Freeware non-spy music player/cataloguer

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Sweet Andy

Looking for a music player/catalog program that connects to cddb easily and
is not spyware and doesn't phone home. I pretty much d/l some music and
install some by playing my cd's. I'd like the program to be able to copy and
label the music on my computer by connecting to CDDB. I've tried Sonique,
Musicmatch, Windows MP and Real Jukebox and all are a piece of crap. I-Tunes
is a shade better and that's what I'm using now, but it's still not the best
and I have to hand label because I don't trust Apple. There's gotta be
something better than that out there. Thanks.
 
Sweet said:
Looking for a music player/catalog program that connects to cddb
easily and is not spyware and doesn't phone home. I pretty much d/l
some music and install some by playing my cd's. I'd like the program
to be able to copy and label the music on my computer by connecting
to CDDB. I've tried Sonique, Musicmatch, Windows MP and Real Jukebox
and all are a piece of crap. I-Tunes is a shade better and that's
what I'm using now, but it's still not the best and I have to hand
label because I don't trust Apple. There's gotta be something better
than that out there. Thanks.
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MusikCube is very good:

http://musikcube.com/

Markku V.
 
MediaMonkeyOn Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:58:07 -0700, "Sweet Andy"
Looking for a music player/catalog program that connects to cddb easily and
is not spyware and doesn't phone home. I pretty much d/l some music and
install some by playing my cd's. I'd like the program to be able to copy and
label the music on my computer by connecting to CDDB. I've tried Sonique,
Musicmatch, Windows MP and Real Jukebox and all are a piece of crap. I-Tunes
is a shade better and that's what I'm using now, but it's still not the best
and I have to hand label because I don't trust Apple. There's gotta be
something better than that out there. Thanks.
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MediaMonkey http://www.mediamonkey.com/ uses FreeDB, rather than CDDB,
but has many good features.
 
Sweet said:
Looking for a music player/catalog program that connects to cddb easily and
is not spyware and doesn't phone home. I pretty much d/l some music and
install some by playing my cd's. I'd like the program to be able to copy and
label the music on my computer by connecting to CDDB. I've tried Sonique,
Musicmatch, Windows MP and Real Jukebox and all are a piece of crap. I-Tunes
is a shade better and that's what I'm using now, but it's still not the best
and I have to hand label because I don't trust Apple. There's gotta be
something better than that out there. Thanks.
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So far, two posters have listed players that they like. I have three
further questions:
- Does it sound good (as in "clean" on .wav and CD sources)?
- Does it have a really adjustable equalizer (none of this "jazz,"
"disco," "rock" BS)?
- Can multiple custom equalizer settings be stored?

To the OP: what do you mean when you say "crap?" I'm with you about the
spyware, and I can't tolerate any software, no matter how good, that
can't be stopped from connecting on the web without my express
permission. It's my goddamn computer, not theirs (I say that cookies are
eggregious). Agreed?

Richard
 
Looking for a music player/catalog program that connects to cddb easily and
is not spyware and doesn't phone home. I pretty much d/l some music and
install some by playing my cd's. I'd like the program to be able to copy and
label the music on my computer by connecting to CDDB. I've tried Sonique,
Musicmatch, Windows MP and Real Jukebox and all are a piece of crap. I-Tunes
is a shade better and that's what I'm using now, but it's still not the best
and I have to hand label because I don't trust Apple. There's gotta be
something better than that out there. Thanks.
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Foobar2000 Special Install
http://www.foobar2000.org/

regards

Dud
 
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