Audio Multimedia Application of the Year

tmckellar · 03-01-2006, 05:48 AM

Being an audio engineer Ardour gets my vote. Would like to have seen Rezound on the list and seen Audacity taken down. The difference in how Rezound and Audacity process audio is like night and day. I'm generally never happy with the end result using Audacity but have never found any complaints with Rezound. They both use the LADSPA plug-ins too which is kinda funny. Ardour still would've gotten my vote if Rezound was up there but I just really don't like Audacity.

kmARC · 03-01-2006, 06:23 AM

amaroK, of course. There isn't any app to be better than amaroK, even on other platform. In the other hand... Does anybody know when will it be able to use mplayer as it's backend...?

slack_prad · 03-01-2006, 08:00 AM

beep media player?

Thetargos · 03-01-2006, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kmARC

amaroK, of course. There isn't any app to be better than amaroK, even on other platform. In the other hand... Does anybody know when will it be able to use mplayer as it's backend...?

It uses gstreamer which gives it all the flexibitlity it needs. Amarok, as far as I know, will never be general purpose media player (audio, video, etc), but only an audio player.

jonniebigodes · 03-01-2006, 12:52 PM

the nominees are great...for me there are more than one that deserves the title. but i have to go to xmms

kmARC · 03-01-2006, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Thetargos

It uses gstreamer which gives it all the flexibitlity it needs. Amarok, as far as I know, will never be general purpose media player (audio, video, etc), but only an audio player.

Yes, I know amaroK won't be a videoplayer too, but for example I use gentoo and already have mplayer on my system, and it would be fine If I didn't have to compile xine or gstreamer, too.
((Xine is also a videoplayer, amaroK still uses it... Then... Why not mplayer???))

khunmyo · 03-01-2006, 01:47 PM

In audio player,
my favorite is xmms

Thetargos · 03-01-2006, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by kmARC

Yes, I know amaroK won't be a videoplayer too, but for example I use gentoo and already have mplayer on my system, and it would be fine If I didn't have to compile xine or gstreamer, too.
((Xine is also a videoplayer, amaroK still uses it... Then... Why not mplayer???))

I leave it at default and use gstreamer. I have Mplayer, xine and VLC on my system, though.

kazuya1977 · 03-01-2006, 03:31 PM

I think the comparison of k3b with amarok, etc is a very bad comparison.

k3b is for dvd cd,burning. etc. It should be compared against cdroast, gnomebaker., etc..

then you should have vlc versus mplayer, kaffeine, xine, totem. etc. - Video players

So this category is totally wrong. This is my opinion though. This to me is like comparing nero dvd burning app to itunes and/or windows media player for windows platform.

k3b for dvd burning

amarok for music listening

mplayer for video

BillyGalbreath · 03-01-2006, 03:47 PM

k3b for burning

amarok for music

xine for video

I voted for amarok though, because i use it almost 100% of the time my computer is on.

I've had very bad experiences with XMMS. The stupid thing freezes on me when trying to play a song; it crashes at unexpected times (middle of playlist) for no apparent reason; when I CTRL+ALT+ESC to close it, it wont start back up without a restart of KDE; etc etc etc

Amarok has never given me any probs ever.

liquidtenmilion · 03-01-2006, 05:27 PM

Well technically they are all Audio Multimedia applications, as k3b is still a multimedia app. I do however think it would be better next year to have an Audio Playback App(rhythmbox, amarok, xmms) and Audio Management app(k3b, gnomebaker, eaystag).

jackassjim · 03-04-2006, 10:39 AM

You forgot MPD music player daemon!

OdeToMadness · 03-04-2006, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by tmckellar

The difference in how Rezound and Audacity process audio is like night and day.

I agree, Also Audacity's interface is limted, slow and very clunky. One of the only reasons i still run a windows dual-boot is for my MAGIX Music Studio 2005.

But my vote has to go to XMMS, basic to start with but fantastic when you add some of the plugins that are avalible!

Dead Parrot · 03-05-2006, 02:14 AM

My favourite .ogg player MOC (Music On Console) was not listed, so I didn't vote anything.