What is your favorite media-player and ID3 tag editor?

PC Hobbyist · 04-05-2007, 03:46 PM

I use windows media player 11 to organize and play my music. To edit ID3 tags, I use AudioShell (http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm), which is free and integrates itself into the Properties window of a file.

However, I was curious what everyone here would recommend instead of those two programs. I get the feeling I am a bit in the Flinstone's era when it comes to organizing my music.

Can someone also explain the difference between the different versions of ID3 tags for mp3 files? Are some better than others?

Styrak · 04-05-2007, 04:33 PM

I use iTunes to organize and play my music. It's a dream for organization and tag editing.
The newer version(s) of ID3 tags support longer names and descriptions, etc.

kesava8@hotmail. · 04-06-2007, 09:41 AM

I also use iTunes, I find that it is so much nicer to use, as it looks a lot neater. And everything looks really "shmick"

mrjack · 04-06-2007, 11:04 AM

foobar2000. Winamp kept crashing for some reason, more often when I used the Modern skins but also when I used the Classic skins.

I don't usually edit the ID3 tags.

monoman · 04-06-2007, 03:04 PM

yeh foobar2000 is the king in my opinion

RoveWolf · 04-06-2007, 03:16 PM

Amarok. Brilliant music player that is. I really love the feature that, if the music is tagged correctly, how the player automatically fetches you the album cover image and the lyrics to the songs your listening to.

jjsevdt · 04-06-2007, 03:26 PM

Jet Audio is my favorite Media player it can handle anyhting. I us a program call TagMp3Edit for my ID3 tags.

PC Hobbyist · 04-06-2007, 05:25 PM

Hey, thanks for all those responses. I have been checking all of those programs out.

So far, I like iTunes the best. I think I might start using it from now on. I just wish I could change the viewing options so that all I see are small thumbnails of my albums (without the songs listed to the right of the cover art or below the cover art). Is that possible? It seems like an obvious viewing feature, but I can't find it. It's also a bummer that it won't play to many video types like divx etc.

I tried to install Amarok to try it out and I had no idea how to install it. I am not familiar with .bz2 files at all and their instructions (although I am sure they are simple) did not mean anything to me. I am just used to good old .exe files.

Anyway, thanks again. Any other suggestions are welcome - and any tips on the whole iTunes viewing are appreciated too.

monoman · 04-06-2007, 05:52 PM

i tunes is a good player, but if you are worried about looks too, then opt for foobar2000, it has extensive functionality, and is fully user configurable too. it might take time to get used to, but when you do you have it exactly how you want it.

some people probably spend more time customising the look of their foobar player than actually listening to music!

cheeck out these forums for more info:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...act=SF&s=&f=28

PC Hobbyist · 04-06-2007, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monoman

i tunes is a good player, but if you are worried about looks too, then opt for foobar2000

Really? I would not have expected that judging on the screenshots for Foobar2000 at their webpage. http://www.foobar2000.org/screenshots/index.html

Hmm, I'm curious to look into it more. Thanks.

04-05-2007, 03:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
PC Hobbyist Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 589	What is your favorite media-player and ID3 tag editor? I use windows media player 11 to organize and play my music. To edit ID3 tags, I use AudioShell (http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm), which is free and integrates itself into the Properties window of a file. However, I was curious what everyone here would recommend instead of those two programs. I get the feeling I am a bit in the Flinstone's era when it comes to organizing my music. Can someone also explain the difference between the different versions of ID3 tags for mp3 files? Are some better than others? __________________

04-05-2007, 04:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Styrak Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 517	I use iTunes to organize and play my music. It's a dream for organization and tag editing. The newer version(s) of ID3 tags support longer names and descriptions, etc. __________________ Athlon X2 4200+ S939 1GB RAM Radeon X1950 XT 256MB 1x160GB HD 1x320GB HD Antec TPII 550W PSU 20" WS BenQ LCD WinXP

04-06-2007, 11:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,363	foobar2000. Winamp kept crashing for some reason, more often when I used the Modern skins but also when I used the Classic skins. I don't usually edit the ID3 tags. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar 500Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

04-06-2007, 03:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
RoveWolf VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: West Midlands, UK Age: 22 Posts: 1,261	Amarok. Brilliant music player that is. I really love the feature that, if the music is tagged correctly, how the player automatically fetches you the album cover image and the lyrics to the songs your listening to. __________________ Note: Formerly known as Breaks. Thermaltake VC3000BWS Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower - Black Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 V2 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 (PCI-E) Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB SATA-II 16MB Cache Enermax Noisetaker 535W EG565AX-VE(W) SFMA ATX2.0 SLI Compliant PSU Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) Samsung 18x18 DVD+RW (Black)

04-06-2007, 03:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,025	Jet Audio is my favorite Media player it can handle anyhting. I us a program call TagMp3Edit for my ID3 tags. __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA 2GB DDR2 533 1 - 80GB \| 1 - 60GB BFG Nvidia 7600GS Soundblaster Audigy PSN: JjSeVdT XBOX Live: JjSeVdT

04-06-2007, 09:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
kesava8@hotmail. banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 216	I also use iTunes, I find that it is so much nicer to use, as it looks a lot neater. And everything looks really "shmick"

04-06-2007, 03:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
monoman Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: B'ham UK Posts: 458	yeh foobar2000 is the king in my opinion

04-06-2007, 05:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
PC Hobbyist Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 589	Hey, thanks for all those responses. I have been checking all of those programs out. So far, I like iTunes the best. I think I might start using it from now on. I just wish I could change the viewing options so that all I see are small thumbnails of my albums (without the songs listed to the right of the cover art or below the cover art). Is that possible? It seems like an obvious viewing feature, but I can't find it. It's also a bummer that it won't play to many video types like divx etc. I tried to install Amarok to try it out and I had no idea how to install it. I am not familiar with .bz2 files at all and their instructions (although I am sure they are simple) did not mean anything to me. I am just used to good old .exe files. Anyway, thanks again. Any other suggestions are welcome - and any tips on the whole iTunes viewing are appreciated too. __________________

04-06-2007, 05:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
monoman Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: B'ham UK Posts: 458	i tunes is a good player, but if you are worried about looks too, then opt for foobar2000, it has extensive functionality, and is fully user configurable too. it might take time to get used to, but when you do you have it exactly how you want it. some people probably spend more time customising the look of their foobar player than actually listening to music! cheeck out these forums for more info: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...act=SF&s=&f=28

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