MusicMatch Jukebox-like mp3 player...

[Dave Woyciesjes]

Scott (angrykeyboarder) wrote:
> [cc'd to author]
> 
> Dave Woyciesjes spake thusly on 06/20/2007 09:57 AM:
>> Darryl LeCount wrote:
>>> I think at the end of the day, the best thing is just to try them both
>>> and see what takes your fancy. They are, after all, both free as in
>>> speech and beer.
>>>
>>>>> Darryl
>> 	Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give Amarok & Rhythmbox a shot.
> 
> 
> With regard to Amarok...
> 
> If you're not already running KDE (in addition to GNOME) and A) prefer a
> more consistent GNOME look and feel and B) don't want to install all the
> additional KDE dependencies (library files) that will be required for
> Amarok (I think you end up with over 100MB of downloads for a program
> that itself is only 30MB), I'd suggest you take a look at Exaile.  It's
> a fairly recent program. In a nutshell it's a GTK (GNOME) clone of
> Amarok. I've played with it and I was impressed.
> 
> 	$ sudo apt-get install exaile
> 
> Myself I prefer Amarok, but I also run both GNOME and KDE and prefer to
> stick with one program for my music playing needs. :)
> 
> BTW, Amarok and Exaile do not rip. For just ripping, I'd suggest taking
> a look at Sound Juicer (installed by default in Ubuntu) or Grip for
> ripping in GNOME.  I like KDE's kaudiocreator myself.
> 
> Another GNOME program, Banshee, does in fact, also rip as well as play.
>  While not the best description, I'd call it a cross between Exaile and
> Rhythmbox (I prefer Eaile in this instance - despite the fact that it
> doesn't rip).
> 
> 	$ sudo apt-get install banshee banshee-official-plugins
> 
> Just my $.02 :)

	Interesting... I'm not all that worried about having ripping built-it. 
I'd be using the app for playing music 90% of the time anyway... Having 
to go to another app for the not-so-often rip is not really an issue. 
Probably more of a benefit, so I can listen to one thing, and rip 
something else...

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