Topic: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives (Read 8878 times)

Thad E Ginathom · « **Reply #90 on:** August 16, 2015, 05:09:01 PM »

Quote from: keanex on August 16, 2015, 01:52:03 PM

It's 2015, we have dual and quad core PCs, a music player shouldn't have hiccups when playing back a track.

It's 2015, we carry suppercomputers around in our shirt pockets ...and DPC Latency still exists.

To be honest, I don't know to what extent it still happens with current motherboards, but, a few years ago I had a PC/audio-hardware combination that was essentially throw-away. Stuttering, drop outs, unlistenable, unusable.It made me dream of PCs that I had thrown away for no better reason than they were old.

I still sometimes think that my first audio PC, with its first serious (RME) soundcard, was actually my best. But in reality, that is probably some kind if nostalgia.

Armaegis · « **Reply #91 on:** August 16, 2015, 06:37:09 PM »

The more powerful the supercomputer, the lazier and bloated and more brutish the coding. Maybe not the media player itself, but everything else running around in the background eating up precious computing power and tracking our every movement.

Azteca X · « **Reply #92 on:** August 16, 2015, 07:19:43 PM »

Quote from: Armaegis on August 16, 2015, 06:37:09 PM

The more powerful the supercomputer, the lazier and bloated and more brutish the coding. Maybe not the media player itself, but everything else running around in the background eating up precious computing power and tracking our every movement.

This is exactly why there is a lot of talk of digital transports in the thread about alternatives to CD and USB PC.

drfindley · « **Reply #93 on:** August 17, 2015, 07:40:29 AM »

Which brings me to one of my deepest held beliefs: There is nothing so great that software can't ruin.

Oh, and yes, I do happen to write software for a living, why do you ask?

cizx · « **Reply #94 on:** August 17, 2015, 07:54:59 AM »

I've never had a dropout with MPD on Debian... But it's essentially the only thing that box does.

Solrighal · « **Reply #95 on:** August 17, 2015, 07:56:51 AM »

JRMC19 works perfectly for me on my Mac mini & it always has. Foobar2000 always worked perfectly on my Windows machines previously.

Luckbad · « **Reply #96 on:** August 18, 2015, 06:33:09 AM »

I've had no good experiences with JRiver. I've given it a go 3 different times with massive time gaps in between, the latest being last week. The software is horribly coded, clunky, and prone to error. Which sucks, because when it works, it works really well. I keep being driven back into the arms of foobar2000.

OJneg · « **Reply #97 on:** August 18, 2015, 06:50:00 AM »

Quote from: Luckbad on August 18, 2015, 06:33:09 AM

I've had no good experiences with JRiver. I've given it a go 3 different times with massive time gaps in between, the latest being last week. The software is horribly coded, clunky, and prone to error. Which sucks, because when it works, it works really well. I keep being driven back into the arms of foobar2000.

Could you be specific?

Luckbad · « **Reply #98 on:** August 27, 2015, 04:41:08 AM »

Sorry, didn't see this earlier.

JRiver intermittently freezes for a few seconds now and then, usually before music is playing.

I've had it crash twice in its latest incarnation.

It magically opens itself when I open certain programs.

It also feels loose to interact with. It's hard to describe or put a pin on it, but the software feels bloated and unpolished. I'm a stickler for perfection in software (I'm a game designer at Blizzard--I have it baked into my soul).

Maybe it has poor compatibility with Windows 8.1, but that's no excuse. My computer is super awesome and runs everything I throw at it perfectly.

Anaxilus · « **Reply #99 on:** August 27, 2015, 05:13:10 AM »

I don't have issues in 8.1Pro or 10 unless USB loses sync like getting knocked during playback. My problem is if i do a forced shutdown, it closes but keeps running a hidden instance that lags behind so I can't restart immediately all the time.

I'd say you definitely have a compatibility issue or some interaction going on there. You might have a crappy usb cable?

It feels a lot slicker than some of the WoW patches, game mechanics and dungeons I've had to deal with over the years. I mean logging into ShitWrath or Dalaran back in the day? Are you kidding??

It can be fickle, but I assure you your experience isn't universal so it might be worth investigating if you give enough of a rat's ass.

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