JimmyiovinE Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hi there, looking for a good audio program for my pc to hold all my music which one is better to use? Foobar or musicbee - I've heard some good some bad things about both. or is there any other options I can look at? Thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy8 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Been using Foobar2000 for more than 5 years. Good to have the power and flexibility to do many things but can take some time to learn and customise. A few months ago, discovered that Logitech Media Server and its players eg SqueezeLite provide better audio quaility (both via a dac). However, have since moved off a PC and now using a network player (Sotm SMS-200) which has taken the music to a different level. Still using Foobar2000 to manage files, metadata but not as a player. Tried Musicbee long time ago, but audio then was poorer than Foobar2000. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddie Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I use Musicbee and am very happy with it. I haven't used foobar. Both are free, why not download them and give'em a whirl. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterspace Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I have used Musicbee for a couple of years. Was happy with it til I purchased an Audioquest Dragonfly Red USB DAC and had issues with Musicbee so installed Foobar2000 as well. Recently Musicbee came out with a Beta version 3.1xxx which addressed the Dragonfly Red issues ( stuttering sound with WASAPI). Now have both installed. Musicbee seems better looking with Foobar2000 a little more spartan looking. Both have many options but seem to work fine side by side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Hall Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 I have been using Musicbee to rip all my own CD's into FLAC files and put them onto my Windows 7 Laptop. I have found it excellent for that purpose but I cant seem to get it to play along nicely when I sync the files to my portable player ( an Oppo F1 Mobile Phone). I have trouble adding and deleting files.Specifically I just cannot find a way of choosing whether files go to either the internal memory or the Micro SD card. Obviously there is a way of doing this but it is beyond me to work it out. Using Windows Media Player it is easy. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Spyne~ Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 On 7/12/2017 at 3:08 PM, Winterspace said: ...Foobar2000 a little more spartan looking. The great thing with Foobar is how customisable it can be. See this example from @Teksiis; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundbyte Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Foobar. http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/topic/232024-foobar-customisation-optimisation/ for an example of what is possible and more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_m_54 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Just to throw a spanner in the works, I use MediaMonkey Gold (paid version). I don't (very rarely) use it to play music though, even though it is capable of that. I stream my files either from a network drive, or from a HDD attached to a Raspberry Pi. Mainly I use it to manage my library, tagging and organising files. It works very well, and has various plugins to make managing a sizable (over 3,100 albums; 44,995 tracks) library very easy and quite quick. It can also rip your music, however, I use Exact Audio Copy (EAC) to rip, which is excellent at doing that job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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