From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GdPMp-0003D0-1f for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:55:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9RApiDg005249; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:51:44 GMT Received: from linda-4.paradise.net.nz (linda-4.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9RAkg0h000210 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:46:43 GMT Received: from smtp-1.paradise.net.nz (tclsnelb1-src-1.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.172]) by linda-4.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz) with ESMTP id <0J7S0009XJ9R61@linda-4.paradise.net.nz> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:46:39 +1300 (NZDT) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (218-101-28-57.dsl.clear.net.nz [218.101.28.57]) by smtp-1.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B602D3E7AF for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:46:39 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:46:37 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xmms alternative In-reply-to: To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <4541E38D.2060503@paradise.net.nz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061003) References: <20061023080808.0e31ed69@katana.armory.no-ip.org> <200610231902.27223.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <200610232114.06442.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <20061027040054.GA11950@waltdnes.org> X-Archives-Salt: e1ff2278-2f01-4616-8944-1495f5b29546 X-Archives-Hash: 3ef294e5dfbaaf6ef4a616ad35d34cb5 Daniel Barkalow wrote: >> >> xine ==> almost as bloated as Windows Media Player. I want a simple >> *AUDIO PLAYER* dammit, not some honking big "multi-media" package that >> takes forever to build. I've had problems building xine, and swear by >> mplayer. I'd sooner use mplayer than xine. >> >> amarok ==> Even worse than xine. It's a Windows Media Player wannabee >> bloated frontend that ends up launching xine. In addition to building >> xinelib, it also builds kde-base, ruby, and a bunch of other junk. > > I think you want audacious, which seems to be xmms painted white and > actively maintained. > I would second that. I have not tried xine, but dislike the "size" of amarok. Audacious builds quickly and plays mp3s - and thats all I need! Incidentally xmms and audacious both seem to sound cleaner than amarok too. Cheers Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list