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  • #46
    Not the .aac one gets from iTunes, which until recently were at 128 or 160.
    B♭3

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    • #47
      99% of my songs are AAC files at 224 kbps. Naturally, those I got from iTune are at 128, but that's about 20 songs at most.
      Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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      • #48
        Originally posted by Q Cubed
        As far as Milkdrop goes, I know Geiss programmed it, but I'm still more partial to Geiss 1 and Geiss 2; the former was one of the earliest of its type of visualization, and was coded in assembly.
        There's not really much of a point in coding it in assembly in Milkdrop, since the most intense functions are handled by the videocard, not the CPU.
        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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        • #49
          Originally posted by nostromo
          Most media players do what you want.

          In iTunes, for example, you can easily edit track tags. You can also randomize by genre. You just have to create smart playlists based on genre. You could have a metal playlist, a rock playlist... And then you just have to ask iTunes to play them at random. There's also a random album option.
          yeah I'm beginning to like itunes more and more. I still have to learn how to do playlists though. I'm getting around to it.

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          • #50
            Winamp, hands down.
            Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
            "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
            He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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            • #51
              Opeth

              I'm using Windows Media Player v9(better than version 10).
              WinAmp is a good player but not as good as before.

              Why using WMP9? I love to automatically find the review of the album I listen, and you can update all the metatags of the MP3 files with the find album feature.

              Is WMP9 a good Files player? For me, yes. Using it since 2003, when i switched from WinAmp to WMP.

              See ya

              Originally posted by Method

              Small is good. It leaves it out of the way. Although I know someone's going to say that covering up the right corner buttons isn't "out of the way", I leave it like that because it confuses people who try to use my computer
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              bleh

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              • #52
                Originally posted by Dis


                yeah I'm beginning to like itunes more and more. I still have to learn how to do playlists though. I'm getting around to it.


                Drag the song(s) you want to the sidebar: it will create a playlist. Then drag and drop any more songs you want in the list to the one you just created.

                Or you can press the "+" button in the bottom left hand corner.

                A better option is to use the "smart playlist" feature. If your metadata is complete, you will be able to make enjoyable playlists very quickly.

                Like this...
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                Only feebs vote.

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                • #53
                  Winamp has had a similar feature before iTunes added it.

                  Winamp even has an "advanced" view as well for it. In the advanced view, geeks like myself can use a query statement.

                  Code:
                  You can enable more powerful views using the custom query language.
                  
                  The basic format is:
                  
                    [value] [   [value] [...]]
                  
                  Field names:
                  	TYPE: 0 for audio files, 1 for video files
                  	FILENAME: Full filename (including path)
                  	LENGTH: Length, in seconds (or hh:mm:ss)
                  	ARTIST: Artist
                  	ALBUM: Album
                  	TITLE: Title
                  	TRACKNO: Track number of file
                  	GENRE: Genre
                  	YEAR: Year
                  	COMMENT: Comment
                  	FILESIZE: File size, in kilobytes
                  	FILETIME: Last known file date/time on disk
                  	LASTUPD: Date/time of file imported to library or modified in library
                  	LASTPLAY: Date/time of last play
                  	RATING: Rating value (1-5, or 0 or empty for unrated)
                  	PLAYCOUNT: Number of plays
                  	BITRATE: Bitrate (in KBPS)
                  
                  Comparison operators:
                  	'=': String or integer equals value
                  	'!=': String or integer does not equal value
                  	'<': String or integer is less than value
                  	'>': String or integer is greater than value
                  	'<=': String or integer is less than or equal to value
                  	'>=': String or integer is greater than or equal to value
                  	HAS: String contains value
                  	NOTHAS: String does not contain value
                  	LIKE: String is similar to value ("the" and whitespace are ignored)
                  	BEGINS: String begins with value
                  	ENDS: String ends with value
                  	ISEMPTY: (no comparison value required) TRUE if  is empty
                  	ISNOTEMPTY: (no comparison value required) TRUE if  is not empty
                  
                  Values:
                  	"strings with spaces" or strings_without_spaces
                  	integers can be "32" or just 32
                  	integers for LENGTH can be a plain integer (seconds), or mm:ss or hh:mm:ss
                  	date/timestamps should be [datetime data], which can be either an absolute
                  	  or relative time. i.e.: [3 weeks ago], [18:15],  [05/30/2003],
                  	  [yesterday noon], [3 days ago 5 pm], [now], [5 mn before may 30th], etc.
                  
                  Logic operators:
                  	&&, &, or AND: boolean AND two comparisons
                  	||, |, or OR: boolean OR two comparisons
                  	!, or NOT: prefix this to an expression for the boolean NOT of that expression
                  
                  Examples:
                    all video files: type = 1
                    audio by Air longer than 4 minutes: type = 0 & artist = "air" & length > 4:00
                    all files on drive C: filename BEGINS C:
                    high rated items that haven't been played lately: rating > 3 & lastplay < [1 week ago]
                    newly added items that haven't been played yet: lastupd >= [yesterday] & playcount > 0
                  
                  Note that you can also use this syntax in the search field of views. Simply prefix
                  a ? or 'query:' to your search string
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                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                  Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                  • #54
                    And the geek interface.
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                    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by Asher


                      There's not really much of a point in coding it in assembly in Milkdrop, since the most intense functions are handled by the videocard, not the CPU.
                      I'm well aware of that. But the original Geiss visualizer (it was self-titled a long time ago, back when Sonique was also still around--pre 2k) didn't have the luxury of offloading anything to a video card, since most computers did not have seperate ones then.

                      Even now, I still prefer Geiss, even if it can't really run windowed, and the like. It's nostalgic, in a way.
                      B♭3

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                      • #56
                        Originally posted by Asher
                        And the geek interface.
                        That's exactly what's wrong with it. iTunes is a music player for normal people.
                        Only feebs vote.

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                        • #57
                          That's exactly what's wrong with iTunes.

                          Winamp defaults to the simple interface, but an advanced interface is available for those who wish it.

                          iTunes thinks a "stop" button is too advanced.
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • #58
                            Originally posted by Agathon
                            That's exactly what's wrong with it. iTunes is a music player for normal people.
                            Or, conversely, it's for people who don't necessarily feel the need to have Fisher-Price interfaces and be condescended to during computing.
                            B♭3

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                            • #59
                              !Tunes totally sucks. I get music that was made with it and it's labels blow chunks.
                              Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                              "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                              He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by Q Cubed


                                Or, conversely, it's for people who don't necessarily feel the need to have Fisher-Price interfaces and be condescended to during computing.
                                As if you know what Fisher Price means...

                                ...don't make yourself look any more ignorant.

                                The iTunes interface looks nothing like their stuff. I should know: I had oodles of their toys as a small child.

                                The uber people are those who simply don't have better things to do than mess around with computers instead of getting work done.
                                Only feebs vote.

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