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Audio Media Player Application of the Year
A new category this year.
--jeremy |
Funny, but I use command-line mplayer and feed it with list of arguments. Maybe it could be added in this poll also?
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mplayer classifies themselves as a "movie player". While it does play audio, we'll keep it solely in the video category.
--jeremy |
I've really become a fan of amaroK lately. I'll have to give it my vote because I did use it a lot in 2006 and enjoy it. XMMS is a tough omission for me because I do use it a lot but really only for a quick sound here or there.
mpg123 is a nice toy... :) |
OK, now that I have no chance to vote for mplayer, I propose TiMidity - software renderer for MIDI.
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no Audacious?
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I think we should distinguish between xmms and xmms2 (the former of which is almost ubiquitous but now unmaintained, the latter of which is in “alpha” — they’re definitely run by two different types of users).
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Audacious added. XMMS2 would seem to me to simply be the next generation or version of XMMS.
--jeremy |
And TiMidity++?
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Doesn't look like there has been a release of TiMidity++ since 2004.
--jeremy |
Simply it is perfect as console MIDI player/converter...
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Amarok has never let me down yet, so i vote Amarok!
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How about cmus? I swear by it.
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Show me one like Amarok!! Go Amarok go :D
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like it or not, i also use mplayer from the cli as my audio app 'cos it works. It's also my podcast client of choice and stream grabber of choice - it even handles realplayer files. So far as I can tell none of the options can do all that but to be honest as mplayer does it so well I've never bothered to look for a replacement.
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amarok has improved a lot!
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xmms is my main one, along with a few others.
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I vote for rhythmbox.
It's fast and it can manage my library well |
Amarok seems has few failures but it's the best as it meets all my requirements.. xmms did do that, but xmms is getting old and grumpy, better let him rest in peace!
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Amarok
This is an easy one. Still Amarok. Hands down the best music player I have ever used (even if I count the dark ages of Windows). Integration with last.fm, Wikipedia and Magnatune are great. User interface is also just right.
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Gotta vote for Banshee
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cmus, definately. The only thing Ive found to replace orpheus.
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Amarok gets my vote since Exaile isn't an option.
Wish I had either of those available for the Windows box -Dave |
XMMS. My need are simple and it still gets the job done.
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Auduacious (I can't spell it). It is a leap ahead of XMMS and is a wild ride.
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What about Kaffeine?
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XMMS because it is basic, and it is the one that works with Streamtuner !
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i'm using rhythmbox recently, coz it's the default audio player on ubuntu 6.06. but i'll try another players.
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Quod Libet and Exaile are the ones I use all the time, so I voted for GStreamer
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AmaroK for me, but if I just need to test a sound or play one song, I use Sox's play from the cli.
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can't beat Amarok!
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since there is xmms but where are gxine and gmplayer ??
//just curious ... //btw ... i find it interesting that gstreamer appears in both video and audio balloting ... . |
Read all the thread.. gmplayer is not here since it names itself as movie player.
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hmm ... guess that those guys are just being humble ...
so ... i'm narrowed down to xmms and gstreamer ... . |
AmaroK is my choice. Firstly it looked kinda clumsy to me. I've always used Winamp, and amaroK didn't impress me at the begining. But now I like this player much.
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Amarok manages my 45 gbs of music just fine.
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I guess Beep Media Player means BMPx... if not, BMPx should be in it's place, because it is the best media player I've used. Sure it has it's drawbacks, mainly the huge GUI and the fact that it is kinda in "alpha" stage. But it's Musicbrainz and LastFM integration compensates it all.
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Amarok all the way!
Does my music fine. Gotta love all those cool features. |
Yay, cmus made it in. You have to love a terminal based music player which does everything the big-boys do as well. It's like a text mode version of iTunes or something. And it uses vi-style commands.
I can start it up in a screen session, and even if I kill X, my music never stops playing. I can ssh into the computer from another computer across the house and change the song, volume, whatever. It's a wonderful thing. |
Exaile!
I like Exaile, it's a new one, pyGTK "clone" of AmaroK. But seeing as that's not on the list, I'll vote for good old XMMS.
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nothing on the known world of software can beat amarok on this category ;)
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Audacious is a pretty killer app.
Play AND record music. XMMS is better for just playing, though. |
where's VLC?
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i don't understand why VLC is not listed here! i voted XMSS JUST because i used it just before discovering vlc and it also has a last.fm plugin.
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Amarok, took some serious fussing to get it to run in SUSE 10.0 out of the box, (Darn you Helix engine!) but once up I've never looked back. Even iTunes lacks features Amarok has...
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No Exaile?
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How about Listen?
It's a GTK AmaroK-ish music management + playing prog for GNOME |
xmms2
i refuse to vote for any of those...
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