Small MP3 Player

BigAir

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• Nov 2, 2005

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I'm looking for a small mp3 app that doesn't take up much memory when it's running. This will be for an mp3 server running on an old Pentium computer so it needs to not take up much CPU or memory.

 

Sjaak

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• Nov 2, 2005

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I think a stripped down version of winamp will do. VLC can also play mp3's and takes very little space but i don't know how it will work with servers.

 

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mikey70

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• Nov 4, 2005

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Try Billy very small and fast loading.

 

threeme2189

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• Nov 4, 2005

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man that billy program is pretty neat and it sure is fast. not to mention tiny.

 

ju5tin99

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• Nov 4, 2005

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Get an older version of Winamp. I still use 2.81 on my comp (I think they're up to 5.something now). It basically just has mp3 playback features and doesn't support video and all that other stuff that the new versions feature. You can find pretty much any version of it here:

http://www.oldversion.com/

 

khiloa

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• Nov 4, 2005

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A stripped down version of foobar2000 with only the components needed for mp3 playback should work nicely.

http://www.foobar2000.org/

 

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anon1

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• Nov 9, 2005

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Zinf...Zinf is a lightweight, compact media player. It is based on FreeAMP, and works on Linux or Windows.

URL: http://zinf.org/

 

o0OBruceLeeO0o

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• Nov 10, 2005

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I just switched from using Windows Media Player 10 to using Winamp 2.xx. It's wonderful .

 

Mooyo

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• Nov 10, 2005

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ju5tin99 said:

Get an older version of Winamp. I still use 2.81 on my comp (I think they're up to 5.something now). It basically just has mp3 playback features and doesn't support video and all that other stuff that the new versions feature. You can find pretty much any version of it here:

http://www.oldversion.com/

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Definately the way to go. I'm still using 2.7 or 2.8, can't remember which.

 

threeme2189

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• Nov 10, 2005

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winamp 2.95 (i think its the newest 2.XX version that came out) is the way to go. but that bily program is cool.
and im checking out zinf now.

 

cornbread

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• Nov 10, 2005

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Foobar is a great choice, Winamp is also, good. If you lookiing for a less resource hog though Foobar would be the way to go, it may not be as "pretty" as some of the other players, but it works great.

 

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schismspeak

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• Nov 11, 2005

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If you use winamp 2.XX make sure you disable the spectrum analyzer(visulization).

I'm checkin out those other players, look pretty good.

 

o0OBruceLeeO0o

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• Nov 11, 2005

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schismspeak said:

If you use winamp 2.XX make sure you disable the spectrum analyzer(visulization).

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Yeah, I just opted out of installing that part of the program in the insall wizard.