Is there any software similar to Windows Media Player for Mac?

stemo4001 · stemo4001 #1 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 07:04 AM

Is there anything on the Mac which has a similar interface to WMP? I know there iTunes obviously; but its not to brilliant for finding artist or album information, I don't find it as advance as WMP. Is thee any software out there a little better?

Kevriano · Kevriano #2 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 07:46 AM

What info do you need to find?
iTunes has everything you need really. I don't know of a media player with a similar interface to WMP.
Other players worth a look ta would be VLC and Cog I guess. There are others, which I will leave for someone else to suggest.

cwa107 · cwa107 #3 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 07:48 AM

It's old, but how about Windows Media Player for Mac?

Apple - Downloads - Video - Windows Media Player for Mac OS X

stemo4001 · stemo4001 #4 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 08:02 AM

Quote:

What info do you need to find?
iTunes has everything you need really. I don't know of a media player with a similar interface to WMP.
Other players worth a look ta would be VLC and Cog I guess. There are others, which I will leave for someone else to suggest.

Well; I've found with iTunes, they will only give you the information for an entire album, if you want the info for a single track...you have to fill it in the info yourself; which is kinda lame seeing as on WMP you can find the info for a single track easily. I've tried VLC; which is good for the playing various formats, but I haven't found a way of retrieving album info on it. Cog I have not yet tried though; so I'll go with that for now.

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Originally Posted by cwa107

It's old, but how about Windows Media Player for Mac?

Apple - Downloads - Video - Windows Media Player for Mac OS X

I've tried it; its very limited compared to the PC version, plus you can't search for artist/album information.

cwa107 · cwa107 #5 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by stemo4001

Well; I've found with iTunes, they will only give you the information for an entire album, if you want the info for a single track...you have to fill it in the info yourself; which is kinda lame seeing as on WMP you can find the info for a single track easily. I've tried VLC; which is good for the playing various formats, but I haven't found a way of retrieving album info on it. Cog I have not yet tried though; so I'll go with that for now.

iTunes will pull in all of that info automatically if you import the music from a CD. And of course, any track you download from iTMS will contain it already.

If you need to examine existing files and label them, might I suggest TuneUp?

Download TuneUp | Digital Music Management & Discovery Software

Once all of your stuff is properly labeled, searching is a snap. And of course, in list view, you can sort by any of the criteria you want.

schweb · schweb #6 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 08:12 AM

This could also help:
equinux - Apple Software for finding, applying ID3 meta tag music information

chas_m · chas_m #7 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 08:15 AM

I'm not understanding what is difficult about pressing command-i.

stemo4001 · stemo4001 #8 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chas_m

I'm not understanding what is difficult about pressing command-i.

There is no difficulty doing that; its just that I prefer to be supplied with the correct song information instead of having to fill it in myself, its not a major hassle...its just I'm used to being supplied with the info.

Quote:

This could also help:
equinux - Apple Software for finding, applying ID3 meta tag music information

And thank you schweb; I've just downloaded it, its exactly what I'm looking for.

Kevriano · Kevriano #9 (**permalink**)

07-27-2010, 12:08 PM

Well if you'd said that you didn't have all the info I'd have directed you to Tagr.

Apple - Downloads - Audio - Tagr

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Member Since: Jul 11, 2010 Location: UK Posts: 13 Mac Specs: 27" iMac	07-27-2010, 07:04 AM Is there anything on the Mac which has a similar interface to WMP? I know there iTunes obviously; but its not to brilliant for finding artist or album information, I don't find it as advance as WMP. Is thee any software out there a little better?
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