Tag Archives: media players

Looking For An Online Media Player? Give Moof A Try

By melissa | Published: July 12, 2010
How disappointed are you when you search for a song in your media player’s library and do not find it? Thankfully there is a solution to that – online media players. With an online media player, your media library is composed of all songs available on the web. You will almost always find the songs you are looking for. If you are looking for an online media player, give Moof a try.
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Almost Hands Free is a Voice-Activated Music App for Android [Downloads]

By melissa | Published: July 2, 2010
Android: One thing that the iPhone 3GS and up inarguably has over Android is voice-activated search of your music library. Almost Hands Free brings this feature to Android, so you can avoid endless scrolling through your music library. More
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WMP Plus Adds a Number of Customizable Tweaks to Windows Media Player [Downloads]

By melissa | Published: June 4, 2010
If you haven't learned to love Windows Media Player yet, free plug-in Windows Media Player Plus might change your mind. adding tweaks like find as you type, disabling group headers, a new tag editor, and the Explorer context menu within your library. More
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Cog Is a Simple, Now Playing-Based Music Player [Downloads]

By admin | Published: May 27, 2010
Mac only: Open source media player Cog aims to be the anti-iTunes: it is a simple, one-playlist, folder-browsing media player for OS X that supports many features missing from iTunes, including global hotkeys, Last.fm, and FLAC and Ogg Vorbis support. More
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VLC, Windows Media Player Stand Out in Performance Tests [Media Players]

By admin | Published: April 15, 2010
The TechRadar site decided to settle the matter of media player performance in definitive fashion, loading up a few test files in different formats in 16 different media players , including Lifehacker favorites VLC Media Player , Media Player Classic , and Windows Media Player, the built-in app we've recently learned to love . The results? VLC averaged out on top in loading speed, CPU utilization and memory usage, while Windows Media Player "really didn't perform that badly." Other media players, including those among our readers' five favorites , fared well, as detailed at the full post. [ TechRadar ] More
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How I Learned to Love Windows Media Player [Media]

By melissa | Published: April 15, 2010
I've used a lot of media players over the years, but I've always avoided Windows Media Player like the plague. Then I encountered Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7, and suddenly I find myself singing a different tune. More
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MusicBee is a Powerful, Easy-to-Use Music Manager [Downloads]

By anthony | Published: March 19, 2010
Windows only: Despite the many great media players out there, MusicBee earns itself a spot high on the list with super tagging, managing, browsing, ripping, syncing, and converting powers, all on top of an intuitive interface familiar to any iTunes user. More
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FlipSync Charges and Syncs Your USB Device, Fits on Your Keychain [Stuff We Like]

By admin | Published: February 16, 2010
Charged and synced portable devices keep us connected and get us through the day, so it's extremely annoying when you need to connect but don't have the right cord nearby. FlipSync puts one on your keychain for iPhones and generic USB devices. There's not much else to know about these keychain-friendly gadgets. They're about the size of a key fob, and they come in two versions—one with micro and mini-USB connectors that'll work with most USB devices, the other with an iPhone/iPod connector .
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AudioBox Puts Your Music Library in the Cloud So It’s Accessible Anywhere [Media Players]

By admin | Published: February 8, 2010
When you bop between your work and home computers all the time, it's tough keeping your favorite music at your fingertips ("Which computer has my Once More, With Feeling soundtrack on it?") AudioBox lets you listen to your music from anywhere. (Click the image above for a closer look.) AudioBox is a web-based media player that puts your music (and, eventually, movies) in the cloud so you can access it from any computer with an internet connection and standard browser. Just upload your favorite media files to AudioBox's secure server, and stream them anytime you want to hear one of your favorite tunes.
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MediaMonkey 3.2 Syncs with More Devices, Adds Auto Folder Watching [Updates]

By admin | Published: November 24, 2009
Windows: We dig MediaMonkey for its album art and tag-fixing powers, but the free jukebox software can do so much more—like sync to nearly any smartphone or MP3 player, and automatically manage your music library. The marquee feature in MediaMonkey 3.2 is expanded device support, including WebOS devices like the Palm Pre and Pixi, the latest iPods and iPhones, Android phones (as general USB storage devices), and many more. MediaMonkey's also added automatic folder watching to the free version, something previously available only in its paid Gold edition. And MediaMonkey also added in support for Windows 7's right-click taskbar feature, jump lists, showing recently played tracks, playlists, and other controls
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