Linux users: I just installed quod libet . . .

[asdf]

and it's a winner!

I have been using Amarok for quite a while, and I hadn't seen anything that looked competitive. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to work out all of the wrinkles from my install of Amarok (and I've given it a big effort). It still clips off the last few seconds of the final song in my playlist. Additionally, my latest install (I try out different distributions pretty regularly) is not behaving well with my music collection. Because of this, I decided to give quod libet a whirl.

If you haven't tried this player/library manager, I highly recommend it. My install was painless, and it pulled in my library very quickly. There's a plug-in for fetching album art, but I already had this in place from when I switched my collection from Windows. Anyway, I think I prefer the layout to Amarok's (you can see the album art in your collection, which I like). Furthermore, I've had no issues whatsoever (fyi, I'm using a Mepis distro at the moment with KDE). I was a little reluctant to bring in a bunch of gnome libraries, but the install was suprisingly short. So far it's very snappy on my middle of the road system.

If you need a new player, give this one a shot. Heck, if you don't need a new player, give it a shot--you may be pleasantly surprised.

--asdf

 

[fwojciec]

Quod Libet is my player of choice for Linux (Ubuntu/Gnome). Amarok was fine, but kind of clunky and seemed very slow. The only problem with Quod Libet, as far as I'm concerned, is the lack of gapless output, but hopefully this is something that will be implemented in future releases (of either quod libet or gstreamer).

 

[Cid]

It's been awesome since the very early development and it just kept getting better and better. It's almost enough to make someone use Linux.

 

[Jigglybootch]

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Originally Posted by fwojciec /img/forum/go_quote.gif but hopefully this is something that will be implemented in future releases (of either quod libet or gstreamer).

I wouldn't hold your breath. I read somewhere that the Gstreamer framework doesn't and never will support gapless output.

 

[fwojciec]

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Originally Posted by Jigglybootch /img/forum/go_quote.gif I wouldn't hold your breath. I read somewhere that the Gstreamer framework doesn't and never will support gapless output.

I've read that too, but I generally distrust any opinions that say "never" - especially where computers and programming are concerned.

 

[Lowfront]

I've been using beep media player....

Am I really missing out that much?

 

[madman2003]

I've been using aqualung(http://aqualung.sf.net) for quite some time now, it was built to be gapless (for formats that are gapless). A lot of work was done on the mp3 decoder a while back and supposedly lame mp3 is now gapless too, i don't use it, so i don't know. It has a lot of neat features, like ladspa support(commonly used dsp plugins) and decent jack (sound server) support. It doesn't have eye candy (no visualisation) or anything like that. Give it a whirl, beta7 was released recently, the svn versions are almost always useable (i use those).

 

[Lowfront]

I tried using this program you guys are raving about last night.

Its the worst media player I have ever seen. I don't see the glory in it at all.

 

[Cid]

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Originally Posted by Lowfront /img/forum/go_quote.gif I tried using this program you guys are raving about last night. Its the worst media player I have ever seen. I don't see the glory in it at all.

It's superior to your beep media player in every way. Quodlibet actually has a proper media library unlike beep!

 

[fwojciec]

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Originally Posted by madman2003 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've been using aqualung(http://aqualung.sf.net) for quite some time now, it was built to be gapless (for formats that are gapless). A lot of work was done on the mp3 decoder a while back and supposedly lame mp3 is now gapless too, i don't use it, so i don't know. It has a lot of neat features, like ladspa support(commonly used dsp plugins) and decent jack (sound server) support. It doesn't have eye candy (no visualisation) or anything like that. Give it a whirl, beta7 was released recently, the svn versions are almost always useable (i use those).

Thanks for the suggestion - I'll try it when I get back home.

 

[fwojciec]

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Originally Posted by Lowfront /img/forum/go_quote.gif I tried using this program you guys are raving about last night. Its the worst media player I have ever seen. I don't see the glory in it at all.

Media players, it seems, are a matter of preference...

I liked Quod Libet from the start - it imported my entire library (600 albums or so) in under a minute - perfectly, complete with album art. I am able to use it to send bit-perfect stream to my DAC, which is crucial to me. It is fast, minimizes to tray, and it has a database that's very easy to search/manage. I didn't even have to fiddle too much with the configuration. These are, to me, the marks of a good media player.

If you're looking for something different in a media player or if you're used to a different kind of a media player it is possible, of course, that Quod Libet will not be to your liking.

 

[philodox]

Giving this a try now myself now that I have fully made the switch to Linux. Will be using this to manage my library, GRIP/cdparanoia to rip and VLC for spot playing.

 

[philodox]

I am liking it so far, but I can't figure out where to put the plugins.

 

[Cid]

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Originally Posted by philodox /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am liking it so far, but I can't figure out where to put the plugins.

Dude, you should of checked the website.

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Tag Editing plugins (~/.quodlibet/plugins/editing/) ¶ Event Related Plugins (~/.quodlibet/plugins/events/) Context Menu Plugins (~/.quodlibet/plugins/songsmenu/)

 

[sschell]

I dislike gstreamer as a system mainly because of dependency hell. Organization might be nice for some people, but the iTunes-style display of my MPD-client works for me. I've heard some nice things about aqualung, but I never managed to get it to work on my system.