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Add to SafariWhen comparing Windows Media Player vs Song Director, the Slant community recommends Windows Media Player for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for Windows?” Windows Media Player is ranked 26th while Song Director is ranked 38th. The most important reason people chose Windows Media Player is:
While ripping a CD onto the computer, it easily saves the information for the songs, while storing on the media player.
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Pros
Pro Saves information on files while ripping CD
While ripping a CD onto the computer, it easily saves the information for the songs, while storing on the media player.
Pro Beautiful music visualization
Windows Media Player comes with their own built-in music visualization. In addition to this, users can install their own visualizations which are downloaded from the internet.
Pro Easy to use with powerful organization options
Song Director is easy to use due to the many tasks that can be completed with a click of a single button. It provides more extensive organizing and search capabilities than iTunes and WMP.
Pro Customized play searches
Song Director allows for extensive sorting options such as the amount of beats per minute, bitrate, length, etc.
Pro Automatically enters your information into a database
Pro Locate songs or artists instantly
Pro Edit songs without using File Explorer
Song Director permits the user to rename, copy a file, or move it to a different folder without having to search for it in File Explorer.
Pro Create categories for your music
Pro Press one button to do what you want
Pro Can edit file tags
Pro Compatible with Microsoft Windows
Song Director is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, and 10.
Pro Song Director will be adding new features with each new version
Pro Can find and insert information about songs, artist, album art
Cons
Con No longer able to play DVDs
The older versions can play DVDs, while the latest version can't play, but only able to play VCDs.
Con Sluggish
Con Large cluttered interface
It's hard to find needed options.
Con No longer being updated
Windows Media Player is no longer updated to new versions since the release of Windows 7. The latest version of Windows Media Player is Windows Media Player 12 (released in July 2009); it is still bundled in Windows 8 and above.
Con Obsolete interface
