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Roberth

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From: The Pale Blue Dot

Registered: 2007-01-12

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Looking for the prefect music player

Hello, I brought this topic up for a while ago, I'm looking for the prefect music player, it has to be based on gtk+2, few deps, have its own backend like mpd and audacious etc, and support last.fm scrobbling, does there exista anything like that?

I think MPD is to much hassle etc.

Last edited by Roberth (2007-06-03 22:41:05)

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Ruckus

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Registered: 2007-02-17

Posts: 204

Re: Looking for the prefect music player

Rhythmbox possibly, it's what I used before making the switch to Sonata + MPD (Which is a very nice combination IMO).

Roberth

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From: The Pale Blue Dot

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

Well rhythmbox does use a gstreamer as an backend which sucks, and it's require lots of deps from gnome.

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slackhack

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Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

Re: Looking for the prefect music player

i would just use beep or xmms. you can use switch and the gtk themes to make the menus, etc. look less gtk-like.

majikstreet

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Registered: 2006-07-31

Posts: 96

Re: Looking for the prefect music player

I personally use XMMS. It doesn't use GTK2, though. So, maybe something like beep-media-player or audacious? They are based on XMMS. Audacious has three deps, and I'm pretty sure it has scrobbling (last.fm) built in..

MPD doesn't really have that much hassle involved though.. It's pretty easy...

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Roberth

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

Well I don't like those winamp inspired media players.

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

I like exaile.
It does scrobbling and junk.

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Roberth

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

Seems like theres impossbile to fint what im looking for.

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madhatter

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From: Freudenstadt, Germany

Registered: 2004-09-01

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

I saw that on Planet OB the other day: http://nooms.de/projects/abraca/ - a GTK2 Client for xmms2
never tried it but it is from the Arch Community

Roberth

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

I saw that on Planet OB the other day: http://nooms.de/projects/abraca/ - a GTK2 Client for xmms2
never tried it but it is from the Arch Community

It doesnt require python to run right?

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Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

I saw that on Planet OB the other day: http://nooms.de/projects/abraca/ - a GTK2 Client for xmms2
never tried it but it is from the Arch Community

I have no need to try it out because I'm totally satisfied with my mpd&ncmpc combo but it looks like smoon did an awesome job here...!

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bt

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Registered: 2007-04-11

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

Try Aqualung for gapless playback from your music directory.

dolby

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

imo the music player which sucks less is audacious & thats what i use

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d2_racing

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

You can try audacious or amarok.

azwethinkweiz

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

I personally love audacious...but then again you said you dont like the winamp inspired players. But I like the fact that I can use winamp skins with audacious...because i think theres some pretty cool skins there

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cr7

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

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Roberth

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

Can't people read the first post?

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stonecrest

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

Can't people read one of the other 10,000 threads on the forum that are identical to this one?

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Gilneas

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Registered: 2006-10-22

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

I use "mplayer radio-station-stream" the most, and mc + mpg123 for mp3s.

hussam

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Registered: 2006-03-26

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

Can't people read one of the other 10,000 threads on the forum that are identical to this one?

or maybe there is no gtk2 prefect music player

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

Can't people read the first post?

mpd is the only one that does exactly what you want, or maybe xmms2. I don't understand what you mean by hassle with mpd either, it couldnt be simpler.

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hussam

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

what backend does mpd use?

slackhack

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

what backend does mpd use?

mpd is the back end. paired up with something like sonata for the gtk+ it's a great combo and does everything the OP wants. it's very light and also powerful -- i really don't see how anyone can complain.

Roberth

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From: The Pale Blue Dot

Registered: 2007-01-12

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

what backend does mpd use?

mpd is the back end. paired up with something like sonata for the gtk+ it's a great combo and does everything the OP wants. it's very light and also powerful -- i really don't see how anyone can complain.

I like gmpc better than Sonata, its much more funcional, and it have very few deps.

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kano

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Registered: 2007-05-04

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Re: Looking for the prefect music player

Have you looked at gimmix? It's GTK and has very few deps.

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