best mp3 player?
 

I don't like HTC mp3 player for a few reasons: it lags when flipping to a next song. creating playlist is a pain, I don't know how to back up the playlist. don't play song from playlist only.

WM player is ok. creating playlist is easier and can be backed up. but it is not touch capaple.

what is your favorite mp3 player?

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Okay... I'll be the first jackass to say it.... An iPod? :twisted:

I know the Diamond is a veritable swiss army knife but I still love my iPod Touch.

Actually when I used my phone for music in the past I liked S2P (Slide to Play)... It has the look, feel, and functionality of the music player from the iPod Touch.

A quick web search also found PocketMusic which looks interesting...

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S2P looks nice and simple. can you create playlist?

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cool. s2p does not support playlist yet but at least it can list all songs from specific folder. that all I need.

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I have been trying out pocket player for a while. It has a great touch interface that is similar to the ipod, and allows you to make play lists easily. Also, it's really good with a large library of music. However, my biggest problem with it is that it takes a really long time to load (15-30 sec). Once you're in, it is fast, though.
http://www.conduits.com/products/player/

Also, you should at least try out tcpmp, and see if it can suit your needs because it is free.

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+1 to the Ipod Touch,

there just isn't anything better

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Gotta love my 8gb Slacker and Kinoma Freeplay App for my Diamond. No more worrying about playlists. Just pick my favorite station, and listen.

*Sigh*.......love it.

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we know Ipod or iphone is king but we dont have the money to spend another device or carry a second device just to play music. would it be nice if we carry one device and do many things?

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meh, I don't have a problem with carrying 2 devices. I guess its just personal preference....

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I want to use my phone when I do my dance practice with my partner...just set it to play a song, put it in my pocket and go. Don't have to worry about carrying around a boom box or anything, the speaker is perfect for this.

I'll probably check out the s2p...does it replace the included player on the slide?

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no, but if you have s2u2 you can set it so that when ever you plug in the headphones, s2p will load

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GSPlayer

Screenshot
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/gsp4.jpg
Features
- MP3 playback using the MAD 0.15.1b
- Ogg Vorbis playback
- Wave format playback
- HTTP streaming playback (MP3 / Ogg Vorbis)
- SHOUTcast streaming playback (MP3 / Ogg Vorbis)
- ID3 v1/v1.1 support
- PLS/M3U playlist support
- 10 bands equalizer (MP3 playback only)
- Surround / Bassboost effects
- Reverb / Echo effects
- Skin support
- Hardware button mapping
- Noiseless playback (See decoder tab in options dialog)
- Sleep Timer
- Hold (Lock hardware buttons)
- PocketPC / SmartPhone (WM5/WM6) support
Downloads
Download (V2.29 Windows Mobile 5/6 PocketPC English version)
Download (V2.29 Windows Mobile 5/6 SmartPhone English version)
Download (V2.25 Windows Mobile 2003 PocketPC English version)
Sourcecode (V2.29)
Plug-ins
MIDI Plug-in
AAC(M4A/MP4) Plug-in
Windows Media Audio(WMA) Plug-in

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Anyone get the BELL music player working from the Bell UI? From screenshots, that music player looks pretty slick but I'm on a Telus Diamond.

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I too have a touch.... amazing mp3 player... but i think op wants good ppc soft... i like kinoma.... but still not as nice as an ipod touch

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hmmm looks nice.... a2dp support too? didnt see that feature listed

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I could be wrong, but isn't that dependant on your BT hardware, and not software related?

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Oh snap! Thanks for this one! Was just trying it out and its pretty damn nice and feature packed. Love the radio streaming quality and all.

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Been looking at GS Player and appearantly there is a way to enable AVCRP with a separate program... looking into that... I did get it to play thought the bluetooth headset... but no control yet

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I too have found Conduits Pocket Player to be the best all around player.

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Either of you having the same problem with how long it takes to initially load pocket player? A couple things I would like to see are better organization of shoutcast stations. There is a huge list of genres, and most son't even have stations in those genres. Also, it would be cool if they compiled a database of FM streaming stations.

edit: I guess it appears that most of those genres are used. Crazy number of shoutcast stations...

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Initial load time is a little slow (it is considerably shorter after you register.)

Don't listen to shoutcast so haven't noticed that but try shooting them an email. (They have been really responsive to a couple of questions I have had in the past.)

As far as FM streaming station, I know that is something they were looking into. For now you can find a list of streaming stations at:
http://www.thestreamcenter.com/pda/

If you play with the registry in the right places you can get the links to open up pocket player. Then just add your favorites stations as favorites.

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Thanks for the info. I do use the stream center, but it would be cool to have those integrated into the player (like kinoma). I'll have to keep an eye on future web content updates to see if they add that.

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I use Pocket Player because it has bookmarking features and I'm a big fan of audio books. I'm able to listen to and bookmark the huge 1-file downloads from Net Library. Haven't found any other music programs that allow this.

It does take a long time for all the audio files to load, but I'm pretty sure you can select an option that will keep it from re-searching for all audio files every time you open it.

Also, Conduit has been working very hard at trying to gain access to the AVRCP controls - apparently, HTC locks them down to its player or WM Player. I don't understand it all technically, but it the Conduit forum you can read about it. With their most recent release, I am able to pause and restart music on my bluetooth while listening to Pocket Player, but I'm not sure about other functions.

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I'm now officially in LOVE with shoutcasts. I listen mainly to all sorts of electronic music and obscure experimental music genres and I've found a LOT of my favorite streaming radio stations on there and the sound quality is really good. There's also a crazy number of stations I hadn't heard about but the main ones that I already knew about wich are pretty well known have very good sound quality. I was streaming various stations all day today through my phone's speaker (wall charger connected) in my office. Never skipped a beat!

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That's not my problem with it. I'm just talking about the initial load time to get into the program.

I do have the auto-scan disabled so that it doesn't scan every time (it doesn't take long anyway). Also, it is nice that you can specify which folders you want it to search that way it doesn't look at your whole file structure.

Shoutcast radio is awesome. I just need to spend some time making a playlist of my favorite stations. Who needs xm, when you can get internet radio for free...

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Thanks for the tip on GSplayer. I tested it with my bluetooth headset and was not able to change tracks, but everything else worked. Dream Theater's Images and Words is a great CD to test with. :headbang: