# FINALLY! an awesome alternative to iTunes **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 23, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189 "2008-12-23T11:37:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/1 "2008-12-23T11:37:23Z")
well, I have had serious issues with iTunes over the past year with my iPod and such…and for months now have gone without music on my iPod because I could no longer deal with iTunes. well, a friend at school mentioned that the makers of mozilla came out with an alternative called “songbird”, so I decided to give it a try. IT IS PERFECT lol It looks ALOT like iTunes, but without the stupid glitches and crap. once you download and install it, It automatically located ALL MEDIA on your computer and puts it into your library. you can then select all and add it to your iPod, and walk away. AWESOME…no more browsing for every separate album/song/etc and importing manually taking hours every single time iTunes would “forget” where all my music is. VERY happy with the software. HIGHLY reccomend ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/2 "2008-12-23T11:47:05Z")
cool, thanks ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/3 "2008-12-23T11:53:22Z")
> [@focusinprogress"](#): > > It automatically located ALL MEDIA on your computer and puts it into your library. Gives you girlfriend access to your porn collection huh. ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/4 "2008-12-23T11:54:14Z")
Just installed/imported all 4000 songs from itunes… and wow, songbird is really smooth! great find! I really like the mashTape section, it displays bios for the band of whatever song is playing, shows the discography, fan reviews and recommendations… very cool. Also the videos tab does a search through youtube it looks like, and you can pop up the videos right in songbird. :tup: I have to get my ipod from my car to see how that syncs up for me. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/5 "2008-12-23T11:55:08Z")
> [@tpgsr](#): > > Gives you girlfriend access to your porn collection huh. lol, yeah…gonna have to go and delete all that hahahahahaha > [@burnt\_toast](#): > > I have to get my ipod from my car to see how that syncs up for me. I’m syncing mine right now with over 3000 songs and its not missing a beat. very smooth, i’m digging it ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/6 "2008-12-23T11:58:00Z")
I’ve used itunes from the very beginning, never with a problem or glitch. I find it intuitive and useful. Honestly, I don’t understand how the complaints are founded. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/7 "2008-12-23T12:06:00Z")
well, for me…everytime I opened it, iTunes said my library was damaged and that It had to re-find all music manually. It was redic. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/8 "2008-12-23T12:07:32Z")
> [@sureshot!](#): > > I’ve used itunes from the very beginning, never with a problem or glitch. I find it intuitive and useful. Honestly, I don’t understand how the complaints are founded. Do you have more than one ipod hooked into it? That is the primary source of all of my gripes. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/9 "2008-12-23T12:08:29Z")
I have updated 2 before, but primarily only 1. I don’t do any of the automatic updating or any of that shit-- if that makes a difference. ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/10 "2008-12-23T12:19:24Z")
my biggest gripe with itunes was whenever i added music, it would add the same song 2-3 times. I hate deleting dups. ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/11 "2008-12-23T12:20:37Z")
> [@sureshot!](#): > > I’ve used itunes from the very beginning, never with a problem or glitch. I find it intuitive and useful. Honestly, I don’t understand how the complaints are founded. because you have probably never used anything else. I personally love the zune software but would take a simple drag and drop folder interface over either any day of the week. ---
**Author:** ![Griff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Griff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Griff)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/12 "2008-12-23T12:25:12Z")
> [@burnt\_toast](#): > > my biggest gripe with itunes was whenever i added music, it would add the same song 2-3 times. I hate deleting dups. you might have been adding the songs and then also the playlist which will add them again. I’ve used iTunes for years now and i sync it with 3 iPod (1 touch, 1 4th gen, 1 shuffle) and i dont have any problems. ---
**Author:** ![fourseasonsandles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@fourseasonsandles](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fourseasonsandles)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/13 "2008-12-23T12:41:29Z")
I am also a fan of itunes. learning a new program isnt worth the hassle to me. I dont have any issues with my itunes. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/14 "2008-12-23T12:46:25Z")
I’ve been using songbird for a while now and it really is pretty amazing. I wish more firefox extensions worked with it so I could drop firefox as well. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/15 "2008-12-23T12:58:28Z")
does it update podcast feeds? ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/16 "2008-12-23T13:24:45Z")
> [@burnt\_toast](#): > > my biggest gripe with itunes was whenever i added music, it would add the same song 2-3 times. I hate deleting dups. wrd dude that is my biggest gripe with itunes as well… installing now, im kind of excited haha ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/17 "2008-12-23T13:50:18Z")
yea, other than the duplicate crap itunes is the shit for keeping stuff organized. my itunes at home is slow as hell but it is like 60GB of songs so tons of indexing going on… ---
**Author:** ![RedrRocket](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrrocket/32/7193_2.png) [@RedrRocket](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedrRocket)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/18 "2008-12-24T09:51:27Z")
the exorcist add-on. dups GONE! ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/19 "2008-12-24T12:39:47Z")
> [@sureshot!](#): > > I’ve used itunes from the very beginning, never with a problem or glitch. I find it intuitive and useful. Honestly, I don’t understand how the complaints are founded. +1 I’ve never had an issue. Also, you can have iTunes auto-locate all your music as well. I spent a good 3 weeks retagging all my ID3 tags, and renaming file names so all my shit works perfectly. iTunes :tup: although I did download Songbird a while ago and it was alright, I still prefer iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-an-awesome-alternative-to-itunes/60189/20 "2008-12-24T14:15:58Z")
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