6. Music and Video Apps

Many people use their PCs to listen to music and watch videos. It’s easy enough to open the Windows desktop and run traditional media player programs, such as iTunes and Windows Media Player. But there are some very good media apps available for Windows 8.1, which provide a full-screen Modern experience for your viewing and listening pleasure.

Best Music Player App

We’ll start our survey with apps that play back digital music. These are the apps you use to listen to the music you’ve downloaded from the Internet or ripped from CD.

MediaMonkey

App: MediaMonkey

Publisher: Ventis Media

Price: Free

MediaMonkey is a full-featured music player that runs full-screen in Windows 8.1’s Modern interface. It’s based on the long-popular ...

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