I just want a music player

It seems there are so many problems with itunes the "Advice People" can't keep up .
I don't use an iPod or buy music from the store .
I got iTunes when it was just a cool music player and that's all I want . With every new version there seems to be nothing but problems and now my version is so old there's no documentation available for it .
Does anybody know of another player without all the iTunes baggage ?
Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.6) Panther eMac

Bobsax
You know, the only people who come to the fora are
people who have problems, and the occasional one who
is willing to offer help. So, judging anything by
what you see here is like going to your local
Emergency Room to assess the health of the Community.
Good point.
For what it's worth, I have successfully updated
iTunes all the way from when it was first released
without a single hitch any time. I have a 100GB
library on an external HD, three iPods synced to it,
Album Art, the whole nine yards. The only problem
I've ever had was when I accidently deleted
the Library. And then deleted the backup. Learned a
lot about File Recovery.
It seems the library system is a major problem with many users and I suspect it has something to do with ipods and the music store and DRM and anything to do with copying music . Like why can't I import my mp3 backup discs directly into iTunes ? I know there are ways around this , that seems to be the way everything is in iTunes and I imagine with video and radio it's twice as complicated . I could probably fix things if I had access to 4.7 articles . What's that about ? Is it to force you to upgrade ?
Some people have genuine problems on these boards, a
lot more have issues that can be resolved by reading
the Help file - ideally before trying
something. But most people who have installed iTunes
have no problems at all.
That said, if you're looking for a simple mp3 player,
do a search on http://www.macupdate.com using mp3
player as your search term. It'll give more than 50
options.
The problem with that is most searches come up with little mp3 devices like the ipod .
I found one player (or perhaps juck-box that I may try called AUDIONhttp://www.panic.com/audion/ >
Regards
TD
Thank you for your time TD . I appreciate your help .
bob
Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.6) Panther eMac

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