What music player do you use on linux?

npalenchar · Post by **npalenchar** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:05 pm

I'm new to linux and am curious as to what everyone using for their favorite alternative player to iTunes is. I'm using RhythmBox but would like to know what else is out there.

craig10x · Post by **craig10x** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:09 pm

Amarok i find is quite excellent also..it is a kde program, but even if you run gnome, you can install it with no problem...It even has an equalizer...
very attractive looking also...

Amarok and Rhythmbox are my two favorite players on linux...

Midnighter · Post by **Midnighter** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:12 pm

Rhythmbox, Exaile, or aTunes. Mostly the first 2.

LarryP · Post by **LarryP** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:29 pm

Rhthymbox here what little i used itunes in window was not enjoyable I likec the box though. Have to say since i don't have any apple products to try and sync to itunes really had no benefit for me.

cra1g321 · Post by **cra1g321** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:29 pm

Rhythmbox (latest version) because im used to its interface and it sync with my ipod touch easily

tdockery97 · Post by **tdockery97** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:08 pm

Also using Rhythmbox.

colyn · Post by **colyn** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:14 am

Odd man out here.. I use Songbird...soon to be Nightingale..

Eon · Post by **Eon** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:46 am

I don't use any music library software.
Instead, I keep my music directory well structured using EasyTAG and use default media player (Totem or mplayer) to play music.

I mean, EasyTAG is such a nice tool, so you might want to install it.

MALsPa · Post by **MALsPa** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:29 am

Amaraok, Rhythmbox, Exaile. Sometimes JuK.

dlkreations · Post by **dlkreations** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:22 am

I personally use and love Banshee when I am running the Gnome desktop. Amarok for KDE

deleted · Post by **deleted** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:21 pm

Chalk another one up for Banshee.
-Hinto

rivenathos · Post by **rivenathos** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:17 pm

Rhythmbox works for me.

r1bby · Post by **r1bby** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:17 pm

Amaroke if I must, but I have Win XP on a second HD and I use it for iTunes

(
Alas, I only use Win XP for iTunes for my iPhone, iPod & iShuffle...

Come on Apple, do us all a favour and make iTunes Linux compatible!!!!!

edwardr · Post by **edwardr** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:22 pm

I just started using Guayadeque and am loving it. I really like the "Browser" window where you can see your album covers. I don't use it to manage an ipod or other mp3 player, so I can't speak to how it handles an external device. I don't use it to rip cd's either (not sure if it can even rip a cd)

DrHu · Post by **DrHu** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:59 pm

I use Songbird
--but in fact I don't have that much of a preference, I use one and then might use another, they all seem to work reasonably well

If I was a dedicated music manager (collect and digitize) music selections, I would be more critical of the interface or operation, and would probably experiment a bit more before picking one
--if I was using KDE desktop, I would probably pick the kde music player selections..

DrHu · Post by **DrHu** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:06 pm

Eon wrote:I don't use any music library software.
Instead, I keep my music directory well structured using EasyTAG and use default media player (Totem or mplayer) to play music.

I like that, it's simple

And if I was managing such a large collection, I would likely use this method as well, possibly because I was a fan of Beos OS, and they could organize a pattern search almost free (part of the file structure)
--in Beos, it was tracker that could organize the searches, very nice, although not limitless
http://www.birdhouse.org/macos/beos_osx/

Daveleh · Post by **Daveleh** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:51 pm

gmusicbrowser. It has a range of different layouts and I use the fullscreen mode a lot when playing back playlists

Regards

linuxviolin · Post by **linuxviolin** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:49 pm

DrHu wrote:
Eon wrote:I don't use any music library software.
Instead, I keep my music directory well structured using EasyTAG and use default media player (Totem or mplayer) to play music.
I like that, it's simple

Personally, I hate the "music collection players"! Really! I'm big enough and smart to properly organize my Music folder, also to tag correctly my files etc. I use just a simple music player like AlsaPlayer or Audacious.

Rogof · Post by **Rogof** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:51 pm

I use Amarok or xmms2 (with ccx2)

OldManHook · Post by **OldManHook** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:59 am

cra1g321 wrote:Rhythmbox (latest version) because im used to its interface and it sync with my ipod touch easily

Same Here

Also use Amarok sometimes

Thanks cra1g321 for your touch how-to--Who need I-Tunes

Would not work at first,Installed the New Ver. Works fine now.

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