Well, bash as the language is good. I like it too. But nevertheless, it's not enough to leave mplayer - I want to have video player also, so it has to be installed, and then - why not use it?

i guess the script can handle mplayer's video playing too. the script doesn't depend on the player's behaviour so if the script wants to play a file, all it does is let the player handle the playing that's all. still it can control the playing, pausing, stopping, repeating, looping and shuffling of the file without depending on the player's messages or error codes.

Edit: to raskin, when i finish making the final modifications, you're welcome to try the program anytime. just in case you change your mind. and i'm hoping for that

Maybe I'll test it for fun. But as I still have mplayer installed, what new possibility will I get from the program? Is it really easier to handle than mplayer? Can it rewind back at least (mplayer can)? Can it automatically pass mid files to Timidity which is installed (I guess mplayer cannot)?

I like to have xmms running, but normally access it through cxmms (console based) or hotkeys.

I know mplayer's already too advanced to compare with my script. But my script's more than a handler and not a player.

Either which one you use, it should have different advantages and disadvantages. It's just a choice on where or how the program's used.

I found the program useful on a tight environment with 20mb squashfs-ed filesystem. That's just one. We don't know the other circumstances.

The player handler's completely written in bash and that's the best part of it. The script can be run anywhere with bash and is easily customizable.

Now I guess I can't resist telling you the features right?

So here are some:
That's written in bash

do winamp and xmms have the same shortcut keys? i based the keys from winamp's.

With games that I cannot switch to the desktop, like ET, with fluxbox or etc, I switch to a virtual terminal and use xmms-ctrl, or xmms-shell.

Will I change my mind? Unlikely.

btw raskin. you seem to be quite good with mplayer. so i have concluded that you mostly spend your time listening to music.. what type of music do you play?

i spent my time creating the script just to play *boring* music. jazzies and blues hehe.

it's really nice when i play it in a blank console. feels so cold and blue.

Really not so much time.. What music I listen to? Well, good songs really. Very good, thoughtful lyrics is a must; good music is surely merely an option (though a good one). I guess what I will name will not tell you much - well, except for three Queen songs in my playlist.

I'd definitely try it out. It's cool doing stuff from the console...

I've been using MOC - moc.daper.net

It has a layout alot like Midnight Commander. Works well for me.

markcov

Wow that's already 33 out of 53 votes. And finally I've decided to release my scripts. For the curious ones you can now get the scripts at http://sf.net/projects/ampd. Your comments and suggestions about the scripts are also welcome.

Thanks for the votes and the replies people. Long live LQ community.

cheers, i'll download when i get home and take a look, is ampd the daemon that runs it, or are they different versions?

thanks ethics.

ampd's the daemon. ampkonsole is the interface. ampkonsole automatically runs ampd if ampd's not running. so doing 'ampkonsole' is enough.