On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Ralph <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Howdy, > > On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 13:50 -0500, Dan wrote: > > In the thread " iTunes and duplicating songs", on 12/3/2008, Ralph wrote: > > > > > >[...] I have no interest in iTunes. It just does not work well > > >enough to merit use. > > > > So what don't you like about iTunes? > > > iTunes has a bad license. It is not the worst license I have seen, > but the worst part is it got annoying having to read the license and > agree to it so often. It seems like it is updated often enough that > this became tiresome. > One of the worst aspects to me is how Apple just removes capability > from iTunes and and there is no recourse. That is the problem with > depending on a closed source proprietary application for something that > matters to me like the front end of my media collection. > iTunes also poorly supports the format of most of my audio collection > and that is what I mean about it not working well. I use ogg vorbis for > most files. I tested a couple of plugins that added ogg support, but I > did not think they worked well. > > > What app(s) are you using instead? > > > I have tried several audio programs, and none seem very close to > ideal. I am writing my own program and I'll probably move to that in > 2009. My program is more than a simple player, but that is one niche it > will fill. Most often now a days, I find myself using vlc. > > > - Dan. > > Good day, > Ralph There is an application called Songbird but I'm not sure which formats it will support. It is Open Source. http://getsongbird.com/ Peter M. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
