Another IT Failure
So I recently was offered an free upgrade to MusicMatch Jukebox 10, the latest version of my desktop audio player of choice. That's cool, I thought, since I've been using Jukebox since version 3. The library organization of MMJB is unmatched in my opinion and it is great for ripping, burning, and working with external devices. So I install everything and bam, it fails to start. It just quits half a second into the loading screen. At this point I seriously need my music; what am I going to do? I've tried using Media Player and Creative MediaSource Player, but they're so clunky and it's almost impossible to organize a large number of mp3s. Plus there's this weird database issue with Creative's stuff. My next step was to hit up www.winamp.com and get their latest version, WinAmp v5.07.
WinAmp is pretty cool so far. The media library is not nearly as clean-looking as MMJB, but the program as a whole works alot faster and the user interface looks super cool (plus there are hundreds of skins to download). It's also got good randomization ability (key for a library like mine). I haven't tried any ripping/burning, but I noticed it said there was a max of 2x rip speed (which is almost neanderthalic). Anyways, check it out if you haven't already. Thank goodness for Christmas Break, giving people like me time to worry about piddly little things like this.
WinAmp is pretty cool so far. The media library is not nearly as clean-looking as MMJB, but the program as a whole works alot faster and the user interface looks super cool (plus there are hundreds of skins to download). It's also got good randomization ability (key for a library like mine). I haven't tried any ripping/burning, but I noticed it said there was a max of 2x rip speed (which is almost neanderthalic). Anyways, check it out if you haven't already. Thank goodness for Christmas Break, giving people like me time to worry about piddly little things like this.
