For so long I’ve been aware of the amount of media players on the OS’s we know so far, and at some point, it’s been dificult for me to choose a good media player in these times. For example, some people look for speed. Others looking for organization. And some others just looking for coolness…

In mi case, I look for all of  ‘em, knowing that everything’s not perfect and the one I choose could not have some things that I need.

The most popular for me is Winamp. Been using it since I downloaded my first mp3.

At some point I think this is the best one there is out there because it has everything that I need, like a library to organize your music, and keyboard shortcuts to manage the program not even focusing on the main window.

There are others like Windows Media Player, which is my second best media player. Simple, fast, and organized…    well, not so much.

Now there’s no easy-picking library with the newer versions. I think that finding files is IMPORTANT for the user. For example, not many users find their music typing their names; in my case, I just flip down Winamp’s list and pick a random file. Not so many times I go and find an especific song.

Another important thing about the Media Players is the info on the track. This is where Songbird gets it all…

This is the freshman of media players and made by Mozilla labs. At some point this Player gets all the newer info on your MP3 files, even the lyrics with a plugin that it has. The only thing is that is not working properly on Windows Seven but for my Ubuntu personal experience, is by far a great one.

On the other side of the road we have Rhythymbox and Amarok…

Both of them are available for Linux-based OS’s like Ubuntu and Kubuntu and unlike Winamp, they have fewer functions which makes them a normal Media Players.

At some point it’s dificult to choose a Media Player that suplies all our needs. But if we look on the bright side of the pic, there’s a Media Player for all kinds of personalities.

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