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On Friday 27 October 2006 06:00, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> > > f) it has no good alternative :-( |
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> > it has. amarok, alsaplayer, xine.... |
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> [m3000][root][~] emerge --ask alsaplayer |
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> These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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> Calculating dependencies |
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> emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "alsaplayer". |
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> OK guys, where is alsaplayer hiding? |
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> xine ==> almost as bloated as Windows Media Player. I want a simple |
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> *AUDIO PLAYER* dammit, not some honking big "multi-media" package that |
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> takes forever to build. I've had problems building xine, and swear by |
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> mplayer. I'd sooner use mplayer than xine. |
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> amarok ==> Even worse than xine. It's a Windows Media Player wannabee |
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> bloated frontend that ends up launching xine. In addition to building |
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> xinelib, it also builds kde-base, ruby, and a bunch of other junk. |
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Amarok is Microsofts wet dream. |
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Amarok has so much more to offer. |
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To qualify it as a wmp wannabee is just ignorant and only makes you look |
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bad... |
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Anyway, like Daniel said, audacious is what you want. |
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