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Ecoute 3.0.3

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Play iTunes library without launching iTunes. Shareware ($10)

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Ecoute plays your iTunes library. Music, videos, and podcasts goes into this small application that doesn't require iTunes to be launched to play your library.

Some other cool features are included like search for missing artwork, last.fm, customizable themes, etc..

What's New

Version 3.0.3:

Fixed an issue with streams

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later.

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Ecoute User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 3.x:

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+16

Ry.ma commented on 03 Jan 2012

Since then, the entire iTunes library on an external hard drive is swapped out, I can not play any more music.

[Version 3.0.2]

+103

hced commented on 01 Jan 2012

Say I have a folder/album with a bunch of tracks I want to quickly preview; is this app suitable for that purpose? I mean, if I care less (or not at all) about iTunes "inter-operability", is Ecoute a decent choice for quick folder previews?

[Version 3.0.2]

doxy commented on 17 Dec 2011

MacUpdate lists required OS as Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. Developer's website lists Mac OS X 10.6 or higher. I can confirm that the developer is, in fact, correct on this point.

[Version 3.0.2]

+49

Harrybo commented on 17 Dec 2011

What is the difference between oppening iTunes and ecoute?

[Version 3.0.2]

1 Reply

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Echorob replied on 16 Jan 2012

Just less features when using Ecoute

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Tjdyo reviewed on 04 Dec 2011

I have been using Ecoute since it was in 1.x

I dropped it for a while, but ended up buying it about 8 months ago. Ecoute has grown and become an app that I cannot live without. Its great to not have to have iTunes open.

5 Reasons why Ecoute should be your default music player:
* Lightweight, and fast
* Syncs with your iTunes
* Beautiful Interface
* Tons of Features, but not over-bloated
* Simplest, yet the most unique player.

1 thing I would like back is the original GUI of Ecoute 2.x.x

[Version 3.0.1]

+27

Edgarcabrera reviewed on 15 Nov 2011

I agree with the other comments, bring back 2.xx GUI, the lyrics feature in the GUI was brilliant, as well as the youtube match. I loved the url posting to Twitter and FB... currently you can post on those sites but only a mark, not an actual URL with the song as in version 2.xxx.

My recommendation is that developer keep the same features and GUI as in version 2.xxx and add a lyrics search feature. That would make this an outstanding application, now it's becoming just like another one out there...

[Version 3.0.1]

lugoazul reviewed on 14 Nov 2011

I understand that a slightly different gui may feel strange at first but that's something one gets used to with time. Nevertheless it's a sweet and joyful gui.
On the other hand, pulling off a great feature like searching the current song on youtube is something that I really don't understand. I'm disappointed. I was really waiting for an update to buy Ecoute because I really enjoyed such a handy feature but now...

Why Louka, why...? Ô_õ

[Version 3.0.1]

AI_s reviewed on 14 Nov 2011

want back the 2.x gui!

[Version 3.0.1]

+81

Rampancy reviewed on 13 Nov 2011

Ecoute is still a great app, and quickly became my media player of choice; but I'm just not feeling the UI. It's not very intuitive compared to 2.x and handy features like lyrics are in a different window, as Mjasinski mentioned. And what happened to the ability to quickly search YouTube for videos of the current track? I loved that feature.

[Version 3.0.1]

Mjasinski commented on 13 Nov 2011

Just updated to version 3. I don't like that the lyrics are now displayed in a separate popup window. The beauty of Ecoute was that everything is integrated in a small handy window.

[Version 3.0.1]

7h31ll3g4l had trouble on 18 Jan 2012

hello...
The latest version does not see the pictures of the new album included into itunes ...

soluction?

[Version 3.0.3]

Vincamp had trouble on 31 Oct 2009

I find the covers size, in album list, are really too small when seen in a high resolution screen.
When I search for an album it's easier for me to look for a cover, rather than read the album names and, with this size, recognize the album from the cover is really almost impossible.

[Version 1.3]

+56

Matthew Green had trouble on 14 Sep 2009

for those of you updating to snow leopard, please make sure you re-enable the dock icon otherwise you get a constantly spawning/crashing application that requires a hard reset.

if you have this problem, delete your ecoute preference in your ~/library/Preferences folder and the ecoute folder in the ~/library/application support folder and do not try and hide the dock icon

[Version 1.2.5]

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maulrat had trouble on 15 Jul 2009

With the 1.1 update I'm now experiencing songs skipping ... that is when a song goes to play it plays the first 5 seconds then suddenly skips to the next song. The odd part is that it happens on every other track. Example: Track 1 plays normally Track 2 plays 5 seconds then skips to Track 3, Track 3 plays normal then Track 4 plays 5 seconds then skips to Track 5 ... repeat etc etc etc. This may be related to the new gapless feature (but thats my own speculation).

[Version 1.1]

2 Replies

PixiApps (developer) replied on 15 Jul 2009

No problem here :(
Can you please contact our support and send us something like a video or explanation of when it happens?

+91

maulrat replied on 15 Jul 2009

I was just going to record (screen cap) what I was talking about with the skipping and the auto updater updated to 1.1.1 which said it addressed the skipping problem ... and that did the trick ...THANKS!

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thus.spake.z had trouble on 12 Jul 2009

When opening Ecoute I get a window telling me "Data base not found. Ecoute cannot find any iTunes data base."
Hmmm, what's up with that?
My iTunes app is working just fine so it must have a data base somewhere on my hard drive but I just can't find it, and I did search for it.
Looks like my introduction to Ecoute is off to a bad start.
How annoying.

[Version 1.0.5]