Birdwatching (the Songbird thread) (15 Viewers)

[Geof]

hmm.. I've been using Songbird lately, but it's very buggy.

Is Amarok (for Windows) really better? If so, why exactly? Thanks for the info!

EDIT: wait a minute, I didn't find a version for windows on their site. Does it (still) really exist?

 

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[V]

Foobar2000 eats Amarok for breakfast.

 

[Geof]

Foobar2000 eats Amarok for breakfast.

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Foobar is overrated!

 

[V]

Foobar is the swiss-army knife of audio players. No other player has as much capabilities and is as much customizable. There's simply no denying that.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

i prefer my "kitchen knife" Winamp over the Swiss Amry knife!

 

[JCK]

See guys, that's what open source is all about, variety to suit all the tastes, you don't have to fight.

 

[Chxta]

Amarok is King, Queen and Rook. Any others are a distant second...

 

[V]

You are obviously unfamiliar with foobar then.

 

[JCK]

I tried foobar and thought that Amarok's simplicity and elegance has no match.

 

[Geof]

You are obviously unfamiliar with foobar then.

I am giving a try to Foobar right now. Looks decent, but why should I be convinced?

 

[V]

I tried foobar and thought that Amarok's simplicity and elegance has no match.

I agree with you, but if we're talking about capabilities of the software....amarok is Windows, foobar is linux. I simply admire it, just as I do linux but still use the easier of the two.

I am giving a try to Foobar right now. Looks decent, but why should I be convinced?

Low system usage, built-in support for every audio format, lots of DSP options and serious room for customization. Would you believe this is foobar?

http://xs216.xs.to/xs216/07235/elegance.png
http://images.xx0r.be/hykx/tooleJrawr04-0.11.png
http://host.trivialbeing.org/up/fofr-fb2k-v9-newwhite-pl.jpg

You can make it look the way you want, behave the way you want, though it requires serious work and a learning curve. Just like linux.
I've given up personally, only use the ugly default look now, but the capabilities are unlimited.

 

[Martin]

Looks slick.

What's the media lib capability like?

 

[V]

Looks slick.

What's the media lib capability like?

I use the good old file-tree view, but there are other options like those huge libraries using tags and the like.

 

[JCK]

I use the good old file-tree view, but there are other options like those huge libraries using tags and the like.

Why did you tell him that you use the tree view?

 

[Marceℓℓo]

I'll try Foobar and Amarok after years of WMP.

 

[V]

Why did you tell him that you use the tree view?

Because I do?

Actually, I use the explorer 99% of the time since my music is neatly organized in folders.

 

[JCK]

Because I do?

Actually, I use the explorer 99% of the time since my music is neatly organized in folders.

Well, don't you know him and his love of ID3 tags?


I use the folders as well and that's why I love AmaroK most because I can browse my folders just as I organized them and there are no media libraries nor tags that can organize them the way I have organized my music.

 

[Marceℓℓo]

Since there isn't a downloadable Windows version of Amarok I guess I have to download the Linux one and it'll run on Windows nonetheless,right?

 

[JCK]

Since there isn't a downloadable Windows version of Amarok I guess I have to download the Linux one and it'll run on Windows nonetheless,right?

Wrong, see how special we are? We can run Winblows apps on Linux but we choose not to but Winblows cannot run Lunux apps. nana nana booboo