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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HvLm5-0002ST-Ly for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:15:46 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l54NCr0w005093; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 23:12:53 GMT Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l54N5fZJ028763 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 23:05:41 GMT Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 68so860576wri for ; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:05:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=BDmR4cJJWNtjCasrEbHltkRKv4BY09RkADFn1yb2vBBMS9wAY9Kn8abmHpL1FGXz7Y0bECP0kHklsU4q641Y7MhlYoyT1qpZo3YQAVxzRrfnQiRizOv1V+IvVH/XAemrhp3jW3l5GhscloNtcAdp6imkdCy7jd9nAxk+M+MA0z0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=JEp75s8TqqKrU+GKffmvhc7xmZ2u/3fO5W9RtfigsEZyerVukV/Crp1X2w6On654XIKuwSHR713EVotXsPtANbtk55DpAjE1OsaqfozvdOZJI++F8FqbU8L5eQ3Z3eftRr4BSIf0GpdfwBxB+QVhuFVw/+VcM3CUdObQcKo9eMQ= Received: by 10.100.11.7 with SMTP id 7mr2839122ank.1180998340704; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:05:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?68.200.159.131? ( [68.200.159.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id c40sm1180629anc.2007.06.04.16.05.39; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:05:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46649979.80405@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:00:09 -0400 From: Ken User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070520) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to audacious? References: <46647D83.4050303@gmail.com> <20070604174247.7d4b9d7c@pascal.spore.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20070604174247.7d4b9d7c@pascal.spore.ath.cx> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a78d93e1-dd2d-4b14-aa32-77fe42eed9dd X-Archives-Hash: 3e9541afb159a3d54af738d8dd296b47 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dan Farrell wrote: > On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:00:51 -0400 > Ken wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> 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. What about XMMS2? It's not in portage but I thought it was designed to fix all the flaws of the original XMMS. I have not tried it so I can't say for sure if its even remotely the same as the old XMMS. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGZJl50PM4px2/kjgRAi7gAJ4jHqtY3AC3jV0kcOf6eY7f9UL2CgCdHXjU EtKc0bAlLsK914QckPqcsXs= =hMaq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list