Good Luck, I have also been looking for an mp3 player that meets my requirements, and so far have been unsuccessful. I have also mentioned this to other linux users who have also mentioned their frustrations with linux mp3 players.
I have been thinking about writing an mp3 player for linux for a while, my only problem is my relative inability to code, but if you do end up deciding to do it yourself give me a holler. I might not be much help, but I would be interested none-the-less Cheers, Adam. On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 09:44, Jason Frank wrote: > Hi All, > > I've been searching for quite sometime for an mp3 player/juke > box/collection manager that works well with a large collection. So I'm > curious to here what linux users are using to manage large mp3 collections. > > I used to use Musicmatch Jukebox, and if i remember right, they used to > have a linux/wine compatible version available for linux users. However > this doesn't seem to be the case anymore. > > Because of the auto-dj feature provided by MM Jukebox, I had actually > gone through the pain-staking task of categorizing my music using the > ID3 tags, specifying not just genre, but tempo and mood. Then using MM, > I could select a random selection given a restriction criteria based on > genre/mood/tempo. This works great for better for me then the current > crop of "rate your song" based applications like LongPlayer. I tend to > prefer to make requests like "rock - moderate" and get some quieter > Eagles or Dire Straits tracks selected out of my collection. > > So far, I've not found a juke box application that even shows the > tempo/mood column or lets me add the column to the view, and nothing at > all that will let me randomly select from a criteria that includes the > less popular ID3 tags. > > There are some MySQL based mp3 jukebox apps that look like they might be > able to do it, if I fashioned a special script/add-on, however if that > was my only option left, then I would probably rather just code my own > player that meets my needs. > > Would really be grateful for any players that people are using that fit > the bill for what I need, its fairly annoying to know that large > portions of my collection are virtually inaccessible due to the sheer > number of mp3's! > > Cheers > Jason -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
