Feedback on Amarok Mp3 Player

kapil singh kushwah kapil.network at gmail.com
Sun Oct 5 16:00:30 UTC 2008


On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 03:03:40 -0500
> Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:38:18 +0530
> > "Ashish Vijaywargiya" <vijaywargiya.ashish at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I have installed Amarok for listening Mp3 songs on my Ubuntu 8.04
> > > LTS. In past years I was using XMMS but it seems that XMMS has been
> > > removed from Ubuntu repository.
> > >
> > > Can anybody of you share your experience with Amarok Player ?
> > > If some other better Mp3 player present in Ubuntu repository then
> > > please let me know.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ashish Vijaywargiya
> > > Indore (M.P), India
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indore
> > >
> >
> > I use Amarok w/mysql opposed to the default sqlite. Some users will
> > say that Amarok is too bulky however, if you are a user that came from
> > Windows (as most probably are) and a user of iTunes (as in my case)
> > then Amarok is a reasonably good replacement.
> >
> > Additionally, installing plugins (well, really called scripts) via the
> > Script Manager is a nice touch and using the the Funky Monkey theme
> > works for me.
> >
> > There are lots of other nifty features that can be used w/Amarok (if
> > you choose). At least give it a try. If you don't like it, you can
> > always remove it.
> >
>
> ... as a follow-up, if you still prefer XMMS, look at Audacious. Looks
> and feels like XMMS but with some extra toys.
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Chris
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Audacious is best option.
-- 
Regards
Kapil singh Kushwah
Linux System Administrator
Hotwax Media Inc., Indore
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