Alternatives to iTunes: change the flea
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Unlike its Windows counterpart iTunes for OS X is a really good player, but limited Playable formats support and a considerable engorgement causes some users to think about alternative. In the end, the ability to select there is nothing bad, right?
Cog. One of the most famous among the music lovers makovodov "alternative" players. Able to boast of a good job with a music library, work with Last.fm and a good list of supported formats (including MP3 / AAC / OGG Vorbis / FLAC / Musepack / WAVpack etc., working with the CUE, play tracker music), includes the most common formats and lossy compression and eliminating loseless except exotics like TAK / TTA and sound onteynerah "Matryoshka". The latest versions of the program interface much prettier, and the player itself has become more than adequate. However, the player is not without criticism. For example, it does not support replaygainTags iTunes MP4 AAC, he ignores, but not in him even a simple tag editor. Despite these shortcomings the program is adequate and will certainly taste a large part of the music lovers.
Play. This fellow Cog though terrible in appearance (well, do not look old KDEshnaya graphics on OS X, does not look), but has nedyuzhy features. And let the list of supported formats is relatively small (all the classics such as MP3 / AAC / Vorbis / FLAC and other, however, in the present), but the list and its possibilities will Pobol. Cog as well as he is able to work with global hotkeys, send data to last.fm, plus to that is integrated with Growl, normally it works with replaygain (it is possible to switch Modes track / album and the built-in scanner) has the ability to connect the DSP (function as required to practice as a dog the fifth leg), a no tag editor, a job from MusicBrainz (Connoisseurs will appreciate) and work with audioconverter Max, developed, by the way, by the same author. Among the shortcomings: not very presentable and worked through UI (small example: the program response to cross - out) plus some bagoglyuki. At least it was in the previous version ...
ToolPlayer. Handsome. Like Play, playing all major formats and includes a built-in DSP (a much more useful due to the possibility of changing the playback speed), as well as a simple WAV / MP3 transcoder. In this and the similarities and the "bells and whistles" to an end. No media libraries in him. There is not even a normal playlist editor, and minimize to Dock program does not want that for a significant amount of windows and the absence of hotkeys can be a serious obstacle. In short, an excellent solution for the "just play music" and nothing more.