Who uses a Linux music library program?

Post #318,522 by static 12/13/09 5:50:29 PM Reply	Who uses a Linux music library program? I'm getting annoyed at Rhythmbox and it's UI. I realized this morning that it's trying to ape iTunes, which I also dislike. So what do other people use/recommend/hate that I could have a look at? Just rummaging in the package list in Ubuntu, I see a few, some of which I recognise, many I don't. There's amarok, banshee, gmusicbrowser, jajuk, kyamo, ... and quite a few clients for MPD. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #318,523 by pwhysall 12/13/09 6:01:16 PM Reply	XMMS There are three basic types of music players on Linux: 1. Those that want to be iTunes 2. Those that want to be Windows Media Player 3. Those that want to be WinAmp 4. mpg123 Personally, I'd just use Rhythmbox and keep the fucker minimised so it didn't offend my eye. Amarok is a KDE program, so will drag in huge chunks of dependencies if you don't already have any QT/KDE programs installed. It seems to me that the Linux wheel-reinventers have moved on from creating half-arsed text editors by the boatload to music and media players.
Post #318,524 by static 12/13/09 7:14:13 PM Reply	Are there any that want to be SonicStage? I'm only half kidding... SonicStage has its own problems, sure, but I like its UI better than like iTunes. Rhythmbox is fine for playing but a PITA for organising. Hence my search for Something Else. I knew that about Amarok. That's why I haven't tried it yet. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #318,547 by boxley 12/14/09 8:40:13 AM Reply	organizing? Thats yer problem right there
Post #318,527 by mvitale 12/13/09 8:30:19 PM Reply	What he said. It's what I used when I ran Linux. -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #318,528 by static 12/13/09 8:53:02 PM Reply	I'm trying something called Exaile. It claims to be based on Amarok's UI but written in GTK. On a small screen, it uses the real-estate much better than RB, though I'm finding the playlist/queuing system is unusual. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #318,530 by malraux 12/13/09 9:54:32 PM Reply	I use XMMS. It's less assy than the rest, which is pretty much all there is to recommend it. Rhythmbox is just a poor excuse for using Mono. It has always crashed and otherwise farted around on me. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #318,532 by static 12/13/09 9:57:59 PM Reply	You're thinking of Banshee. Rhythmbox is a C program. But that's still a good heads-up re: Mono. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #318,533 by malraux 12/13/09 10:15:37 PM Reply	Meh, whichever. They both suck. Rhythmbox crashed for me too. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #318,535 by folkert 12/13/09 11:07:39 PM Reply	Songbird? http://getsongbird.com/ Yeah it looks like iTunes. Bleah Ramapache and a music streamer... What about slimserver/sqeezebox?
Post #318,536 by static 12/13/09 11:18:20 PM Reply	Even more iTunes-alike than Rhythmbox... Just 'cause Apple has had some success with that layout doesn't mean everyone else has to slavishly copy it... (hmm: I recall similar accusations againse Gnome/KDE vs Windows...) Main problem with the "iTunes" layout is that it likes a lot of space, particularly vertically. This doesn't work on 1024x600. :-/ Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #318,592 by scoenye 12/14/09 6:11:55 PM Reply	Running KDE here, so: Amarok I've never spent time on iTunes, so no idea how similar it is in operation. It supports sync to device, playlists, minimizes to the task tray, etc.

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