Any Linux players that don't suck? (read: better than XMMS)

squall14716 · 18th December 2003, 06:59

Well, it appears that I will not be using Winamp 5 for a week or so (because, hahahahaha ha... Windows sucks), so I want to know if anyone around here knows of any decent music players for Linux? I can't even get Winamp 2.00 to work in WINE correctly, so don't even suggest that.

mark · 18th December 2003, 08:57

whats wrong with xmms? I admit, if you got redhat8 or 9, you need to remove it and d/l it to get mp3 support, but i never saw any major probs...

fwgx · 18th December 2003, 09:49

WA5 apparently runs under Wine with very little fuss.

squall14716 · 18th December 2003, 16:40

WA5 and pretty much anything higher than Winamp 2.00 crashed under WINE, and even WA2 crashed when trying to add files. WA3 runs slower than anything and almost crashes the whole damned computer.

I have only been able to run about 2 programs successfully in WINE.

ertmann|CPH · 18th December 2003, 17:55

http://rhythmbox.sourceforge.net/ is rather nice...

s0be · 18th December 2003, 22:33

I downloaded and compiled the latest wine cvs branch 2 days ago, and hacked my ~/.wine/config to tell it that it's running windows 2000, and that it's default root was /commons/fake_windows.

the installer ran fine.

the program ran fine.

the media library slightly misbehaved, but that's fine.

s0be

(beep is a gtk2 implementation of xmms. xmms-kjofol is a plugin for xmms to give it freeform skinning.)

18th December 2003, 06:59	#1
squall14716 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 349	Any Linux players that don't suck? (read: better than XMMS) Well, it appears that I will not be using Winamp 5 for a week or so (because, hahahahaha ha... Windows sucks), so I want to know if anyone around here knows of any decent music players for Linux? I can't even get Winamp 2.00 to work in WINE correctly, so don't even suggest that.

18th December 2003, 09:49	#3
fwgx Rudolf the Red. (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 9,314	WA5 apparently runs under Wine with very little fuss. "We think science is interesting and if you disagree, you can fuck off."

18th December 2003, 22:33	#6
s0be Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: melbourne Posts: First Posts: 1,313	I downloaded and compiled the latest wine cvs branch 2 days ago, and hacked my ~/.wine/config to tell it that it's running windows 2000, and that it's default root was /commons/fake_windows. the installer ran fine. the program ran fine. the media library slightly misbehaved, but that's fine. s0be (beep is a gtk2 implementation of xmms. xmms-kjofol is a plugin for xmms to give it freeform skinning.) And On that day, the Lords of the land said unto their Master Architect, "The temple you have made to the gods of Wasabi and Maki has brought us no great prosperity" and they sent out him into the lands. As he traveled to a far off land, he found he wasn't traveling alone, but that he had gained companions, and when they found their new land, they started work on a new temple, one that would be OPEN to all who wanted to worship. from The Book of Wasabi C 12 Vs 09 (pg 2003)

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18th December 2003, 08:57	#2
mark Forum King Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norn Ir'nd, leek... Posts: 6,285	whats wrong with xmms? I admit, if you got redhat8 or 9, you need to remove it and d/l it to get mp3 support, but i never saw any major probs...

18th December 2003, 16:40	#4
squall14716 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 349	WA5 and pretty much anything higher than Winamp 2.00 crashed under WINE, and even WA2 crashed when trying to add files. WA3 runs slower than anything and almost crashes the whole damned computer. I have only been able to run about 2 programs successfully in WINE.

18th December 2003, 17:55	#5
ertmann\|CPH Forum Viking (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: The North Posts: 3,541	http://rhythmbox.sourceforge.net/ is rather nice...