flac

[r1 pet]

on some of the flac music files ive downloaded there is an atachment to play all (as in media player) on some there is not,
is there any way to get the play all function?
on long pieces,mahler,for example,its a real paine to have to go back to the puter every 5 minuets to click on the next flac file, thanks all.

[Neo]

What player are you using?
You should be able to control how it plays from the player and shouldn't need a playlist file.

Try using Winamp. Drag and drop files into the playlist window and it will play them all sequentially (or randomly if you choose), and you can click on the playlist item to choose specific tracks.

[Neo]

Download Winamp 5.63 Full - FileHippo.com

Not difficult to set up, but if you want help just holler.

PL button will add playlist window.
Small crosshatch button on top left shortcut to options >Play>File... drag folders or individual tracks into playlist.

[Marmite the Dog]

I'm sure there's a plug in for WMP, but I've recently dumped it because of this very issue and now use Music Bee as the library shit is the best of any media player I've used.

[Dillinger]

Neo, is there a way I can make Winamp bigger.

Makes me squint

[blue]

foobar 2000
drag and drop the FLAC files you want and it will play they in order , randomly
etc
can even go to windows start, default programs , make foobar the default for .flac
then you can right click new files


foobar2000

[Neo]

Neo, is there a way I can make Winamp bigger.

Makes me squint

Top right is three buttons.. minimise, windowshade and end. click the middle one and it will open the player up, you can adjust the size by hovering on the edges and dragging them with the mouse. This will also give you all the menu buttons. The windowshade mode is very cool if you click the 'always on top' option as it fits neatly right on top of your browser.

Click Options>Skins> and highlight Winamp Modern so I know we are looking at the same set up.

On the bottom right you have three buttons an 'eject' PL and ML.
The 'eject' opens up your media files (same as top left in windowshade mode) PL adds a playlist (you can also resize this and detatch it from the player) and ML is the media library, if you look in the you will see 'Shoutcast Radio' this is internet radio, very handy for background music.

Under those three buttons you will see a little tab, click that and the equaliser drops down, you can use it manually or with presets, it has auto crossfading too which is cool and very handy has a bass pre amp slider so you can just tone down the bass slightly without adjusting the other settings, or use it to get the best out of your bass speakers.

Well you can see it's a very versatile tool, just tales time fiddling about to find out what it all does.

[Dillinger]

^ Thanks for that mate, the UI is still shit by being too small though

[Neo]

[r1 pet]

drag and drop works a treat, many thanks neo.

[Neo]

Welcome

[Norton]

Music Bee

Just downloaded and working nicely. Thanks for the tip Marmers. Much better than iTunes or Media player. They have overtime become bloated and inefficient with all the useless "enhancements" added.

[Happy As Larry]

now use Music Bee as the library shit is the best of any media player I've used.

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I've just had a quick look at this and it appears very similar to media monkey which I currently use. In your opinion where is music bee a superior product to media monkey?

[Marmite the Dog]

In your opinion where is music bee a superior product to media monkey?

I tried Media Monkey a long time ago, so I can't really remember what I didn't like about it. If you're happy with it then stick with it. Until I started using FLAC files I was more than happy with WMP.

[Happy As Larry]

^Many thanks for the quick reply. Yes so far I am basically happy with media monkey but am always looking for something better. I have tried wmp winamp itunes and possibly some others.
It is mainly the library features which do it for me with media monkey.
I have a pretty sizeable collection much larger than the 50,000 or so items that the media monkey guides talk about. I do suffer from crashes and wonder if this is due to the library size or just my computer playing up hence my question re musicbee.

For now I will stay put