Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite

Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by sharpn on Wednesday September 09, 2009 @09:36PM (#814399)

I don't usually like techcrunch but this hit the spot for me. Itunes is broken for my (simple) needs. A 'lite' option that is basically a file manager would be very welcome.

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by ptomato on Wednesday September 09, 2009 @11:48PM (#814600)

Install mpd & theremin (https://theremin.sigterm.eu/)

(I'm sure there's a similar windows client if that's your thing.)

edit: alternatively, picoplay (http://www.kronenberg.org/picoplay/)

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by mcantelon on Wednesday September 09, 2009 @10:40PM (#814501)

VLC?

I've never liked iTunes.

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by sharpn on Thursday September 10, 2009 @04:40AM (#814911)

Thanks for the tip - I'll check VLC out.

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by sohooo on Thursday September 10, 2009 @03:12AM (#814832)

Take a look at Ecoute[1], a minimalistic player which uses your iTunes library as a source. It's a lightweight iTunes replacement for me.

[1] http://www.ecouteapp.com/

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by tfh on Thursday September 10, 2009 @06:04AM (#814975)

thx! I was looking for something like that. I don't like to open iTunes everytime I want to listen to 3 songs.

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by arithmetic on Thursday September 10, 2009 @02:45AM (#814796)

Try winamp. Loved it. Still do so. It's simple and the search feature is good (and fast)!

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by joubert on Wednesday September 09, 2009 @10:17PM (#814464)

You can always double click on your .mp3 in your file system browser, no?

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by unalone on Wednesday September 09, 2009 @10:45PM (#814506)

That's far less convenient than a searchable bank of music that plays consecutively.

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by joubert on Wednesday September 09, 2009 @11:17PM (#814559)

i.e. iTunes.

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by unalone on Wednesday September 09, 2009 @11:42PM (#814589)

Yep!

Problem is, iTunes is so good at what it does (in terms of satisfaction, anyway) that it's got no real Mac competitor, so that the people like me who get pissed off at small things like not looking like a goddamn toy don't have anything to switch to. If only I could code.

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by joubert on Thursday September 10, 2009 @12:52AM (#814671)

Just let it go; enjoy your music, podcasts, videos, iPhone apps.

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by unalone on Thursday September 10, 2009 @12:54AM (#814676)

I do. I'm an outspoken supporter of Apple. It's just that such a significant UI downgrade feels a little like a betrayal.

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by myaccount on Thursday September 10, 2009 @10:01AM (#815234)

you could always.. just.. you know.. not upgrade

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by zaius on Wednesday September 09, 2009 @10:45PM (#814505)

Nope - it will copy them to an iTunes music folder and play them from there. Then it will continue playing in alphabetical order from that song on.

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Re: Somebody Has To Say It: It’s Time For iTunes Lite by joubert on Thursday September 10, 2009 @12:48AM (#814664)

That's just a preference.

Check out Preferences / Advanced: - Keep iTunes Media folder organized; AND - Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library

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