What music player do you use?

Rayning · 12-22-2006, 09:24 PM

I used foobar until I switched to linux, one of the defaults for Slackware is amarok, which isn't bad but leaves quite a footprint and doesn't have replaygain. Foobar users are a bit picky I suppose, it was really my only loss when I gave up on windows.

macemoneta · 12-22-2006, 09:32 PM

I can't argue with the size of Amarok, but it is a "kitchen sink" type application. However, it does have ReplayGain.

Okie · 12-22-2006, 09:36 PM

i use XMMS for audio and for video i prefer MPlayer

Rayning · 12-22-2006, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macemoneta

I can't argue with the size of Amarok, but it is a "kitchen sink" type application. However, it does have ReplayGain.

that, I did not know! Thanks for telling me man I think I'll give that version a go. While I'm at it I think I'll pick up xmms, I've never had a music player with an onboard equalizer.

Penguin of Wonder · 12-22-2006, 10:14 PM

I actually would recomend against XMMS. There are several XMMS clones out there like Audacious that are excellent though. When XMMS2 comes out it should be quite nice as well.

macemoneta · 12-22-2006, 11:15 PM

In addition to what Penguin of Wonder said, if you're getting Amarok, it has an equalizer as well. You can add ReplayGain (and dozens of other features) by going to the Amarok menu Tools->Script Manager. The equalizer is in the tools menu too.

Calvin Coetzee · 12-23-2006, 05:02 AM

i used to use amarok but since iv been using sled 10 iv been using banshee with helix backend just like in amarok. i find that banshee adds wma and mp4 (apple) files to my library. however it cannot play these files as the wma codec is from microsoft. could someone please help me if you know where to get a wma codec for the helix engine, or GStreamer

Calvin Coetzee · 12-23-2006, 05:04 AM

oh yeah with amarok, my wma files did not appear in the library so thats a thumbs up to banshee for that added support.

you can also help me if you know of a program to transcode / convert wma to mp3 or ogg format

Cara25 · 12-23-2006, 08:16 AM

I have had great success with Lame and Sox to convert music files. Both are command line apps but both very powerful. I use Sox to create short sound files from my favorite music for computer events and notifications.
You may already have the apps installed, check, if not download via URPMI, simple installs.
Scott Nash
BTW, I use Kscd for my music player, it's simple without a lot of bloat.
I use Kaffeine for video, it also has a good music player with a visual display window.

FredGSanford · 12-24-2006, 10:59 PM

xmms for audio and Totem for video, along with mplayer...

arindom · 12-25-2006, 06:09 AM

XMMS for Audio and VLC player for Video. In fact most of the time VLC for both.