# itunes vs winamp(or any other music program)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-vs-winamp-or-any-other-music-program/314976>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 31, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-vs-winamp-or-any-other-music-program/314976 "2005-07-31T04:32:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-vs-winamp-or-any-other-music-program/314976/21 "2005-08-02T19:23:33Z")

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Thanks, **Scott Plaid** , that worked. For some reason, WinAmp wasn’t listed there, but installing the new version fixed that, and I think I have it set to do what I want now. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-vs-winamp-or-any-other-music-program/314976/22 "2005-08-03T13:55:05Z")

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Another slightly off topic question: In XP, is there any way to display the music filetype (mp3, wma, etc)? All of my music files just have the Winamp icon which is a problem because I’ve normalized all of my mp3’s with MP3Gain, but any non mp3 file (maybe 3-5% of my 3000 songs) are of random volume still.

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-vs-winamp-or-any-other-music-program/314976/23 "2005-08-03T14:01:25Z")

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> [@Dr. Love](#):
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> Thanks, **Scott Plaid** , that worked.

You are welcome. :😊:

The way to view the type of file is go to any folder, selecct “Folder Options” From the drop down menu named “Tools”, hit the tab marked “View”, and uncheck “Hide Extensions of Known File Types” from the advanced selection.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-vs-winamp-or-any-other-music-program/314976/24 "2005-08-03T16:24:52Z")

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> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> once a year when Pepsi gives out codes

Once a year? This last promotion period was the first one I noticed, and I assumed it was a one-time thing. Cool! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-vs-winamp-or-any-other-music-program/314976/25 "2005-08-03T16:34:49Z")

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I’ve used iTunes to rip my CDs and organize the files.

Does iTunes really change the tags when you change the “info” of a song? It’s not just some iTunes-only notation, right?

It is possible to get iTunes to play a set of songs while you use the program to view and change other songs? When I’m working on the tags for one set of songs, it refuses to continue playing the set I’d like to hear.

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