-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dan Farrell wrote: > On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:00:51 -0400 > Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Denis wrote: >>> What are some alternatives to Audacious mp3/CD player? I really >>> liked the old XMMS and used it right up until it was taken off >>> portage. Audacious seems to resemble XMMS closely enough, but it >>> seems more fragile. I have it working well on one gentoo box, but >>> on this box, I am just having no luck getting it to run without >>> errors (won't read audio CD, master volume control is not >>> functional, playlist errors on start-up... ) I'm looking for >>> something with a GUI rather than a command-line player. >>> >>> Thanks. >> I gotta give a recommendation for Amarok. It is a kde package so it >> might not be what you had in mind, but it is a great music player. > > Amarok is feature-rich, but heavy indeed. I don't recommend it for a > drop-in XMMS replacement. If you like the idea of editing mp3 tags and > organzing your music really nicely, browsing it 3 different ways and > seeing cover art from amazon.com and such, amarok is for you. > > But if you like xmms, maybe before you try to find more alternatives > you'll consider trying to compile and install it from downloaded > sources, manually.
What about XMMS2? It's not in portage but I thought it was designed to fix all the flaws of the original XMMS. I have not tried it so I can't say for sure if its even remotely the same as the old XMMS. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGZJl50PM4px2/kjgRAi7gAJ4jHqtY3AC3jV0kcOf6eY7f9UL2CgCdHXjU EtKc0bAlLsK914QckPqcsXs= =hMaq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
