Re: Banshee, Rhythmbox, or...
Paul Gear
On 25 March 2012 12:29, Stephen Rees-Carter <ste...@rees-carter.net> 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?)
Paul
Stephen Rees-Carter
How about my two requirements:
1. Organising of the media library (renaming files/folders etc). (this
one I can live without)
2. 'Score' or 'Skip Count' tracking - In Banshee I have a smart
playlist which automatically ignores songs I skip frequently, so my
random playlist is generated from songs that I listen to more often.
I'm still tempted to give it a good go anyway, but #2 is something I
really love in Banshee.
Thanks,
~Stephen
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:11 PM, David Gillies <da...@dorja.com> wrote:
> I've been using rhymthbox for ages and I think it almost hits all those
> requirements
>
> On 25/03/12 21:33, Paul Gear wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>
> Yep
>
>> * 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.
>
>
> Scrobbling is reliable, never had problems in all the years I've been using
> it. Don't know about the second bit.
>
>> * 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.
>
>
> Yep. There's not great control over episode retention though
>
>> * 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?)
>
>
> Control for rhythmbox happens in the sound control indicator widget these
> days.
>
>
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