iTunes Alternatives? - Page 2

Starfighter · Jan 17, 2013, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by rjcalifornia

Is there anything that resembles WinAmp? Or acts and look like WinAmp?

No. There just isn't. That's why I always came back to iTunes with my tail between my legs.

skateny · Jan 17, 2013, 09:09 AM

I've always been partial to Apple's PowerBooks. My first was a 520c. I added memory and a card cage so I could use a modem. It was a great machine.

But my all-time favorite was my brand new 300MHz Wall Street PowerBook G3. It was an awesome laptop -- OS 9, DVD player (which was not all that common at the time), nice display, and very powerful in its time. A beautiful machine. I'm sorry I ever sold it, but I did get a premium price for it, having upgraded it and kept it in excellent condition.

Starfighter · Jan 17, 2013, 10:08 AM

Someone meant to post in this thread I believe.

rjcalifornia · Jan 17, 2013, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by roxxette

Why not ? that way also can use pandora or try hulu

theres plenty of vpn options that cost as low as 10 bucks a year

Im from Dominican Republic btw

haha I don't really need VPN. I just need a decent player, that looks like WinAmp, without recurring to VPN

Starfighter · Jan 17, 2013, 11:05 AM

Did you try eyoungrens suggestion, Audion? It's skinnable, maybe you can find a Winamp-lookalike there?

jruschme · Jan 18, 2013, 08:04 AM

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May be is there a way to compile the good old XMMS in Mac OS Powerpc?

Both XMMS and XMMS2 are listed as valid install targets for MacPorts, though I confess I've never tried to buid either of them.

rjcalifornia · Jan 18, 2013, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Starfighter

Did you try eyoungrens suggestion, Audion? It's skinnable, maybe you can find a Winamp-lookalike there?

Yes I did, but it was not being nice with m4a audio files

nor flac.

Flac? yeah I'm kinda crazy for HD songs lol

Man I don't want to stick to iTunes. I believe I have no choice :'(

rjcalifornia · Jan 18, 2013, 01:42 PM

Nevermind guys!!!! The answer was in front of me:

Real Player!!!!!!

Realplayer looks like WinAmp and has almost the same behavior. Thanks!

Starfighter · Jan 18, 2013, 02:27 PM

Who would've guessed?

I really loved RealAudio Player (as it was called at the time were you were lucky to find a few .ra-files with mostly extremely compressed tunes to fit the 56k-modems), before it became utterly bloated. Since then I have systematically avoided it. I'm glad that you found a substitute that works for you, let's play some music!

W1MRK · Mar 3, 2013, 06:26 PM

Winamp is now on the mac. Saved me from itunes today.

http://www.winamp.com/mac

eyoungren · Mar 3, 2013, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by W1MRK

Winamp is now on the mac. Saved me from itunes today.

http://www.winamp.com/mac

Scroll back up and re-read posts #15 and #16. Just saying.

The link you give is for Intel Macs, 10.6 and above. This is a PowerPC forum thread. We can't run 10.6 on PowerPC Macs and older versions of Winamp are OS9 only.

MisterKeeks · Mar 3, 2013, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by W1MRK

Winamp is now on the mac. Saved me from itunes today.

http://www.winamp.com/mac

Unfortunately, that requires OS X 10.6, so it won't work for the OP (or many people reading this thread).

W1MRK · 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MisterKeeks

Unfortunately, that requires OS X 10.6, so it won't work for the OP (or many people reading this thread).

Yeah, caught that part now.

rjcalifornia · Mar 3, 2013, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by W1MRK

Yeah, caught that part now.

haha yeah sorry about earlier, I was having a bad day haha

W1MRK · Mar 3, 2013, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rjcalifornia

haha yeah sorry about earlier, I was having a bad day haha

All good my friend. We all have those days.

Jan 17, 2013, 09:09 AM	#27
skateny macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: New York, NY	I've always been partial to Apple's PowerBooks. My first was a 520c. I added memory and a card cage so I could use a modem. It was a great machine. But my all-time favorite was my brand new 300MHz Wall Street PowerBook G3. It was an awesome laptop -- OS 9, DVD player (which was not all that common at the time), nice display, and very powerful in its time. A beautiful machine. I'm sorry I ever sold it, but I did get a premium price for it, having upgraded it and kept it in excellent condition. __________________ 12" iBook G4, 1.33GHz, 1.5GB, 80GB HDD, Leopard 10.5.8 16GB iPhone 3GS First Gen iPad
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Jan 17, 2013, 10:08 AM	#28
Starfighter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sweden	Someone meant to post in this thread I believe. __________________ In arguments the losers are the winners - because they learn something. Video Game Luddite
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Jan 17, 2013, 11:05 AM	#30
Starfighter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sweden	Did you try eyoungrens suggestion, Audion? It's skinnable, maybe you can find a Winamp-lookalike there? __________________ In arguments the losers are the winners - because they learn something. Video Game Luddite
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Jan 18, 2013, 01:42 PM	#33
rjcalifornia Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: El Salvador	Nevermind guys!!!! The answer was in front of me: Real Player!!!!!! Realplayer looks like WinAmp and has almost the same behavior. Thanks! __________________ CEO, Lead Developer and Sales Manager of SW Social Web LLC PowerPC Blog iBook G4 1.2 Ghz 60 GB HDD & iMac G4 700 Mhz Owner.
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Jan 18, 2013, 02:27 PM	#34
Starfighter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sweden	Who would've guessed? I really loved RealAudio Player (as it was called at the time were you were lucky to find a few .ra-files with mostly extremely compressed tunes to fit the 56k-modems), before it became utterly bloated. Since then I have systematically avoided it. I'm glad that you found a substitute that works for you, let's play some music! __________________ In arguments the losers are the winners - because they learn something. Video Game Luddite
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Mar 3, 2013, 06:26 PM	#35
W1MRK macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2010	Winamp is now on the mac. Saved me from itunes today. http://www.winamp.com/mac __________________ Homebuilt Windows gaming rigs from 1998 until 2010 when I found happiness
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