Hey,

I'm looking for a good Linux music player. I tried a few things out, but most I really didn't like. Basically I need to be able to access >1000 songs and sort/filter/organise them very well. (Many of the songs I don't know all that well, so simple playlist features are insuffucient.)

To date, Windows Media Player and Real Jukebox (which is no longer around, from what I see) are the only two media players I've found that are good enough for me. I'm looking for a Linux alternative, because, honestly, the lack of a good music player is keeping me in Windows more often than not. :/

Anyone know of any good ones?

Mplayer is the best option.

Give Amroke a look it has a very nice playlist feature, though it does not have a Library feature like you find on recent versions of Windows Media Player. I also Like it because when you close it it minimizes down to your system tray.

The library feature is a very important one for me.

due to the vs of debian i am running mplayer is not an option for me so i tried XMMS and have found that i truely love it for mp3 playing.

as for any type of video playback i like xine or kaffeine, yes that is spelled right.

Amarok is one of the best in my opinion Give a few a try and pick a favourite.