MusicMatch Jukebox-like mp3 player...

[Ed Smits]

I was a MusicMatch user on Windows myself, and have found that Amarok
(running in Gnome) does the library and iPod stuff much better. I
tried Exaile as it is native to Gnome, the library functionality was
OK, but it wasn't nearly as good with the iPod. The only thing Amarok
doesn't do is rip to MP3, for which I've been using GRIP with the lame
encoder.

One interesting thing I've noticed - with MusicMatch my ripping was a
lot faster, but I also noticed that there were occasional pops etc in
the MP3's. GRIP comes with an error correction program cdparanoia
turned on by default - I turned it off, it rips at the same rate as
MusicMatch. I've done a careful listen to most of the stuff I've
ripped with GRIP using cdparanoia, never a pop etc, so I guess that's
the difference.


ED

On 6/20/07, Dave Woyciesjes <woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 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...
>