Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious?

[Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>]

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:00:51 -0400
Ken <ken69267@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Denis wrote:
> > What are some alternatives to Audacious mp3/CD player?  I really
> > liked the old XMMS and used it right up until it was taken off
> > portage. Audacious seems to resemble XMMS closely enough, but it
> > seems more fragile.  I have it working well on one gentoo box, but
> > on this box, I am just having no luck getting it to run without
> > errors (won't read audio CD, master volume control is not
> > functional, playlist errors on start-up... )  I'm looking for
> > something with a GUI rather than a command-line player.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> I gotta give a recommendation for Amarok. It is a kde package so it
> might not be what you had in mind, but it is a great music player.

Amarok is feature-rich, but heavy indeed.  I don't recommend it for a
drop-in XMMS replacement.  If you like the idea of editing mp3 tags and
organzing your music really nicely, browsing it 3 different ways and
seeing cover art from amazon.com and such, amarok is for you.  

But if you like xmms, maybe before you try to find more alternatives
you'll consider trying to compile and install it from downloaded
sources, manually.  
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