Best audio-player for FLAC

[Popov]

I really need a new player. Have used VLC for a too long time now :/..

I'm searching for something similar too Itunes !
I don't have Mac, so I can't use the fluke plug-in, and I have too much FLAC (About 500gb) to convert it too ALAC.

- Popov

[Skarr]

erm....i use winamp for Flacs.....dunno if it's the best...but i like it :D

[Popov]

Just found the one :)

It's called mediamonkey, and have all the features that itunes have :):):)

[Skiz]

Foobar. :01:

You can even make it look like (http://www.deviantart.com/#catpath=customization/skins/media/foobar2000&order=9&q=itunes) iTunes.

[dougie]

i use the kmplayer.
if want it i could send it to your e-mail.

[micropino]

Just found the one :)

It's called mediamonkey, and have all the features that itunes have :):):)

Been using Media Monkey for almost 3 years... excellent choice!

[iLOVENZB]

What was wrong with VLC?

It's open source, light weight, bundled with features and is still actively in development

[Dolphin]

Since this thread is gonna die it might aswell die with my last reply telling u guys that Foobar2000 is the ultimate audio-player for FLAC

[Andrew26]

I use winamp but maybe will try Media Monkey

[imapotato]

I vote for Winamp, because it docks to the top as a tiny bar, that's always on-top/available. It does its thing and stays out of the way. I know people love foobar, but I couldn't get it to take up as little space as Winamp while being always visible, nor am I willing to put in the effort to do so.

[anastassio]

I think Foobar is the best for flac

[viltzuh]

Foobar. :01:

You can even make it look like (http://www.deviantart.com/#catpath=customization/skins/media/foobar2000&order=9&q=itunes) iTunes.
Thanks! :)

foobar is a good player for flac

[copacabana]

I use Media Player Classic and I could say is a very good player for FLACs.

[cahcet]

KM player

[cinephilia]

foobar2000 of course.

[alupizor]

Foobar is deffinitely the best audio player for PC. Check out some tutorials on it if you're serious about computer music quality.

[coxen]

Since this thread is gonna die it might aswell die with my last reply telling u guys that Foobar2000 is the ultimate audio-player for FLAC

Why is it the ultimate player? :)

[jaxter]

Hey everybody ! I would be interrested too but for Mac. (Apple Roxxx xD, okay I'm a fanboy)

iTunes is only good for Apple Lossless...

[4x4]

ofc foobar:)

[Thatsgreat]

Foobar! You can do almost anything with it so that it fits your needs. Really good player, and probably the best.

[orygun]

Apple Lossless works great but they could at least make iTunes compatible with the popular Flac.

[rich1254]

aimp plays all audio

[The Flying Cow]

Cowon JetAudio is good.

[technodrome]

Media Player Classic is good for FLAC's

[Dirt]

WinAmp is good, I've never encountered any problems.

[xel04]

winamp or foobar are the best choices

[Skiz]

Foobar no longer supports PanelsUI since 0.9.5.3.

I can't name a single decent skin that didn't use PUI. :dabs:

[prico]

Just found the one :)

It's called mediamonkey, and have all the features that itunes have :):):)

Been using Media Monkey for almost 3 years... excellent choice!

i hate winamp.. and i really need better program then windows media player..
so ill try Media Monkey =]

[RedRansom]

winamp basicly more easily but i dont like its perform:dry:
but when i try to open my flac files with adobe audition and start to play i dont know why but i am hearing voice better than winamp and other players. The song is more clearly and not annoying my ear :unsure:.

[irikpt]

foobar2000 best for flac i think ,u can dl plugin for foobar hompage :d

[sardar]

Cowon JetAudio Plus VX is good

[ovisan]

foobar... light, fast, easy. brilliant

[n00bz0r]

foobar.
enough said. :P

[amst]

Foobar is a good player.

[VinX]

Mpc : Hc rox !!!

[raid0rr]

Winamp is my favorite player for flac music!

[AdonaiYe]

foobar is the best

[xjxj]

Foobar and winamp

[Villalltheway]

I have both foobar and winamp, but id have to say purely on playing music and flacs id go 4 foobar, i just used to use winamp for shoutcast. Dont get me wrong wiinamp will do the job, but i prefer how u can organise ur playlist and stuff on foobar.

[brento]

im a winamp fan

[nice]

Winamp for sure

[saulin]

Foobar. :01:

You can even make it look like (http://www.deviantart.com/#catpath=customization/skins/media/foobar2000&order=9&q=itunes) iTunes.


Foobar kicks ass. But I use the winamp skin with it. I don't like much the iTunes interface and I'm not sure if foobar has a skin like iTunes. it probably does though. It must be because I don't own an ipod and I would never buy one. Oh wait maybe I would get the ipod touch to play some games and surf the net on it.

[captain_dog]

I really like iTunes but usually I work with winamp because it has better interface.

[somethingels]

the easiest and best is winamp. ok, itunes are way better but if you have an bad computer itunes will just kill it. so use winamp !

[shipwreck]

iTunes is not better than old school Winamp.

[Beck38]

I've just about completed an a/b 'shootout' between Media Monkey and Winamp, looking to process all my cd's (several hundred) to FLAC or WAVE and then process to AAC for use in my car and other portables.

Right now, Winamp is running away with the contest. Media Monkey doesn't really support AAC very well, relies on a outboard 'plug-in' for ACC that has minimal settings range. Even though it 'looks' more 'integrated' in it's operation, Winamp wins hands down in being able to really, and boy, do I mean REALLY ramp up to to industrial-grade ripping and converting.

