XYplorer Beta Club

I've been using Musicbee for a while now, I think its one of a kind if you are looking to also manage music files (tagging, embed artwork and lyrics into file) as you play them. Its slightly heavy (~50K) but considering its many features its OK i think. My favorite is autoDJ feature.
http://getmusicbee.com/

I mainly use Winamp for management and listening and burning CDs, foobar2000 for splitting large flac/ape through their cue sheet. And also keep an eye on AIMP3.

i used to like aimp2, but it became worser. now i use fb2k and xmp.

Thanks for suggesting AIMP3, its very good. But it would only be my second favorite in Music player and manager category. Musicbee's LastFM integration to discover new artists is a very important feature for me.
BTW, my all time favorite has always been XMplay for its simplicity, light resource usage and portability.

I use foobar2000. Easy to include in xyplorer and has many features that can be configured as you need it.

Winamp. I have been using it since v1.something, shortly tried Sonique but always came back. foobar2000 lacks a neat GUI, AMIP is a Winamp clone. I admit that I never used MusicBee though - it just did not attract me when I last checked.

I might not be its preferred kind of user anyway since I don't use my media player for organizing my media.

Resurrection.

though I never have been using Winamp by myself, the recent eol news made me think about alternatives to iTunes.

I ended up with MusicBee and Foobar2000 on my short list. I've just installed MusicBee, the options/settings are literally endless. Nice, a set of different player sizes. I definitely do like what I have seen so far.

Foobar2000 is next. I already read that it has a steeper learning curve (no problem) that will be rewared with perfect customization. Fine, but: is there anything I can achieve with FB2000 but I can't with MusicBee?

And my last one: I did never get around to rip more than 20% of my CDs, and after my move last year I'm sure the they will reside in the basement for good. Is there any legal way to get FLAC archives from somewhere else?


Thanks & cheers,
Filehero

Edit: typos

For me, support for showing Minilyric in visulaization area is a must. Listening while watching lyric scroll in sync is amazing.
So, Windows Media Player and Winamp are winners.
I especially love Winamp for how easy panes can be drag/drop/show/hide so freely, so the GUI is nearly fully customizable

After playing around with FB2000 for an hour I start to think that it could be the XYplorer of MusicPlayers.

foobar all the way here. Used to be a Winamp user but it just got too bloated and cramped in my opinion.

BTW, I think development is about to come to an end on Winamp.

Nighted wrote:BTW, I think development is about to come to an end on Winamp.

I heard a story on news that it's being discontinued and won't be available for D/L after some date in Dec(?) so get it now if you want it officially.

On the good side:
http://www.oldapps.com/winamp.php

All or most of the previous versions are there.

A new start-up, still Beta but promising if you're into no-frills, no-brainer type of players.
http://resonic.at/

Another basic directory player (if you can do without playlists and all that jazz):
http://mpesch3.de1.cc/