Best Free Alternative To Wmp

[Jockstar]

Double post

Edited December 10, 2006 by Jockstar

[Jockstar]

Have just had my Windows Media Player updated to 11 and now i cant use it. I like Media player as its simple to use. I can burn cds, put music on my MP3 and do searches for album info. What would be a free alternative to WMP that would do all of the above? Cheers in advance.

Edited December 10, 2006 by Jockstar

[lomatopo]

I use both of the following:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

http://www.bsplayer.org/

[kayo]

hey.. the thread is still here... my bad...

anyway, sent you some info over the pm

kayo

[lomatopo]

I guess I missed your audio-centric requirements? Winamp does a lot of what you need.

Not sure why you can't use WMP? Can you go back to a rev. that works for you? (Turn off automatic updates.)

[Jockstar]

Not sure why you can't use WMP? Can you go back to a rev. that works for you? (Turn off automatic updates.)

Tried going back to a previous day. Then my Mcafee said it was missing some files. So i had to back to today again. Tried to use the foobar prgram that Kayo said. Dont rteally like it and i cant access my music straight away.

[kayo]

there was a thread the other day on here that mentioned the problems of pirated software is going to be facing.

Now, with the new generation of technologiccal upgrades for non-free ware (as most ms products are) they free upgrades will automatically check if your software is legit.

If it is not many users will be up sh1tcreek.

The company introduced Office Genuine Advantage in April as a voluntary way for people to ensure that they only used licensed and legal copies of the productivity software. But as of Friday, Office Online templates downloaded from within Microsoft Office System 2007 applications will require validation of the Office software in use.

And as of January 2007, people will also have to complete the authentication test if they want to use Office Update.

The move means that users who are caught using software that can't be proved to be 100 percent legal won't get access to add-ons and updates from Microsoft. Those denied access because their version does not pass the authentication test will need to prove that their software is valid before they can proceed.

Microsoft says it will "continue to provide a complimentary copy of Microsoft Office to help qualifying customers who unknowingly acquired counterfeit versions of Microsoft Office 2003." But users will need to "fill out a counterfeit report, provide proof of purchase and send in their counterfeit CDs" to prove their entitlement to a free replacement copy of Office.

Customers who have "unknowingly acquired" a counterfeit version of Office and can't provide these details will have to pay a license fee, Microsoft said. This will be $359 for the Office Genuine Advantage kit for Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, while the Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003 costs $269 and the Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003 costs $139. This offer is available for November, the company said.

Tony Lock of analyst firm Sageza said that the licensing changes were not unexpected. He believes it makes sense for Microsoft to bring its licensing strategies for Office and Windows in line. "But I think most of the problems come from Windows and not Office," he said.

Microsoft has escalated its battle with software pirates during the past two years through the "Genuine Advantage" add-ons for Windows and Office, its biggest cash cows. The company is now expanding its push by putting antipiracy features in its new products and taking more drastic action when it finds that a product was illegitimately acquired.

Earlier this month, Microsoft owned up to problems with Windows Genuine Advantage when some validated customers were denied access to their applications because of a software problem.

jockstar:

30 pieces of freeware to help(link within this thread)

Edited December 10, 2006 by kayo