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highland man
19-10-2005, 05:14 PM
Does anyone know of a free media player that can be docked on the desktop. (like what happens when you drag my documents to the very corner of the screen) I would like to be able to have my music always to hand.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

Highland Man
Cube
19-10-2005, 10:09 PM
www.winamp.com

ITs ace, but i only have to explain that cos of the post limit
Tom
19-10-2005, 11:09 PM
winamp is fantastic.
dumdiddle diddle diddle dum dum doo
Sanchez
19-10-2005, 11:33 PM
Yup, and if anyone says iTunes I will castrate them.
Jack
19-10-2005, 11:54 PM
Media Player Classic for DVDs and videos, iTunes for music and iPod transfer. I don't need anything else.
Marshmellow
20-10-2005, 12:06 AM
iTunes ROX MY SOX and is my default music program:D
RATM_4_EVA
20-10-2005, 12:26 AM
I use WMP. im prob the only one...But i find it easier imo. i also use winamp but only for certain files, .ogg and files like that.
Bluejay
20-10-2005, 07:28 AM
VLC for incomplete and troublesome files and Media Player Classic for everything else. Also VLC has just hit 10million downloads.
Mr_Odwin
20-10-2005, 09:35 AM
Does anyone know of a free media player that can be docked on the desktop. (like what happens when you drag my documents to the very corner of the screen) I would like to be able to have my music always to hand.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

Highland Man

Do you want a media player or a music player? If media, then a combination of VLC and Media Player Classic with the K-Lite codec pack will make you fairly invincible. If music, Foobar2000 is highly customisable, supports loads of different file types and is very minimal.

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/218/foobar20005mk.jpg
JonSt
20-10-2005, 11:17 AM
if its music your after i use musicmatch jukebox, pretty easy to use.
Cubechris
20-10-2005, 12:05 PM
Win Amp for me
:)
CompSci
20-10-2005, 05:33 PM
erm windows media player 10 + DFX + Audigy 2 ZS = pwns all
Charlie
20-10-2005, 05:56 PM
iTunes 6 (Mac) for me. :)

You know you can attach WMP 10 to your task bar and have control of your music from there?
CompSci
20-10-2005, 06:05 PM
You know you can attach WMP 10 to your task bar and have control of your music from there?

that what i love about it, reduces the memory load to < 2mb (which still alot though for a media player)
highland man
20-10-2005, 08:08 PM
how do i attach wmp 10 to the taskbar?

and thanks for all the suggestions people, i think i might give winamp a try.
Raining_again
20-10-2005, 08:11 PM
right click on start menu, toolbars, find the program name (tick it) when u minimise it will shoot down there :)
Schpickles
20-10-2005, 08:31 PM
iTunes 6.01 (Mac) + the iTunes remote widget for the dashboard.
Marshmellow
21-10-2005, 07:00 AM
if its music your after i use musicmatch jukebox, pretty easy to use.

i usta use musicmatch but it works hella slow compared to WMP 10 or iTunes
AshMat
21-10-2005, 07:26 AM
To be honest, ive only ever used WMP and Winamp both are good, i only got Winamp to do my online radio though