugin (foo_dop from memory). It works fine with my shuffle, but form what I hear isn't so great with iPhones and modern iPods. If you're using a media player in which you just copy shit across to a mounted drive rather, then there's plenty of tools that can do that.

[ilikecheese]

program?

does not compute in the real world.