Lightweight Music Player with something like genius? - Hardware & Software

I've recently removed iTunes because I couldn't take it any longer and I've been trying to find a decent music player that's not a memory hogger, has some form of Genius like iTunes, and has skins. I've tried Foobar, and wasn't my cup of tea.

Try [url=http://getsongbird.com]Songbird[/url]

Foobar Simple UI and Low memory use.

[QUOTE=Unreliable;16577129]Foobar Simple UI and Low memory use.[/QUOTE] He said it wasn't his cup o' tea. I agree with weeman007 about songbird.

Wow, i skipped over that lol. Songbird then.

Foobar. Try it again. Keep trying until you like it.

[QUOTE=Eight Bit;16583316]Foobar. Try it again. Keep trying until you like it.[/QUOTE] I want to so badly, but I just can't get it to look like the way I want it. Can someone help me get Foobar to look really good, like Songbird? Also can I get a view of my whole library, not albums.

[QUOTE=weeman007;16576864]Try [url=http://getsongbird.com]Songbird[/url][/QUOTE] This, It's great.. Although, Memory usage is quite a bit because it uses firefox as a backend.

[QUOTE=uber sky;16583423]I want to so badly, but I just can't get it to look like the way I want it. Can someone help me get Foobar to look really good, like Songbird? Also can I get a view of my whole library, not albums.[/QUOTE] Well, I can try, then I'll send you the theme file or whatever it is. EDIT: Mine looks like this: [media]http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2509/capturef.png[/media] If you want it, i can send you the file.

[QUOTE=uber sky;16583423]I want to so badly, but I just can't get it to look like the way I want it. Can someone help me get Foobar to look really good, like Songbird? Also can I get a view of my whole library, not albums.[/QUOTE] Who the fuck cares about looks, unless you're djing the only time you should look at a audioplayer is when you change songs.

[QUOTE=Llivavin;16583770]Who the fuck cares about looks, unless you're djing the only time you should look at a audioplayer is when you change songs.[/QUOTE] That's no reason to have it look awful. @ OP: what's wrong with itunes? And I spose you could try winamp...

iTunes runs slow as shit, likes to use a ton of memory, and I just hate the interface myself, no idea what else the OP might hate about it :fuckyou: I might try Songbird, I've used Foobar in the past, but found the interface a bit bland, and had trouble with equalizers. Winamp was nice to use, but a pain for some reason, as it stopped working every so often, and WMP is just nasty at times, even if ti does integrate with the Superbar well.

[QUOTE=hexpunK;16584085]iTunes runs slow as shit, likes to use a ton of memory, and I just hate the interface myself, no idea what else the OP might hate about it :fuckyou: I might try Songbird, I've used Foobar in the past, but found the interface a bit bland, and had trouble with equalizers. Winamp was nice to use, but a pain for some reason, as it stopped working every so often, and WMP is just nasty at times, even if ti does integrate with the Superbar well.[/QUOTE] So what do you use?

WMP is the worst of them all. Goddamn, it creates a second process which takes up 200mb of ram or something goddamn. If you terminate it, then you can't play music any longer. Goddamn.

Why not just use last.fm, or a plugin for last.fm in a player?

[QUOTE=jivemasta;16584244]Why not just use last.fm, or a plugin for last.fm in a player?[/QUOTE] thx

Old versions of winamp works, and the newest one isn't [u]that[/u] bad..

How do you make Foobar make Genius-like playlists. If I can find out how, I'll just stick with it.

[QUOTE=uber sky;16583423]I want to so badly, but I just can't get it to look like the way I want it. Can someone help me get Foobar to look really good, like Songbird? Also can I get a view of my whole library, not albums.[/QUOTE] There's hundreds of themes about, they require quite a bit of work to get working properly though. I can't remember what mine is called, I'm sure someone can identify it. [img]http://img.meteornet.net/uploads/bc7ivc/ss.png[/img]

[QUOTE=Catdaemon;16584446]I can't remember what mine is called, I'm sure someone can identify it.[/QUOTE] I'll name it bloated.

I tried all of them but eventually set with the Zune software. Looks pretty and has some nice features. Uses quite a bit or RAM but is way faster then iTunes is.

[QUOTE=uber sky;16583423]I want to so badly, but I just can't get it to look like the way I want it. Can someone help me get Foobar to look really good, like Songbird? Also can I get a view of my whole library, not albums.[/QUOTE] Deviantart has a lot of awesome themes dude. Here's what mine's looks like, from a theme on da: [IMG]http://filebox.me/files/z5s6xxq1d_Untitled.png[/IMG] Plus, there's bound to be a plugin that will enable a genuis type playlist thing, being as how foobar is 100% customizable.

I use the Zune software takes up 60mb odd of ram though

There's always [url=http://www.winamp.com]Winamp[/url], which supports a shitload of plugins if it isn't already loaded enough with features. And if you want, it comes with SHOUTcast, so it would be neat to help you discover new music.

I have foobar, the theme I use is [url=http://br3tt.deviantart.com/art/IBIZA-v2-0a-Released-101694696][b]Ibiza[/b][/url]. FOobar is a pain in teh ass to get setup, but it is so nice onces its done. ASIO is awesome if you have a card that supports it. It bypasses all the windows shit and goes straight to hardware. [IMG]http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c82/Jjlugnut/foobarskin.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=4RT1LL3RY;16595767]I have foobar, the theme I use is [url=http://br3tt.deviantart.com/art/IBIZA-v2-0a-Released-101694696][b]Ibiza[/b][/url]. FOobar is a pain in teh ass to get setup, but it is so nice onces its done. ASIO is awesome if you have a card that supports it. It bypasses all the windows shit and goes straight to hardware. [IMG]http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c82/Jjlugnut/foobarskin.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Can it make dynamic playlists? Please can someone find a foobar plugin to do that.

[QUOTE=Eight Bit;16584904]Deviantart has a lot of awesome themes dude. Here's what mine's looks like, from a theme on da: [IMG]http://filebox.me/files/z5s6xxq1d_Untitled.png[/IMG] Plus, there's bound to be a plugin that will enable a genuis type playlist thing, being as how foobar is 100% customizable.[/QUOTE] Link?

Yeah, just do a search based on it and make that a play list. Long worded way... What you do is you make a query based on what you want under search, after that you click the "..." and select "Create Autoplaylist". That makes a dynamic playlist. You do need to know what thing you are search though, it uses basic logic operators for searches so its <field><operator><value>. Like artist IS Muse(Muse), or play_counter LESS 5(Less then 5 plays), date IS 2000(song is from 2000). Foobar is really flexible, its a strength and a weakness. So will you stick with Foobar2000 now?

[QUOTE=Teh man;16597072]Link?[/QUOTE] [url]http://fanco86.deviantart.com/art/MonoLite-122756120[/url] [b]*Edit:[/b] Added for relevance: [url=http://f.w3k.id.au/images/Foobar.jpg][img]http://f.w3k.id.au/th/images/Foobar.jpg[/img][/url]

[QUOTE=4RT1LL3RY;16595767]ASIO is awesome if you have a card that supports it. It bypasses all the windows shit and goes straight to hardware.[/QUOTE] I dunno, I've had weird bugs involving the samplerate with ASIO. If I set my X-Fi soundcard to 'audio creation mode' it likes to play everything real slow, for example. But yeah, ASIO is sexy. That and setting foobar to 32-bit playback. If you don't have ASIO, a good alternative is [url=http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_out_ks]Kernel Streaming[/url] which bypasses all the Windows DirectMedia etc. "let's resample your music to 16bit 44100Khz" bullshit.