Author Topic: Streaming music over the net. Which app uses less resources? (Read 208 times)

SunKing · « **on:** September 08, 2003, 04:45:08 PM »

I enjoy streaming http://www.knac.com and http://www.live365.com most of the day. Just curious which applicatoins uses less resources. REAL PLAYER or WMP9.0?

Reschke · « **Reply #1 on:** September 09, 2003, 09:38:07 PM »

I don't like either one personally. I am an old school WinAmp guy from the early days. I know its fairly resource heavy but I like it.

Estes · « **Reply #2 on:** September 09, 2003, 09:44:51 PM »

I still stream from the Musicmatch radio, also resource heavy. But, I like it. If I had to use one of the chooses you have, I would pick WMP. I have had nothing but trouble with realplayer.

Reschke · « **Reply #3 on:** September 09, 2003, 10:03:29 PM »

I wouldn't use any software from Real Networks even if I had to. Its all advertisement crap and it always blows.

Sancho · « **Reply #4 on:** September 10, 2003, 04:53:41 AM »

Kinda going off on a tangent here, but I recently found this site which has real compatible software without all the real software crap. I tested it on some real streaming sites and it worked great: http://www.freecodecs.com/

The media player classic program that it comes with does a great job of playing just about any media file, even playing DVDs.