Gnutella Forums  

Go Back   Gnutella Forums > Current Gnutella Client Forums > LimeWire+WireShare (Cross-platform) > Open Discussion topics
Register FAQ The Twelve Commandments Members List Calendar Arcade Find the Best VPN Today's Posts

Open Discussion topics Discuss the time of day, whatever you want to. This is the hangout area. If you have LimeWire problems, post them here too.


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old October 27th, 2008
Novicius
 
Join Date: October 27th, 2008
Posts: 4
itunesLib is flying high
Question LimeWire as a real MP3 player like iTunes

I've been surfing these forums and looking at the LimeWire UI. I'm trying to figure out whether LimeWire can actually be used as a normal MP3 player for my library of songs. I have about 3,000 legitimate songs that I want to import to LimeWire. Is it possible to do anything like this without copying/moving the songs to the Shared folder? Basically, does LimeWire offer an iTunes like library where I can just search for certain songs and create a playlist to listen to? Please Help.
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old October 28th, 2008
birdy's Avatar
Airhead
 
Join Date: October 18th, 2004
Location: Perth, Australia
Posts: 895
birdy has a distinguished reputationbirdy has a distinguished reputation
Default

You can drag songs from other folders on your computer, into the LW player's playlist. But you'd need to make sure you save the playlist, or whatever you've dragged in will vanish when you restart LW.

The LW player's a bit horrible. It's a very basic player with few features. I'd recommend forgetting about it & making something else your default player
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old October 28th, 2008
Novicius
 
Join Date: October 27th, 2008
Posts: 4
itunesLib is flying high
Default

Is the media player for LimewirePRO any good? Does it have an iTunes like library so that the playlist creation can be done within the single application without opening any folders?

Regarding the lack of a media player built in the default LimeWire version, don't the biz development people realize that they have about 70 million downloads? That's a huge 'market share' (if you will). Why end the typical user-experience at just downloading? Right now, it appears that the average user downloads a set of desired songs, shuts down LimeWire and fires up iTunes to listen to the songs and engage in all the other iTunes interactions that are commercially benefiting Apple. Imagine what leverage LimeWire could have by just offering a more decent player (e.g. library support) and keeping users.

Last edited by itunesLib; October 28th, 2008 at 06:28 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old October 28th, 2008
birdy's Avatar
Airhead
 
Join Date: October 18th, 2004
Location: Perth, Australia
Posts: 895
birdy has a distinguished reputationbirdy has a distinguished reputation
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by itunesLib View Post
Is the media player for LimewirePRO any good? Does it have an iTunes like library so that the playlist creation can be done within the single application without opening any folders?
Same player in basic & Pro. If the files that you want to add to a playlist aren't in LW's library (eg in shared or saved files) then you'll have to open the folders containing the files that you want to add & the drag & drop into the LW player's playlist.

Quote:
Originally Posted by itunesLib View Post
Regarding the lack of a media player built in the default LimeWire version, don't the biz development people realize that they have about 70 million downloads? That's a huge 'market share' (if you will). Why end the typical user-experience at just downloading? Right now, it appears that the average user downloads a set of desired songs, shuts down LimeWire and fires up iTunes to listen to the songs and engage in all the other iTunes interactions that are commercially benefiting Apple. Imagine what leverage LimeWire could have by just offering a more decent player (e.g. library support) and keeping users.
I don't know what the developers think. Helpers on this forum don't work for LW - we're volunteers. I don't even know if the developers look at this forum any more... they certainly don't post here any more

If you want to track the progress of the player, you can check out the JIRA: https://www.limewire.org/jira/secure/QuickSearch.jspa (type 'player' into the quick search bar) and Changelog: Changelog - LimeWire (changes to player began in version 4.15.0)

Or post over here at this other forum: LimeWire Forums
Maybe a developer will answer your post over there.

Last edited by birdy; October 28th, 2008 at 07:24 PM. Reason: JIRA page didn't retain my search - added info
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old December 10th, 2008
Novicius
 
Join Date: December 10th, 2008
Posts: 1
dominator52 is flying high
Default

Can somebody tell me how to put the songs in my library to my mp3??? plz!!!!
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old December 10th, 2008
birdy's Avatar
Airhead
 
Join Date: October 18th, 2004
Location: Perth, Australia
Posts: 895
birdy has a distinguished reputationbirdy has a distinguished reputation
Default

Plug your player into your computer, go to My Computer & you'll see the player showing up as another drive.

You need to know where your LW saved folder is. In LW tools > options > saving will show you the location. If you go to LW's library, click on Saved Files, highlight a file & click Explore...your saved folder will open. This is where you should add to your player from.

Now try dragging songs from your saved folder into your player (whatever drive it shows up as in My Computer). Or check the player's manual for more instructions about how to add files to the player

Or try WW's advice here.
transfering my download to my mp3 player
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:26 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
SEO by vBSEO 3.6.0 ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.

Copyright © 2020 Gnutella Forums.
All Rights Reserved.