[kj] Play dead

[The Exorcist]

If it's strictly audio I highly recommend Foobar 2000, also known as FB2K.

Small, basic but very powerful. Lots of plugins 
and customization without all the bloat.
http://www.foobar2000.org/?page=Download
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar2000

At 08:39 AM 5/1/2009, Brendan wrote:

>At the end of the day I want a little piece of inconspicuous software that

>plays media files & makes playlists, and maybe has an equaliser. Something

>free, unobtrusive, won't constantly try to wrest my file associations over

>to the dark side, install Google fucking toolbar, take 10 mins to install,

>loads up the iStore every time it opens, reminding me that the kids are

>all listening to Rhianna these days - yay - and sinks its hooks into the

>operating system so that if I try to remove it I have to rip half my OS's

>brain-stem out, set up a hearrtbeat back to the Deathstar in order to

>*update* itself periodically...

>

>In fact I dislike Windows Media Player as well for similar reasons, but it

>never tried to steal our files, precious, and make them it's own *growl*

>

> > Heh.

> >

> > The help was for Stephen; I'm clear that your anti-Apple bias means that

> > you'd rather see Air Supply in concert than load up iTunes.

> >

> > Darren

> > Hungerford, UK

> >

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> > On

> > Behalf Of Brendan

> > Sent: 01 May 2009 12:07

> > To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> > Subject: Re: [kj] Play dead

> >

> > Yeah I know you can do it, I found that setting immediately and enabled

> > it, just couldn't believe it started doing it automatically, and one of

> > the reasons it pi$$ed me off is that I'd just spent weeks renaming and

> > retagging my mp3 files. WEEKS. My OCD wouldn't sit still until I had

> > everything in my particular format, band name space hyphen space year

> > space hyphen space album name space hypen space track number space hyphen

> > space etc. LOL.

> >

> > Also generally using the thing - my reaction was, to use a current geek

> > meme - DO NOT WANT, or FAIL...and performance was pretty $hite too...had a

> > single core CPU back then.

> >

> > Nup. Hated it. I also disliked it because of the iPod hype, I am player

> > agnostic, no way do I want to be tied in to a fucking Applie application.

> > So typical of that company, try to lock down the customers' choice and

> > over-price with marketing hype and branding. Ugh. (And no it's not an

> > anti-Apple pro-M$ rant, it's merely an anti-Apple rant...). There was some

> > other drama about not being able to easily share your files with friends'

> > PCs etc.

> >

> > Re Nero...I'm lazy with multimedia stuff, more of a gamer / hardware fan,

> > never took the time to investigate that. Would be nice to do away with

> > Nero actually, I have a rebuild coming up in a month or so so I wll do it

> > then. I just assumed it was a good idea to use the software that came with

> > the drive, and Nero has always been easy to use. Cheers.

> >

> >> Edit > Preferences > Advanced >

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> Tick Keep iTunes Music Folder Organised

> >>

> >> Untick Copy files to iTunes Music Folder if you don’t want duplicates.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> I have the Copy Files option ticked, so everything is copied to my

> >> central

> >> library, and I can then manually delete the original file, which could

> >> be

> >> anywhere on my computer.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> Oh, and Brendan? Nero? Hope there’s something in that bloatware that you

> >> really, really need. I gave up on it at version 5.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> Otherwise, the free ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/ ) does pretty much

> >> everything I need.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> Darren

> >>

> >> Hungerford, UK

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> >> On

> >> Behalf Of Stephen Lawrence

> >> Sent: 01 May 2009 11:12

> >> To: gathering at misera.net

> >> Subject: Re: [kj] Play dead

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> you made me laugh about i-tunes ....yeah i hate it also but have to use

> >> it

> >> to put vinyl and tape into my computer ...i hate the way it duplicates

> >> everything meaning i have to delete loads

> >>

> >>> Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 21:55:33 +1200

> >>> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz

> >>> To: gathering at misera.net

> >>> Subject: Re: [kj] Play dead

> >>>

> >>> Multimedia programs do in a sense fight each other, insofar as the file

> >>> associations contention. Windows keeps a list of which programs to use

> >>> to

> >>> open particular file types...so by default when you double-click that

> >>> kind

> >>> of file, Windows will know what to do with it (open .doc files with M$

> >>> Word for example...).

> >>>

> >>> Many multimedia apps ask you when you install them if you want to

> >>> associate the application with ALL multimedia types (that it is

> >>> compatible

> >>> with)...such as mp3 / mp4, avi, wmv, flac, playing DVDs etc etc

> >>> (there's

> >>> loads of formats) and it's easy to overlook this setting when zipping

> >>> through the install screens. I recently did a full install of the

> >>> software

> >>> that came with my DVD burner and it included a flaming media player

> >>> (Nero), on top of all the other ones I have...as if I needed another

> >>> one

> >>> FFS...

> >>>

> >>> Can become a bit messy after a while as well, once you have several

> >>> applications on your PC that aim to do the same thing, some of which

> >>> will

> >>> attempt to load automatically when your PC starts, automatically

> >>> update,

> >>> and many of which share core Windows system files & settings(dlls etc).

> >>>

> >>> Good rule of thumb is to pick a decent one that covers most bases and

> >>> ignore the others. You probably don't need Quicktime on a Windows PC

> >>> for

> >>> example, avi files can be opened in VLC or Win Media Player. (And good

> >>> luck if you're brave enough to use iTunes - we hates it precious ;p)

> >>>

> >>> If you want to change the file associations let me know, or Google it

> >>> if

> >>> you want, there's multiple ways to do it, pretty standard on Windows

> >>> from

> >>> 2000 on. Or you can simply re-install the player you want to use and

> >>> let

> >>> it reclaim the associations.

> >>>

> >>> The less programs you have on Windows the quicker it goes and less

> >>> messy

> >>> it gets, generally.

> >>>

> >>> > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Stephen Lawrence <stephen.l at live.com>

> >>> > wrote:

> >>> >

> >>> >> thanks bo

> >>> >> Â  to be honest i don't know which version i have ..i'm a bit wary

> >>> of

> >>> >> downloads and installations ..i was once told that programs

> >>> can''fight

> >>> >> ''

> >>> >> with each other whether that is true i don;t know

> >>> >> Â  i have vlc and real player and win amp but prefer media player

> >>> for

> >>> >> the

> >>> >> database

> >>> >

> >>> > Both and, programs cannot as such interfere with eachother, but

> >>> codecs

> >>> > and dll's can and will at every given chance. This is why i

> >>> > recommended smplayer and/or vlc, since they both use their own sets

> >>> of

> >>> > codecs instead of using (and cluttering) the standard DirectShow set

> >>> > that Windows Media Player and virtually every other media player use.

> >>> >

> >>> > To find the version of nearly any Windows program, click "Help" and

> >>> > then "About".

> >>> >

> >>> > Also, if you already have vlc, you should be able to play WMA and WMV

> >>> > with it. Just make sure you have the latest version from

> >>> > www.videolan.org and you're all set.

> >>> >

> >>> >

> >>> > b

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