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    #1

    I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

    I'm one of those Really Old Guys who's been whining every since *buntu stopped including xmms in their distributions - and xmms2 really doesn't trip my trigger at all. Who needs a client-server model if all you want to do is listen to music?



    I don't want my mp3 player to scan my hard drive, build any kind of a database, or wind my watch for me - all I want is for it to play music files and be able to either shuffle tracks or randomize the playlist (or preferably both). Being able to use my favorite winamp2 skin would be a bonus.

    Anyway, I've been using audacious for awhile and although it's not bad it tends to choke on a less-than-perfect mp3 and I end up having to interact with it a half dozen times a day when it tries to play an mp3 it doesn't like.

    So today I find qmmp in the repos. Qt interface, will use my favorite winamp skin, will either randomize a playlist or shuffle tracks and doesn't barf all over my desk when an mp3 is less than perfect. The only complaint I've got is that I can't figure out how to keep the equalizer from displaying.

    So far, so good. I've been running it for about three hours and it hasn't hiccupped on an mp3 once. I think I have my xmms back
    we see things not as they are, but as we are.
    -- anais nin
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    Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

    Wizard,
    Your requirements (and comments) are the same as mine. Thanks for the "heads up". I am downloading qmmp now.
    Kubuntu 11.10<br />KDE 4.7.3<br />Athlon XP 2000<br />512 MB RAM<br />ATI 64MB Video<br />~11 year old system still kicking :&gt
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      #3
      Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

      Excellent.

      Somebody in the Ubuntu forums told me that the equalizer had an itty bitty x in the top right of the window and that would close the equalizer. After getting out my magnifying glass it worked

      Now it looks and works pretty much exactly like xmms did.

      Enjoy!
      we see things not as they are, but as we are.
      -- anais nin
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        #4
        Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

        Thanks for the tip wizard. I'm playing music with qmmp now with the default winamp skin.
        Linux User #454271
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          #5
          Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

          I think audacious is a great replacement for the xmms we all loved. I don't think it's built in Qt, though. qmmp looks really good so when I do the next clean install, it'll be my player of choice.
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            #6
            Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

            VLC is pretty good too, and same thing, simple minimal interface. It also play ... anything you throw at it!
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              Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

              Wizard 1000, my sentiments exactly and to further the point I even wrote a piece for Linux Forums about how "instructive" xmms was for the new person, introducing her or him to the file system.

              qmmp is about as close as we are going to get I think.

              woodsmoke
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                #8
                Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

                Originally posted by lmilano
                VLC is pretty good too, and same thing, simple minimal interface. It also play ... anything you throw at it!
                I Also use VLC for most of my music and video needs it's cross platform and as you say seems to play just about everything i throw at it.

                Dave Kubuntu 20.04 Registered Linux User #462608

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                  #9
                  Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

                  I used qmmp for a while but I am a radio addict

                  clementine is just what the doctor ordered

                  But to keep this list going:

                  amarok
                  audacious
                  clementine
                  qmmp
                  vlc
                  xmms2
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                    Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

                    amarok has become my fav music player. for single reason that it shows the music collection yearwise.
                    but i am amazed by the light and swift clementine.
                    vlc best for playing single file.
                    asus A52N
                    Dual boot: Kubuntu 11.10 64bit, Ubuntu 11.10 64bit
                    AMD Athlon II 64 X2 | 4 GB DDR3 RAM | ATI Radeon HD 4200
                    windoze free since 2009 12 16 (Vijay din= Victory day)
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                      #11
                      Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

                      My radio problem has been solved by radiotray
                      Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ
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                        #12
                        Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

                        Originally posted by toad
                        My radio problem has been solved by radiotray
                        say that radiotray is pritty nice .....it's displaying the next song that starts threw the KDE system tray notifier .....has its own independent volome control ......very simple to use and lite on the sys.......... a keeper

                        VINNY
                        i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
                        16GB RAM
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                          #13
                          Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

                          whuuuuuut -- you mean I can do better than alsaplayer?

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                            #14
                            Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

                            Originally posted by dibl
                            whuuuuuut -- you mean I can do better than alsaplayer?

                            well you can't go wrong with alsaplayer ether ...............and it play's tracks backwards to...........find any hidden backwards tracks lately.....LOL

                            VINNY
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                              #15
                              Re: I think my search for an mp3 player is over...

                              Hm, my quest for a player ain't over...

                              alsaplayer and qmmp are all very nice but they lack (for me) any kind of filtering. To have that I need the "bloat" of clementine

                              Anybody know of such a beast
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