Music Software that DOESN'T Suck?

[Matt Graham]

From: "Andrew \"Tuna\" Harris" <tuna at supertunaman.com>
> I'm looking for some music software that doesn't suck.

All software sucks.  The question is "how much does it suck?"

> 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.

There will be more and more integration as time goes on, because some
parts of the user community demand it.

> * Inability to Control Things without using the GUI

mp3blaster?  (Command-line mp3 player)

> 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.

I was reasonably happy with audacious (requires GTK+, has at least
a few keyboard shortcuts, written in C).

However, you don't state what else it is that you want.  Bad
requirements specs lead to bad software choices.  Do you just want to
*play* mp3/ogg files, or other media types?  Do you want to alter or
organize media?  What about plugins?  Answering these questions may
help us help you.

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