ATTN Mac users: What media player do you use?

supfoo · Sep 6th, 2010, 07:01 PM

Hey everyone,

So I'm switching to Mac soon and I just wanted to know what the best media player is. I love iTunes, but it's a bit of a hastle to open the whole program if I just want to quickly play a song. Any suggestions on a good media playing program to use?? Thanks =)

musicmadeaddict · Sep 15th, 2010, 12:52 PM

quicktime

Jword · Dec 8th, 2010, 02:14 AM

Itunes. It allows me to create all of my genre playlists (techno, tech house, etc) and create Set playlists. It also allows you to drop a folder in, it adds it as a playlist and then you just delete the tracks you dont want or move em around.

paxahau · Feb 27th, 2011, 04:45 PM

iTunes seems to work best on the mac format. Everything functions perfectly.

AprilAero · Feb 28th, 2011, 06:45 PM

Songbird is a good alternative to itunes. I tend to stick with Winamp on Windows cause I am a Windowsgirl.

Devito · Mar 1st, 2011, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supfoo

Hey everyone,

So I'm switching to Mac soon and I just wanted to know what the best media player is. I love iTunes, but it's a bit of a hastle to open the whole program if I just want to quickly play a song. Any suggestions on a good media playing program to use?? Thanks =)

You can switch a song on iTunes with Function keys: F7 (Previous), F8 (Play/Pause) and F9 (Next)

Just create a playlist with the tracks you want to hear and use the function keys to switch.

iTunes is the best player for Mac.

Ricer · May 13th, 2011, 03:36 AM

I love VLC, plays absolutely everything

Sonome · Jul 18th, 2011, 09:25 AM

You can just press spacebar on any track and a little preview window floats up and instantly plays the track, that's what I use for sifting thru samples. And it's a part of the OS so it's already there

DJ_Endo · Aug 31st, 2011, 10:52 PM

Itunes is the easiest software to use for Mac ...

Highly Recommended! Itunes constantly is updating their software as well. Best option we have for Mac users.

RainerB · Dec 26th, 2011, 05:53 AM

Vox is a small music player. Like WinAmp/XMMS. (Before WinAmp got big

)

I am using Clementine as my main music player. Clementine is a fork of Amarok 1.x

Sorry, I am not able to post URLs.

Nick Castoro · Jan 2nd, 2012, 01:39 AM

VLC to preview tracks and once I decide they are keepers, itunes.

ikki · Jun 16th, 2012, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ricer

I love VLC, plays absolutely everything

+1

a m · Jun 22nd, 2012, 07:55 AM

JetAudio

thetechnochick · Jul 2nd, 2012, 12:41 AM

vlc is definitely the program you are looking for, you can easily and very quick create a little playlist for your mood at that moment. enjoy

AtlantaRaveNet · Aug 6th, 2012, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devito

You can switch a song on iTunes with Function keys: F7 (Previous), F8 (Play/Pause) and F9 (Next)

Just create a playlist with the tracks you want to hear and use the function keys to switch.

iTunes is the best player for Mac.

Oh wow. Didn't know about that. Nice!! Now I don't have to have my remote with me or suffer through lame tracks. Thanks!

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Sep 15th, 2010, 12:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
musicmadeaddict Junior Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA Posts: 15	quicktime

Dec 8th, 2010, 02:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jword Junior Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mecca Posts: 10	Itunes. It allows me to create all of my genre playlists (techno, tech house, etc) and create Set playlists. It also allows you to drop a folder in, it adds it as a playlist and then you just delete the tracks you dont want or move em around.

Feb 27th, 2011, 04:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
paxahau Junior Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: usa Posts: 20	iTunes seems to work best on the mac format. Everything functions perfectly.

May 13th, 2011, 03:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
Ricer Junior Addict Join Date: May 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 16	I love VLC, plays absolutely everything

Jul 18th, 2011, 09:25 AM	#8 (permalink)
Sonome Junior Addict Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 17	You can just press spacebar on any track and a little preview window floats up and instantly plays the track, that's what I use for sifting thru samples. And it's a part of the OS so it's already there

Aug 31st, 2011, 10:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
DJ_Endo Junior Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: United States Posts: 18	Itunes is the easiest software to use for Mac ... Highly Recommended! Itunes constantly is updating their software as well. Best option we have for Mac users.

Dec 26th, 2011, 05:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
RainerB Addict in Training Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3	Vox is a small music player. Like WinAmp/XMMS. (Before WinAmp got big ) I am using Clementine as my main music player. Clementine is a fork of Amarok 1.x Sorry, I am not able to post URLs.

Jan 2nd, 2012, 01:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
Nick Castoro Junior Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: USA Posts: 21	VLC to preview tracks and once I decide they are keepers, itunes.

Jul 2nd, 2012, 12:41 AM	#14 (permalink)
thetechnochick Addict in Training Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: brazil Posts: 3	vlc is definitely the program you are looking for, you can easily and very quick create a little playlist for your mood at that moment. enjoy