I've been using vox for several years and the only real complaint I have is the lack of ability to import your entire library. I know this is meant to be a lightweight app but why wouldn't they make the option to keep a organized library? If there was a library option this would be my full time music player.
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Standard full screen arrows in Mountain Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11359?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
I have a SIMBL plugin called Maximizer installed. It doesn't work for this app in particular, but it lets apps that don't have fullscreen support, but can resize, fill the whole screen.
Its going to take a lot to get me to move from iTunes, I am just too invested with the organisation and setup.
I will def check it out and might run my flac library with it.
I will def check it out and might run my flac library with it.
Sorry to say this but 10.9 is going to be, at least, previewed at WWDC next month. It's really time to move on as more and more apps are going to drop Snow Leopard compatibility for API's that are only in more recent versions. Really sad too as Mission Control really sucks without the gestures of a trackpad.
Not for me:
It resumes to the beginning of the album not the place in the song you were playing.
Unless I misunderstand you in v1 you can import your entire iTunes Library. It's actually separate from the Vox Playlist and you can switch between them.
Doesn't seem too.
Nope.
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Now for my personal thoughts on Vox. It's extremely polished and, as someone said earlier, is one of the best designed apps I've seen in a while. It really feels like the next iteration of the iTunes miniplayer. The animations are smooth, it loaded my iTunes library very quickly (and started in the background) and the UI really makes sense. It's like the modern Winamp that should've been. It's light, quick, and sounds wonderful.
I really like that it has BS2B (Stereo to Binaural) so that stereo fatigue doesn't set in when using headphones. The effect is subtle but once you hear a demo (YouTube) you'll be able to hear what it's actually doing. Basically, you can listen with earphones/headphones without your ears getting tired over long periods. You can enable it in Preferences > Audio.
Also, as someone else mentioned, it would be nice to be able to add a searched song into the playlist queue.
iTunes Match doesn't seem to be an option. That isn't a problem for me as I only use it on my iPhone but for those who listen at work that could be an issue.
Overall verdict, it's sticking around.
ps. I'd really like to see an iOS app now.
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What's with the bootleg screenshots? Command+shift+4, space bar, click the window. Much nicer screenshots.
If you need a .mod player, PlayerPRO works great for this (yes, it's been revived as an open-source project).
Good to hear. Gotta check it out tonight.
Those screenshots are a little bit outdated.
Great update to a good player. I wonder how much it's going to cost?
My one or three issues with this player in its beta form is that sometimes it doesn't take the next music track - having experienced this a couple of times.
The other is that when my AirPort Express is selected for audio out within Vox I can see that my system-wide audio is set to the same AirPort Express. Am I alone in seeing this? Or can someone verify it is happening for them too?
The last one is also with AirPort audio - It's very much delayed audio unlike the signal from iTunes. Could the Airfoil app(inactive/closed right now) be interfering?
I should probably just take this text to the programmers of Vox unless they happen to be watching this thread - would be awesome if they did.
My one or three issues with this player in its beta form is that sometimes it doesn't take the next music track - having experienced this a couple of times.
The other is that when my AirPort Express is selected for audio out within Vox I can see that my system-wide audio is set to the same AirPort Express. Am I alone in seeing this? Or can someone verify it is happening for them too?
The last one is also with AirPort audio - It's very much delayed audio unlike the signal from iTunes. Could the Airfoil app(inactive/closed right now) be interfering?
I should probably just take this text to the programmers of Vox unless they happen to be watching this thread - would be awesome if they did.
Recreated its own library from iTunes to the tune of 1 gig. (no pun intended)
I do have a large library but this is space I can't waste on my macbook until there are larger drive capacities.
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You need to navigate to the iTunes playlist drop down and then wait for it it import.
I do have a large library but this is space I can't waste on my macbook until there are larger drive capacities.
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I can't see or play my itunes playlists?
Also I miss navigating with just a letter press. So that pressing letter "R" brings me to artists with R.
You need to navigate to the iTunes playlist drop down and then wait for it it import.
I can only choose itunes and vox playlist.
When you choose iTunes what happens for you? For me a circle appeared whilst it loaded my iTunes library.. this took a long time, I think more than an hour. Can you actually select iTunes from the drop down or is it greyed out or something? Also what version of iTunes do you have.
Redesigned Vox Music Player 1.0 Offers Minimalistic Interface and Support for...
Yes I also pressed on itunes and can play my entire itunes liberary but I have none of my playlists.
I have the newest version of itunes.
Yes I also pressed on itunes and can play my entire itunes liberary but I have none of my playlists.
I have the newest version of itunes.
Would like the option of resizing the playlist to fit the song titles. Especially for classical tracks, the title is too long to see comfortably within that small window.
Surprised to see this updated! Nicely done.
It's still there: mod, xm, it, s3m (are the only ones I've tried)
Mouse over the currently playing track name.
Actually, yes. Though I've yet to see it actually scrobble anything. :/
You can import your iTunes library, it takes a while to scan and generate it's own library. I'll edit this answer once mine has finished...
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It isn't there yet but I've got a message from them that they work on it.
There's actually a "hidden" way to switch it on even at current betas, but I'm better not going to post this method here. I've got bigger problem with performance of current betas so I don't use them much anyway. Waiting for some big performance improvements to come...
This only works for the now playing track. I'm talking about the playlist section.