itunes vs winamp

[binkgle]

from the title, you can probably tell that I have an ipod. I recently learned that winamp has a plugin available to interface with ipods, which i dled and found to work quite nicely. has anyone ever had a serious problem with this plugin? does winamp do the job as well as or better than itunes?

i have also heard that the itunes mp3 encoder is very poor, and that i can get the lame mp3 encoder for winamp (how exactly do i get the lame encoding to work? i want to rip my cd collection as lame mp3s @ 192kbps). how superior is lame? can ipods handle lame?

in general, how stable is winamp? for me itunes can be quite unstable, and if i close it i have to close it again in the task manager then wait five minutes to be able to open it again.

i don't often use the itunes music store, so i won't miss it.

[vincent]

iTunes = (N)

winamp (2.95 for me) = (Y)

[TheWebJunkie]

winamp all the way :)

[Patrick_]

XMMS. :p Winamp for Windows, definately.

[Max Veteran]

Ugh, Winamp. Dislike it. Don't like the interface, it feels very cluttered. And when you've got 1200 songs, that entire playlist takes ages to refresh.

I prefer iTunes over anything because its simple to use. Only paedop....audiophiles will actually hear any difference between each MP3 encoder. :p

I use MP3 and not AAC though because MP3 is more compatible with different things. If I just want to run a single media file quickly with media player on a different system, then I can't do that.

[binkgle]

what makes aac > mp3? what about aac 192 kbps vs mp3 vbr?

[binkgle]

can anybody post a quick guide for ripping a cd in cdex with lame mp3 vrb at whatever its highest quality setting is (or maybe to have the bitratre go from 128-256, if possible)? i can't figure it out :blush: some programs just confuse me

[funnyperson1]

The best program to rip Audio is Exact Audio Copy (for quality, its not the easiest to use, you have to download lame yourself).

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

here is a good tutorial:

http://users.pandora.be/satcp/eac00.htm

For an Ipod I prefer Itunes because of its rating and smart playlist systems which allow me to have a great mix of songs I love, songs i haven't heard in a while and songs I have just added without having to sort through 10gigs of music and copying over songs manually.

[giga Veteran]

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yeah and what is your point oh wise one?

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Nero supports AAC encoding in VBR. :blink:

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

i like winamp.. because of what i use it for... playing MP3's and thats it LOL.