MP3 music app for PC----What do the cool kids use these days

[mbryson]

I've had MORE than enough of iTunes and their bullshit. Anyone have a SIMPLE, non-streaming program that they'd recommend that I can import my converted MP3 files into? Just want to burn some MP3 CDs for my truck and car and have spent more time with iTunes than it's worth. Seems like a total bloatware disaster from my perspective.

 

[Hickey]

I'm with you on the iTunes bloat. I use a program called monkey something or other. Milner turned me onto it. It will convert anything to anything. I like it enough that I purchased the full version. The full version is pretty fast at conversion and burning to cd.

This one

http://www.mediamonkey.com/download

 

[Kevin B.]

I ditched iTunes a long time ago, and Windows Media is crap too. I took a cue from my teenage self and went back to Winamp, I've been happy with it.

Why are you burning CDs though?

 

[mbryson]

Would like to burn a few MP3 CDs for my cars

 

[Kevin B.]

Not to sidetrack your thread, but your car stereos don't even have a USB port or auxiliary in? Those radio tuner adapter thingies suck big donkey ears, but $100 at Best Buy will get you a serviceable stereo unit with Bluetooth capability and auxiliary and USB inputs. I have probably upwards of fifty CDs worth of music on a thumb drive that lives in the USB port on the stereo, and if I can't find just the right album on there I can use Bluetooth or the auxiliary input to stream music off my cell phone.

 

[mbryson]

Not to sidetrack your thread, but your car stereos don't even have a USB port or auxiliary in? Those radio tuner adapter thingies suck big donkey ears, but $100 at Best Buy will get you a serviceable stereo unit with Bluetooth capability and auxiliary and USB inputs. I have probably upwards of fifty CDs worth of music on a thumb drive that lives in the USB port on the stereo, and if I can't find just the right album on there I can use Bluetooth or the auxiliary input to stream music off my cell phone.

In my G8, no, I don't have a USB input. I don't think I have it in my truck either. The G8 does have an Aux in but I haven't investigated where or what that is yet. (maybe it is a USB?) The OEM stereo is pretty funky. Went to Car Concepts to see what they could put in place. They didn't have a lot of options without dropping some labor hours and such


The $75 Walmart stereo in my Jeep does have a USB.

 

[Herzog]

I use foobar2000 for playback on my win box, and vox on my mac/iphone.
I picked up an anchor bluetooth TX/RX unit that plugs into the audio jack in my truck to play music from my phone while driving.