XMMS Gone, Audacious sucks what are my options?

lenkki · n00b Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 55

I want a audio player that integrates nicely with gome (or looks like it does), that can play mp3,ogg,flac, unintrusive, doesn't take up much space on screen (as rhythmbox does), doesn't chock everytime I scroll my playlist (audacious) doesn't require kde (amarok), handles UTF8 filenames and can display japanese titles correctly (and any other language titles), and doesn't have system requierments similar to Windows Vista.

So what are my options?

Headrush · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject:

Read the several other threads about xmms being gone that ask the same question.

bospaadje · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject:

try mpd, not sure it does everything you ask (don't know how well it handles UTF-8 ), it's very nice, doesn't use a lot of resources.
Since it's a deamon you'll have to try which UI suits you best though. I personally use mpc (bound to keys) with my entire music collection put on random.
I also use the gkrellm plugin for seeing what song is playing. If you want a gui to manage playlist there are options available as well; i haven't used any (at least not much; I've used pympd for a little while but it had some issues).
(The website can be found at www.musicpd.org i believe; there's also an excellent page on the gentoo wiki about it).
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Iced-Tux · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject:

If you have considered amarok try quodlibet

It simply ROCKS ...
I use it for my music collection and it fits my every need.
But if it's too ressource consuming for you or to big or you just don't like it, I also would recommend mpd. As a GUI try out Gmpc. I should integrate nicely with gnome.
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lenkki · n00b Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 55

Thanks, I'll give gmpc a go, looks nice enough. About quodlibet, had ha hard time finding it in google and finally found a link in freshmeat but no screenies -.-;

Headrush, I've looked at some of them and they all said that either try audacious/amarok or bmpx (which is masked, or was last time I checked). That's why I asked.

Iced-Tux · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject:

http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet/

For a quick look

There are also some awsome plugins

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madisonicus · Veteran Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 1130

danomac

antarus · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject:

Gergan Penkov · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject:

Seems this was the problem

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madisonicus · Veteran Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 1130

It is a priceless bugzilla thread: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101619
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MetalGod · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject:

That was an old war between the quodlibet guys and us. I stated my point at the time but there's no need to wash old stuff again.
Quodlibet is safe to run using the portage tree.
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