15 Alternatives to Bloated iTunes v8 : Ask the eConsultant

15 Alternatives to Bloated iTunes v8

iTunes 8 is 64 MB monster, forces you to install Apple Quicktime and runs multiple background services all the time.

foobar2000

http://www.foobar2000.org/

Freeware // Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform.

Songbird Media Player

http://getsongbird.com/

Freeware // Songbird is a highly customizable alternative to traditional desktop media players.

Yet another iPod manager

http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/

Freeware for Mac/Windows/Linux

Winamp Media Player

http://www.winamp.com/

Winamp 5.5 includes iPod syncing support with album art view.

Amarok

http://amarok.kde.org/

Amarok is the music player for Linux and Unix with an intuitive interface. Amarok makes playing the music you love easier than ever before – and looks good doing it.

Banshee

http://banshee-project.org/

Discover new music with Last.fm radio. Sync your iPod and other devices.

Cog

http://cogx.org/

Free open source audio player for OS X.

floola

http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/

Floola is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod .

Rhythmbox – The music management application for GNOME

http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/

Rhythmbox is an integrated music management application, originally inspired by Apple’s iTunes.

MediaMonkey

http://www.mediamonkey.com/

Freeware to sync music and playlists to your iPod, iPhone.

gtkpod – a GUI for Apple’s iPod using GTK2

http://www.gtkpod.org/about.html

gtkpod is a platform independent.

Play from sbooth.org

http://sbooth.org/Play/

Opne source application for playing and managing audio files.

Senuti

http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/

OS X : Unlock your iPod with Senuti

Sci-Fi Hi-Fi: PodWorks

http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks/

PodWorks is a Mac OS X application that allows two-way syncing/transfer of music.

GNUpod – GNU Project – Free Software Foundation (FSF)

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnupod/

GNUpod is a collection of Perl-Scripts which allow you to use your iPod under GNU/Linux.

Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com
How do you supersize a simple music manager? Ask Apple. The Windows version of iTunes 8, released earlier this month and quickly patched after it caused an outbreak of blue-screen crashes, is a 64MB download. (For the sake of comparison, Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP is just over 24 MB.) The full iTunes 8 installation takes up nearly 200MB of space on a Windows PC.
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