MusicMatch Jukebox-like mp3 player...

[Dave Woyciesjes]

Darryl LeCount wrote:
>> 	Good point. With MMJB, when I rip a CD with it, it gets added to the 
>> library. I can also search & add to the library. While browsing the 
>> library, I can select the songs I want, add the to the playlist window, 
>> and play them. I can also burn to an audio CD from there also.
>> 	From the library, It can display songs grouped into a tree format by 
>> Album, artist, or other fields. I can select a song (or a number of 
>> songs) and edit the track info. E.g. when I need to correct the spelling 
>> of an album name.
>> 	The main functionality I would like to find is the display & playing 
>> from the library. The rest would just be nice to have.
> 
> Well, Rhythmbox does all that except burn to a CD, and I suspect this
> may change in the future given that it already interfaces with
> SoundJuicer (the Ubuntu ripping program) to rip CDs and add them to the
> library, so I see no reason why it can't interface with Serpentine (the
> program that burns MP3s or OGGs to CDs)
> 
> Oh, it doesn't display them in a tree format either, but it does show
> three seperate windows with artists, albums and songs, which you can
> filter down - I find this works better. I did attempt to attach a
> screenshot to show you what I mean, but given the list's 40KB message
> limit it looks like you'll need to take a look at the project website
> (http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/screenshots.html) to see what I
> mean.
> 
> Someone else suggested Amarok. I've heard everyone raving on about this,
> but they've been mostly Kubuntu users and I've had issues getting Amarok
> to run under GNOME. You've also got XMMS but it's attempting to be a
> WinAmp clone and lacks decent playlist management features.
> 
> As I say, Rhythmbox would be my recommendation. You might also like the
> Jamendo functionality (read: lots of free, independent music!) that's
> built in to recent versions.
> 

	Thanks for the link. Looks pretty good. I'll give it a good whirl...
	As for XMMS, I agree. I don't like the playlist stuff it has...

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