Songbird is unfortunately only for Intel Macs [?] On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 2:26 AM, Peter <peter1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Ralph <sfrea...@sbcglobal.net> 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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