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Dan Farrell wrote: |
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> On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:00:51 -0400 |
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> Ken <ken69267@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Denis wrote: |
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>>> What are some alternatives to Audacious mp3/CD player? I really |
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>>> liked the old XMMS and used it right up until it was taken off |
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>>> portage. Audacious seems to resemble XMMS closely enough, but it |
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>>> seems more fragile. I have it working well on one gentoo box, but |
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>>> on this box, I am just having no luck getting it to run without |
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>>> errors (won't read audio CD, master volume control is not |
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>>> functional, playlist errors on start-up... ) I'm looking for |
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>>> something with a GUI rather than a command-line player. |
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>>> Thanks. |
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>> I gotta give a recommendation for Amarok. It is a kde package so it |
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>> might not be what you had in mind, but it is a great music player. |
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> Amarok is feature-rich, but heavy indeed. I don't recommend it for a |
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> drop-in XMMS replacement. If you like the idea of editing mp3 tags and |
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> organzing your music really nicely, browsing it 3 different ways and |
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> seeing cover art from amazon.com and such, amarok is for you. |
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> But if you like xmms, maybe before you try to find more alternatives |
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> you'll consider trying to compile and install it from downloaded |
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> sources, manually. |
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What about XMMS2? It's not in portage but I thought it was designed to |
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fix all the flaws of the original XMMS. I have not tried it so I can't |
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say for sure if its even remotely the same as the old XMMS. |
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