I (heart) amarok

[InnerLogic]

(I'm not really sure where to place this thread, since it's not really much to do with hardware - tech - help, but move if need be)

I always was a Winamp - XMMS Kind of guy when it came to my audio players. I Love to use winamp when i'm on windows because of just how much you can do with the damn thing. With some plug-in's, I can get it working with my logitech multimedia keys, it has a kick ass media center for ease of use to listen to my music and videos. XMMS was nice when I was on linux, it could use winamp skins and also had a plug-in for my multimedia keys although it did not have the media center like winamp. I really like to have it be easy to have all my music in one place with me not having to search directorys to play my tunes.

Enter Amarok (http://amarok.kde.org/)

http://img260.echo.cx/img260/6449/snapshot37pd.th.png (http://img260.echo.cx/my.php?image=snapshot37pd.png)

It has some really cool things in it, it has a nice media center to organise my music (no video support though), can be used with my multimedia keys (although it takes a bit more effort) (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys) and even has a lyric's search (which can be done on windows with Evil Lyrics, however this is built in.)

It's also has ipod support built in so you can transfer things to and from your ipod. I don't have an ipod so I can't test it however. It also has nice script support, I am really likeing the web playlist (http://innerlogic.kicks-ass.net:4773/) one. It's also really easy to add new ones.

Overall, this is very much worth a download. It just rules.

[Style]

I agree. is what i use for mp3's. love how the cover pops up on your screen.

[AcquiredTarget]

Ya know, you're making it hard for me not to get off my ass and convert 100% over to Linux as opposed to the 60% that I'm currently at. ;) Another nice find there.

[Style]

yeah. i really wish i could use linux a 100 percent, but theres just too many music creation apps, graphic apps, and games that i use on windows.

also quicktime streaming isnt a hundred percent.

[Emptythought]

that looks pretty good, but 99% of the time i just want a really low memory mp3 player that doesnt even have a window, its just in the system tray(winamp eats ram like a 767 eats gas even when its system tray minimised) there was one for windows 95 like that, or some time arround then, but i havent seen anything since then that would blast through a whole playlist and only use 2mb of ram....

or maybe i should just buy another half a gig of ram, stop whining and try that player you suggested :\

[InnerLogic]

http://img291.echo.cx/img291/3752/amarok9tb.th.png (http://img291.echo.cx/my.php?image=amarok9tb.png)


New Amarok 1.3 beta out. Whats cool about this beta, is that wikipedia is built in. So if one gets a music file from a friend and such, they can look up the band's info right in the music player.