Best Audio Player in Linux?

[MatthewK]

Hey Linux dwelling Neowinians. I just wanted to know what is the best audio player out there for Linux. I'm currently running Rhythm Box but I am not TOO happy with it =/

I wish there was iTunes for Linux ; ;

[PureEdit]

XMMS is pretty darn good.

[markwolfe Veteran]

I use mplayer/gmplayer and am happy with it.

Basic music/video player, and skinnable, I think (though I use it more from the command prompt than the GUI, to be honest).

[Zerosleep]

XMMS is the classic audio player for linux. Though if I wanted to use a console based player, I'd use Mp3Blaster. I've been using Rhythmbox lately because I find it easier to change between music with it (streams too).

[ChrisArr]

I've been using amaroK lately. I find it really quite nice.

[shrike]

I use XMMS because:

a) I'm familiar with Winamp

b) It plays music, and that's it (by default)

c) I have all my music in 1 playlist, and just random play. Nothing special.

It provides me with everything I need.

[Zerosleep]

How much music do you have?

[Feil]

en, i want to know, does any player can play .wma in Linux?

seems xmms can not.

now i use xmms,but i want a music player can play .wma

[rezza Veteran]

en, i want to know, does any player can play .wma in Linux?

seems xmms can not.

now i use xmms,but i want a music player can play .wma

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mplayer (and all of its derivatives) can handle .wma files just fine. In fact, I think its possible to compile mplayer with xmms support, and then in xmms settings somewhere tell it to use mplayer for filetypes it can't handle on its own, and then xmms can play .wma files. I might be totally wrong, though, because I use mpd/ncmpc for my music needs.

[R-Style]

Winamp!!!!!!!

[rezza Veteran]

Winamp!!!!!!!

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*slaps head*

Great answer. Did you not notice the forum this thread is in or are you being purposefully obtuse?

[Daem0hn]

xmms plays wma fine :s

i use xmms

[insanekiwi]

I use XMMS because:

a) I'm familiar with Winamp

b) It plays music, and that's it (by default)

c) I have all my music in 1 playlist, and just random play. Nothing special.

It provides me with everything I need.

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exactly.

[shrike]

How much music do you have?

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At this current point in time:

2927 files totalling 27.2GB

[Joey992]

At this current point in time:

2927 files totalling 27.2GB

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I'm just curious but what is the bitrate on those files? I have 5212 files and it's 25.5 GB.

[Rockett15]

:yes: Definately the GTK version of XMMS

aka: BMP http://www.sosdg.org/~larne/w/BMP_Homepage

:D

[shrike]

I'm just curious but what is the bitrate on those files?  I have 5212 files and it's 25.5 GB.

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I have 2 Main folders, Albums & Misc

All of my albums are ripped at 320KBPS

Misc is just random songs I like, but don't have the albums to. They're in 320 if I can find them, otherwise whatever I get.

[DarkLordSouron]

i use xxms and mplayer

no probs with it ;)

[Zerosleep]

Well when you get to having 50gb (yes 17,000 mp3s), even Rhythmbox crashes on startup!

[Klassik]

zerosleeper.

[slapnuts_ox]

"Definately the GTK version of XMMS

aka: BMP http://www.sosdg.org/~larne/w/BMP_Homepage"

I completly agree however I recomend getting it from cvs as it is very stable in there. Still has a few features lacking but I find it to work pretty nice. Its basically turning into what xmms should have been turning into but isn't.

[n3wt]

I use gmplayer for music, I like having one program that will play anything I throw at it.

[sibbe]

for audio I only use the xmms player, I think it's the best out there and runs much faster then any winamp on windows ;)

[kyro]

i am liking beep >> http://www.sosdg.org/~larne/w/BMP_Homepage :yes:

[pagal]

I've been using beep-cvs from the longest time now and its only getting better :D