2009/7/1 Rowan <rowan.berke...@googlemail.com>: > Dear all: is anyone aware of an MP3 player for Ubuntu which will play > MP3 audio files directly from Ubuntu's own files, without the necessity > of compiling its own library first? Since Ubuntu's own files and folders > catalogs are self-updating, as are those of Windows Explorer, this would > save the need to update the audio player's own library (as is well known > this is tedious with either Rhythmbox or Banshee). To illustrate what I > mean, I can cite the relationship between Winamp and Windows, which is > so harmonious that after installing Winamp on a Windows machine, you do > not need to compile an audio library within Winamp to use it to listen > to your audio files: if you open Windows Explorer's folders for your > audio files, and right-click on a selected album or track, you will see > 'play in Winamp' among the options in the drop-down list, and it will > e.g. play an entire album if you selected the sub-folder for that > album, even when Winamp's own library has not been populated at all.
If you're looking for something similar to Winamp there are a number of Linux alternatives. Audacious seems like your best bet but there's also muine and probably quite a few others available under Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
