No to iTunes
I tried out iTunes (on Win32) today, as I’m interested in adaptive playlists (a thing I’ve been waiting for a long time) and tracking what I listen to when. But a number of things made me go back to Winamp.
No ogg support.
No “always-on-top” for the miniplayer.
Ctrl-M to switch sizes didn’t always work.
No obvious way to send a file to a remote host containing info on the song currently playing.
Totally random ordering of songs for some albums. Despite having id3 tags in order and track numbers in the filenames, the order was scrambled.
Totally confusing id3 integration — you have to choose the precise version from a dropdown containing +6 entries. Granted, this may be because the id3 seems totally fscked, but still…
On the plus side, clean interface, and kudos for being able to remove all mentions of the ITMS.
I think I can gather stats on playing habits with the same Winamp plugin I use to post “now playing” info. Adaptive playlists will have to wait a bit.
Posted on Thursday, 2024-10-21,
in the comp category.
