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    Itunes alternatives

    Grrr, anyone use a Itunes alternative before i scream!!!

    Stupid thing....spend hours transfering everything only for it to it all up!!

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    Windows, Mac or GNU/Linux?

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    Songbird - Open Source Music Player This seems to come up every time somebody asks, I haven't used it as I like iTunes alot.

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    I use 7digital to get my downloads and Windows explorer and double-click on a song to listen to them (with whatever program thinks its in charge of mp3 files this week )

    But it works

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    Quote Originally Posted by mortstar View Post
    Songbird - Open Source Music Player This seems to come up every time somebody asks, I haven't used it as I like iTunes alot.
    Amen to that - brilliant software!

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    i kind of do the same as simplesi never failed yet


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    another vote for songbird - its built on the firefox source, and you can get loads of add-ins that actually make it a lot more useful than itunes...

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    I just listen to Music on demand, free music without download | Deezer

    no download required
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    but half of the tracks won't play...and getting it to sync your ipod is interesting....

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    old stuff on occasions yeah. but most of new stuff is active.. any way its an alternative and legal

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    Foobar2000 here. foobar2000

    Small, speedy and usable.

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    Well i installed Songbird....we'l see how i get on with that...

    Spent last night adding all sorts of add ons..

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    winamp lol

    what about winamp ( the new version has a playlist etc ) but yeah song bird is very good.

    I still use iTunes on os x ( not on windows though !! )

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    Cool

    I use Media Monkey, much easier than ITunes

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