Music Software that DOESN'T Suck?

[James Finstrom]

I guess I don't think that deep in to it. For quick plays I use mplayer.
When I had KDE  I used Amarok, I have played with a bunch but settled on
Rythmbox just because it was default and there. I use picard for tagging and
all that jazz so it is simply a music player for me :)

James Finstrom
Rhino Equipment Corp.
http://rhinoequipment.com ~ http://postug.com




On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Andrew "Tuna" Harris <tuna at supertunaman.com
> wrote:

> I'm looking for some music software that doesn't suck. My experience
> with Amarok was excellent, but there are certain things that I have
> developed a strong distaste for, a few of which Amarok more than readily
> picks up on. We went our separate ways, peacefully but still longing for
> something... I know not about Amarok but I have not found what my heart
> seeks in this world.
>
> But here's what I'm sick of.
>
> * Integration with a specific desktop environment
>
> If Amarok had a nice GUI that didn't require mad things like kdelibs, I
> would happily readopt it. Maybe something like FLTK or just plain QT
> without this KDE integration nonsense. Same with Rhythmbox, and its
> GNOME nonsense. I shouldn't have to compile and install GConf as well if
> it's only going to be used for like one or two apps!
>
> * C#/Mono apps for Linux
>
> I don't even understand this. Call me a purist, but when you think, "GUI
> application for Linux to organize and play music", what possesses you to
> think "Ah! C# with Mono!" Don't get me wrong, Mono is a wonderful thing.
> It can be very useful for getting .NET stuff to work on Linux with
> little to no modification. But what exactly makes Mono C# the language
> of choice for... anything, really?
>
> * Inability to Control Things without using the GUI
>
> Here's something that should, in one way or another, be built into every
> GUI app, ever. I had this trouble with XChat. I just hate it when I
> absolute MUST have the GUI to do things, the seemingly simplest of
> tasks. It's like bringing twelve lead-plated life rafts on a cruise.
> There is seemingly no situation in which you would ever need them, yet
> the fax said you have to bring them.
>
> Pretty much, I need something that doesn't suck, is written in a
> somewhat respectable language, and demand a crapload of dependencies
> that I won't need in a week or when I get tired of the software.
>
> Right now I'm using Songbird, and I started hating it about five minutes
> into using it.
>
> inb4 letmegooglethatforyou.com. I have googled, and I found this:
> http://mpd.wikia.com/
>
> Anyone use it before? What do you think?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -tuna
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