In a test I'm right now completing, I took 5cd's and did the entire process (rip to FLAC, convert to MP3 and AAC). Winamp took about 20 minutes total, I'm at an hour plus with Media Monkey. Now, both are 'trail-ware' and have some speed limitations in them, but it's about equal according to the spec sheets (in fact, Winamp is 'supposed' to be slower, particularly on the CD-Rip).

I had used MM a bit a couple years ago, and hadn't used Winamp to do CD-rip/Conversions for at least 6 years (rip to mp3). It took me literally overnight thinking how to do things in MM and Winamp, about 3 hours tops.

I also looked around for something else, and although I have Nero for DVD use, I took a look at that. Blah. Also at least 2-3 others, NONE had the features of either MM or Winamp.

The lousy AAC converter in MM pretty much settled it for me. ('lousy' not in sound quality, but the highest bps it can do is 155, while Winamp and others like iTunes can do up to 320 which sounds excellent).

One last round of 'sound checks' on the converted files and I'm good to go with the 'process'.

BTW, one of my Vista systems (that I'm using for this) has an optical audio output I've run to my big digital audio system, and playing the files is REALLY GREAT. Now, the only thing left in front of me is, like I said, processing all those CD's and then trolling the internets for great FLAC files!

Also, when I started this 'testing' routine about 5 days ago, originally I tried out iTunes (both MP3 and AAC) and it was hands down no contest for AAC. I thought maybe at the time the MP3 encoder in iTunes was... suspect a bit.

Well, it's kinda hard doing a 'true' 'double-blind' test of A vr. B, but Winamp produces, at the same bits (320kb/s for my test and for my 'production runs'), the audible difference, both in my car system and my living room, pretty close. I'd still give the nod to AAC, but it's VERY close. Just a bit here and there on some really complex music with 'sparkling' highs and very deep bass; just that last half an octave is just a squid bit better with AAC vr. MP3. Obviously, perhaps, the differences with lower bit rates would show the gap widening or narrowing, but putting 7 or so CD's on a CD disc, or cramming 80 albums (or lots more depending on the size) on a little USB thumb drive, is certainly enough for me, more compression is simply not necessary.

[Crowley]

I haven't read the entire thread but people seem to leave out probably the most potential player of all - foobar

http://br3tt.online.fr/
Check this out, isn't that beautiful? Most of the people that are into FLAC from various trackers recommend this one. I do too. It's just the best, and it's open source, fully modifiable.

[Beck38]

I haven't read the entire thread but people seem to leave out probably the most potential player of all - foobar

That's one of the 3 'other' programs I looked at, but from the standpoint of file processing (ripping a CD, transcoding it to MP3 or AAC) it falls way short. You'd need to have another 'collection' of encoder programs to do that, at variable quality.

[Crowley]

I haven't read the entire thread but people seem to leave out probably the most potential player of all - foobar

That's one of the 3 'other' programs I looked at, but from the standpoint of file processing (ripping a CD, transcoding it to MP3 or AAC) it falls way short. You'd need to have another 'collection' of encoder programs to do that, at variable quality.

There are some "epic" programs that are used for ripping and transcoding (EAC for example) and I don't know why one should judge a player according to those standards. Players are used for playing music. Ripping software is used for ripping. There is a reason why these two rarely come together.

[Beck38]

There is a reason why these two rarely come together.

You ARE kidding me, right? Virtually every player program out there does ripping, burning, the whole shebang. The differentiation is the range of their operation (like, how fast a cd burn) or how many 'flavors' of compressed (or non-compressed) file types it can deal with, and the integration of the parts into the whole, if any.

[Crowley]

There is a reason why these two rarely come together.

You ARE kidding me, right? Virtually every player program out there does ripping, burning, the whole shebang. The differentiation is the range of their operation (like, how fast a cd burn) or how many 'flavors' of compressed (or non-compressed) file types it can deal with, and the integration of the parts into the whole, if any.

I don't know what kind of software you are used to, but I'm ripping Audio CD for BitTorrent scene for quite some time already and EAC is the only software you should use for ripping while working on Win/Unix OS.

[Muana]

I think is Foobar

[saxman01]

Songbird is also pretty good

[john02]

I use the kmplayer.

[Ufologist]

Foobar is the best way to listen or convert

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[aman11dhanpat]

VLC- best :D

[Skiz]

VLC- best :D

Wrong. In so many ways. :dabs:

[1000possibleclaws]

I use VLC but that's cause I'm way too lazy to get a program to listen to my bootlegs with, and I couldn't care less about the minute sound difference in the first place. Easier just to transcode them to v0mp3 with dbpoweramp and dump them on my iPod.

[Skiz]

VLC used to be around the curve. But nowadays other media players have caught up and then some.

The only use it still has for me is viewing ISO and IMG files.

VLC is designed with video and versatility in mind. Audio, in my experience, is sub par unless I boost the priority of VLC to high, and who wants to do that? :dry:

VLC is an good player overall but when it is compared to something like the newly overhauled Winamp or Foobar2K and a good codec pack, it just doesn't match up.

[n00bz0r]

its foobar 2k for me <3

[Glitterstep]

I still use VLC...

[Kingpin]

foobar2000 or winamp^^

[kopunsuki]

foobar2000

[sharem]

I'd have to go with winamp if your indexing a library -vlc is useful if you just need to flick through.

[OTO]

I use Winamp for FLAC. :yup:

[Qlix]

Winamp. It works for most stuff... FLAC plays good there.