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[listersgirl]

I have recently been the target of much mockery because I use Windows Media Player to listen to music. Of course, the person doing the mocking is a certified Apple freak, so it's not surprising that he would prefer iTunes.

But now I'm curious. Is one player better than the other? What about other things that are out there? I use WMP because it was there, but now I have piles of music on my computer at home and I'm thinking about playlists and things like that, and I don't want to build them all on one system only to change my mind.

So, Wise and Wonderous Interbets, pick a system for me! I am at your disposal.

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[sh1mm3r.livejournal.com]

iTunes is fantastic and wonderful. Seriously. I love it. And it lets me create "smart playlists" so that every time I download or upload another song by the same artist, it sticks it in that playlist too, so if I'm in the mood for "holiday" music or just Franz Ferdinand, I can clicky and it does it all for me.

And iTunes lets you make your own playlists, burn CDs, create inserts, download podcasts, and buy music by track on the Music Store.

I'm a huge fan!!!

[listersgirl]

Ok, question for you - I've been playing around with iTunes, and the only thing I can't seem to find (of the things I use regularly in WMP) is the ability to have it basically refresh - search my music folders and add anything new, plus delete anything that's not there anymore. So far I can add, but it seems like I have to delete manually, one song at a time. True?

[gmajor.livejournal.com]

My iTunes seems to figure out when stuff is gone.

If you want to delete a bunch at once you can click on one, then hold down shift and click the one and the end of the list you want to delete. I find the search window very useful for creating temp lists that I can then delete or edit. For editing, while you've got the bunch selected, right click, and then choose Edit. In the edit screen, you can rename artist, album, genre, whatever en masse. I got this book from pauliatchy which is amazing for tips like that.

I use iTunes and prefer it to WMP because:

1) I use a Mac
2) I own an iPod
3) I like the interface and features
4) I've found WMP to be twitchy when playing (although this could be a MS feature to annoy Apple users) and the skip search function blows and often causes it to hang.
5) Built-in Spyware
6) The less Microsoft stuff on my computer, the better.
7) I can share my music with any other computer in the house over the network
8) Hockey strike! (although episodes may soon be available in Windows Media format anyway)

[sh1mm3r.livejournal.com]

You can list duplicate songs, but I think that songs that are deleted just have to come up as bad, as far as I can tell. I never delete songs, so I've never dealt with that. I just keep listening and listening.....

Oh and you can always select multiple songs by holding down shift (for consecutive) or control (for random) songs.