On 25/03/12 12:58, Jared Norris wrote: > On 25 March 2012 12:29, Stephen Rees-Carter <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> With the impending switch back to Rhythmbox in 12.04, I was wondering >> which media player everyone here prefers, and why? >> >> I find Banshee slow and clunky, but I really like the automatic media >> organiser and the 'score' sorting. >> So I'm in two minds about switching back to Rhythmbox, since it has >> neither of those features. >> But I would prefer a simpler and faster media player, and I like to >> use the default applications. >> >> Thoughts? >> ... > I've used exaile for years. I don't do lots of media listening though > but for what I need (flac and oggs) it's been great. It has a few > useful plugins that you can pick and choose from. I watch even less > video but always found vlc the most stable.
Definitely interested in people's suggestions on this. I've been using
Amarok 1.4 for years, and i know i can't keep using it - eventually it's
going to be completely unsupported. I've tried all of the players
mentioned, and i've failed with all of them for various reasons.
(Exaile was pretty close, i will admit.)
My essential features:
* No-brainer Google-style filtering of playlist/collection. Amarok
2 lost me here: you have to write expressions instead of just
typing partial search strings.
* Reliable support for Last.fm scrobbling. Preferably integration
with Last.fm's tagging system, and notification of when there's a
recommended song available for free download.
* Playback, ripping, & tag editing for all of the usual media types,
esp. MP3 & Ogg. I don't really feel like re-ripping all of my CDs.
* Podcast feed support with automatic download and good control over
episode retention.
* Pause/Play & volume control via notification area icon (although
that's gone under newer desktop environments - do they provide
similar functionality without all of that stupid pop-over/pop-back
animated visual noise?)
Happy to hear of other tools that might fill one of these niches so that
i can move to a better-supported player.
Paul
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