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Linuxplayer2300 03-12-2012 11:44 AM

Best Music Player in Linux
 
What do you suggest?
Amarok?
Banshee?
VLC?
Something as good as iTune or Real player.

I wonder why Real player does not support Linux?

SilentSam 03-12-2012 12:03 PM

Here is a good place to start.

But seriously, RealPlayer? Don't they just use Helix code anyways?

SilentSam 03-12-2012 12:05 PM

Here is a good place to start.

But seriously, RealPlayer? Don't they just use Helix player code anyways? RealPlayer exists on Linux too, so I don't know why you said they don't support linux.

Linuxplayer2300 03-12-2012 07:39 PM

Yes, Amarok really Rocks!
Helix player is no longer available for linux.

craigevil 03-12-2012 08:25 PM

Comparison of audio player software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compar...layer_software

evo2 03-12-2012 09:13 PM

Hi,

I've never used "iTune". I think I haven't used RealPlayer in more than ten years, from memory it was pretty nasty. In recent years I've been using moc. http://moc.daper.net

Evo2.

frankbell 03-12-2012 09:13 PM

XMMS. (Though actually I mostly use VLC these days.)

RealPlayer no longer supports Linux and there will be no new releases, but older RealPlayer code is available from Helix in sources and *.rpm.

I have and use RealPlayer for Linux because there are audio sites (mostly "Old Time Radio" sites) that are locked into Real formats.

Frankly, I think Real is losing ground these days. I cannot grieve that.

Linuxplayer2300 03-12-2012 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2 (Post 4625298)
Hi,

I've never used "iTune". I think I haven't used RealPlayer in more than ten years, from memory it was pretty nasty. In recent years I've been using moc. http://moc.daper.net

Evo2.

Got debian file or not?

craigevil 03-12-2012 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linuxplayer2300 (Post 4625321)
Got debian file or not?

Of course:
moc - ncurses based console audio player
moc-ffmpeg-plugin - ncurses based console audio player - ffmpeg plugin

Make sure to man moc once you install it.

Tinkster 03-12-2012 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linuxplayer2300 (Post 4624890)
What do you suggest?
Amarok?
Banshee?
VLC?
Something as good as iTune or Real player.

I wonder why Real player does not support Linux?

Seriously? As far as I'm concerned both of your preferred players
are the pits, and anything I've used on Linux beats them hands down.

iTunes is the reason I haven't used my iPod in a year, and use
my android phone for music instead. ;D

For music on Linux I mostly use xmms (no, not xmms2).
Code:

deb http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/squeeze ./
deb-src http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/squeeze ./


Cheers,
Tink

cascade9 03-12-2012 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell (Post 4625299)
I have and use RealPlayer for Linux because there are audio sites (mostly "Old Time Radio" sites) that are locked into Real formats.

I thought that is was possible to get real media files playing with mplayer? I dont know for sure, I havent touched a .rm file for years, and I dont recall running across any real media format stuff online for years either.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster (Post 4625334)
Seriously? As far as I'm concerned both of your preferred players
are the pits, and anything I've used on Linux beats them hands down.

+1. I'd rather use amarok than itunes or real player, and I dont like amarok at all.

I mostly use deadbeef with linux. I'm a huge Foobar2000 fan with windows, and I even ran it under WINE for a while, but deadbeef is easier to setup, and I've figured it out I can get it looking similar to my prefered Foobar layout.

Cultist 03-12-2012 11:20 PM

I like Clementine a lot. I alternate between that and Amarok.

Satyaveer Arya 03-13-2012 12:37 AM

Amarok is good choice for audio player and VLC is good for playing video files. And you can install real player on linux. Who says linux doesn't support real player.

Linuxplayer2300 03-13-2012 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Satyaveer Arya (Post 4625401)
Amarok is good choice for audio player and VLC is good for playing video files. And you can install real player on linux. Who says linux doesn't support real player.

r u sure?
where can i get the debian file?

Satyaveer Arya 03-13-2012 05:38 AM

Quote:

r u sure?
where can i get the debian file?
Ofcourse, Damn sure! Why don't you google yourself?
Here what I found when I searched on google:
http://wiki.debian.org/RealPlayer
http://www.debianadmin.com/howto-ins...ian-lenny.html

If you google for this topic you'll find lot more.


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