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61 Free Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

Reply #1 –
I hope that the number doesn't equal to rating. (iTunes over Foobar, lul)

61 Free Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

Reply #2 –
iTunes is an application used by millions of users, mostly iPod/iPhone users.

It is really good that foobar2000, a very much "under" project has made it to the list.

And, no, the raking is because of number of mentions from people on the posts.

61 Free Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

Reply #3 –
I don't know what I find more amazing: Seeing foobar rank that high or seeing VLC at #2.
It's only audiophile if it's inconvenient.

61 Free Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

Reply #4 –
Sarcasm ?  MPC should have been higher, it beats VLC.
 

61 Free Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

Reply #6 –
This is truly great for a not so easy to use for the average user! Great news. But as someone said above me, I can't think VLC being so high. I never liked it and I definitely think that MPC is superior. Anyway...

61 Free Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

Reply #7 –
Quote from: Kohlrabi on
I don't know what I find more amazing: Seeing foobar rank that high or seeing VLC at #2.


Especially since it has the worst volume controls of any media player known to man.

61 Free Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

Reply #8 –
VLC is atrocious, but it's self-contained, much like foobar2000, MPC-HC requires tinkering for optimal use. Still, no contest. MadVR, bluray mpls and m2ts playing, being able to use ffdshow... no contest. VLC can't even do 7.1 multichannel right.

Moderation: Removed useless full quote of the preceding post.

61 Free Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

Reply #9 –
VLC has feature that beats all other media players - that is just put any file in it, it will play it if it's reasonably valid, foobar can't do that. Rename some flac to mp3 and you'll get foobar choke.
hint: feed VLC with DRM and see what happens
One thing I dislike in VLC is when I play videos fullscreen then on every change it restores it's window and than goes full screen again - very annoying. That's not happening with MPC

61 Free Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

Reply #10 –
One thing that probably helps VLC's rank on such a list is that it also runs on Linux and Mac.

61 Free Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

Reply #11 –
What's good about Google Chrome, #7 ????
Ceterum censeo, there should be an "%is_stop_after_current%".