What are you guys using for media players?
Since getting an iPod, I've become fond of how iTunes manages music collections, and I haven't been able to find a good Linux alternative. Exaile comes close, but I'm still missing the following
iTunes had a lovely way of storing compilation albums separately, so your main "list" of artists wasn't cluttered up by those on compilation CDs. Exaile/Amarok seem to list everything by artist > album, and when you have several compilations, this list becomes difficult to manage
Audio books, iTunes has a nice way of storing those "out of the way", can't see anything in amarok to do this..
There's some other features I can't find good implementations of, but these are my two pet-hates at the moment. I haven't heard of any iTunes Linux versions on the horizon, and I don't think running under WINE would be ideal
Any suggestions?
James Elsey
James Elsey james.elsey@serengeti-systems.com wrote:
What are you guys using for media players?
Something that doesn't send html emails!
Seriously: most of the time I'm using an s1mp3 and the following small script started by udev whenever the device connects, to copy the Podcasts folder's contents onto it and play an alert on speakers when it's finished:
#!/bin/rc /sbin/mount /Mount/USB-Sumvision \ && cd /Depot/Podcasts \ && { /bin/tar --create * \ | /bin/tar --extract --directory /Mount/USB-Sumvision } /sbin/umount /Mount/USB-Sumvision \ && aplay -D hw:0,0 /Files/Sounds/c7-chord.wav >/dev/null >[2=1]
I did have it removing the files after transfer, but a copy failure which still removed the files upset me, so I remove them after checking the success of the copy manually.
Since getting an iPod, I've become fond of how iTunes manages music collections, and I haven't been able to find a good Linux alternative. Exaile comes close, but I'm still missing the following
I got a borrowed iPod and had to borrow a computer to install iTunes to get the thing working. It then was the devil's own job to remove all parts of iTunes from the borrowed computer: it splattered itself into at least three parts. So, I'd be interested to know if that's possible without it. Anyone manged it?
There seemed to be lots of love for gtkpod IIRC, but I've not used it yet. Anyone like it?
Thanks,
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James Elsey -
MJ Ray