# Whicih is better, WinAmp or Windows Media Player? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whicih-is-better-winamp-or-windows-media-player/59381 "2001-03-25T02:58:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whicih-is-better-winamp-or-windows-media-player/59381/1 "2001-03-25T02:58:42Z")
I have been an avid user of WinAmp for quite awhile. I have been considering converting over to Windows Media Player. Is it better? Here is why I mention it. One thing I want to be able to do with WinAmp is run two Visualizaion plugins at the same time. Is that possible? I think Windows is starting to look better. It’s smoother from what I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whicih-is-better-winamp-or-windows-media-player/59381/2 "2001-03-25T05:06:46Z")
I got the latest Windows Media Player 7.0 and had to disable it, because it kept crashing. I much prefer Winamp anyway, just because it’s easier to use, works better with drag and drop, easier to save sets of file names into a program, etc. ---
**Author:** ![trippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@trippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trippy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whicih-is-better-winamp-or-windows-media-player/59381/3 "2001-03-25T15:36:37Z")
I have real, and the media player, and winamp. Winamp beats ‘em all by a big ol’ mile. Real crashes everytime I use the Real (crappy) Jukebox. Media player is slow and complete bloatware. Stick with Winamp. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whicih-is-better-winamp-or-windows-media-player/59381/4 "2001-03-25T15:48:42Z")
Also, with it being **Windows** media player, it’ll have the “Digital Security” thing working already. On my local linux mailing list someone actually couldn’t play a song because the program decided it was a pirated copy. ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whicih-is-better-winamp-or-windows-media-player/59381/5 "2001-03-25T16:43:19Z")
I just wanted to say that one of the features that really made WinAmp my favorite was that you can tell it that you \*\* have no internet connection\*\*. Realplayer constantly tried to get online - even when I was working offline and it pissed me off. My firewall detected Media Player trying to. WinAmp _never_ tries to use my connection. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whicih-is-better-winamp-or-windows-media-player/59381/6 "2001-03-25T16:47:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tshirts \* > **I got the latest Windows Media Player 7.0 and had to disable it, because it kept crashing.** Oh, no! Say it ain’t so, Joe! A Windows program that _crashes!!_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whicih-is-better-winamp-or-windows-media-player/59381/7 "2001-03-25T18:31:53Z")
I’ll throw in a positive vote for Real Jukebox…It hasnt given me any problems at all, And I think it’s easier to manage large libraries on RJ than it is WA. ---
**Author:** ![Pollo\_Boyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Pollo\_Boyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollo_Boyo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whicih-is-better-winamp-or-windows-media-player/59381/8 "2001-03-25T21:25:54Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ll throw in a positive vote for Real Jukebox…It hasnt given me any problems at all, And I think it’s easier to manage large libraries on RJ than it is WA. I installed Real Jukebox. Then I immediately lost my Auto-Play on my CD-Rom. I even checked the registry, and it was still enabled. After uninstalling the program, and double-checking the registry, I still didn’t have it. That meant I had to do the dreaded act of re-installing Windows.