Open Source Media Player for Linux

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Well guys i recently installed Ubuntu 7.10 onto my Hard Disk and i am in need of a Good Audio Player for Linux .

I have Already tried Rhythmbox and Totem , the sound quality in both of them is poor and gets distorted when you increase the Volume .

Also the biggest problem i've seen with these Media players is that Their 'seek bar' does not function smoothly .

Suppose i have to jump to a specific portion of the song , say at 50% position when i click the middle of the 'seek bar' it does not jump exactly to the 50% mark , instead it moves in big steps of 5 or 10 and does not exactly gets where i clicked .

On Windows , i use Windows Media Player 11 and i'm looking for a player which can provide good audio quality if not good Library Management Features .

It's sad to say that GNU/Linux , which is a contender in the Desktop arena does not have a single respectable Audio Player compared to the likes of WMP 11 or iTunes.



PS: I'm not comparing VLC because it has the same 'seek bar' problem and besides it has absolutely no Library Management System , although sound quality is good .

[casanova]

Amarok is good. But, I wonder why is this in Fight Club section. Did you mean any offense Zeeshan.

[RCuber]

try Amarok , It has good library managment. But you may need to install the kdelibs.

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

try Amarok , It has good library managment. But you may need to install the kdelibs.

Yes i know about Amarok but it is KDE only and i'm on Ubuntu .

Although i can install the KDE Libraries but this will unnecessarily bloat my system and the Download size for all the KDE Libraries + Dependencies is too much .

Any good player for GTK ?

BTW , Amarok is the only player in OS World which does not have the 'seek bar' problem.

Amarok is good. But, I wonder why is this in Fight Club section. Did you mean any offense Zeeshan.

Knowing that a certain member will jump into this thread and start flame wars , i started it in Fight Club .

[MetalheadGautham]

Xine ftw...
VLC is another must have.
MEncoder/MPlayer just for last ditch use.
kill totem.
Kaffine rocks.

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Mate i'm looking for a GTK Media player with Library Management Features , neither of the above provide this .

[kalpik]

Tried Exaile?

[Ravirdv]

try Exaile! it works gr8!

[QwertyManiac]

Yep, Exaile's your Amarok for GNOME/GTK

[infra_red_dude]

Exaile, Listen, Songbird. Try any of these

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Thnx for Exaile , am gonna install it When boot into Ubuntu .

BTW , does exaile support all the propreitary codecs which are installed when you select to install "Ubuntu Restricted Extras"

Also , hoping that Exaile does not have the 'seek bar' problem that other players(except Amarok) suffer from.

Exaile's Interface looks very clean and usable , impressive .

[infra_red_dude]

Yes, if you haf all the codecs exaile will play everything fine. You can also install Plugins. Lotsa useful plugins, shoutcase, streamripper, IM sync etc.

[Hitboxx]

There's so many, Exaile, Amarok, Muine, Banshee, Listen, Songbird, Rhythmbox, Gtkpod....

Seek bar problem..?! Who says its a problem? Please unlearn Windows before you doubt things in Linux, it isn't an alternative to Windows.

EDIT: Started the post early but submitted late.

[infra_red_dude]

Seek bar problem..?! Who says its a problem? Please unlearn Windows before you doubt things in Linux, it isn't an alternative to Windows.

While I agree that things in Windows/Linux are not same at least in this respect I prefer the Windows method, personal opinion of corz.

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

While I agree that things in Windows/Linux are not same at least in this respect I prefer the Windows method, personal opinion of corz.

Yup .

@hitboxx
The Seek bar is the best method to move when playing a Movie or Song .

Although i now use VLC Keyboard shortcuts while watching movies , i prefer to use the SeekBar while playing songs coz it's so deceptively simple and useful.

I'm saying is that the Seek Bar implementation in VLC/Totem/Rhythmbox is not up to the mark .

[kalpik]

Yes, it supports all the codecs from ubuntu-restricted-extras. And im not too sure about the seekbar problem, but i guess exaile also has it Though i dont really think its a major issue (IMHO ofcourse, maybe a big issue for you!)

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Yes, it supports all the codecs from ubuntu-restricted-extras. And im not too sure about the seekbar problem, but i guess exaile also has it Though i dont really think its a major issue (IMHO ofcourse, maybe a big issue for you!)

Lolz yeah coz i constantly switch to different parts of a song or only want to listen to the chorus of the song , then i just click on the Seekbar and it gets there .

It Works Fine in WMP/Amarok and the pointer moves exactly where i cliked . But in VLC there's a major error of 5-10 Seconds and that gets really irritating(specially while long programming sessions , coz then i have to move back and forward using the keyboard shortcuts to get to the exact location)

[QwertyManiac]

I think its a GTK issue rather than code's? Scroll bars have always been only increment-able by a constant and not fluidly I think?

[Hitboxx]

Ok I need to reassess something, apparently Songbird pwnz all irrespective of platform, yes I mean WMP and iTunes. Just tried the pre-developer version now, it rocks.

[New]

Open Source Media Players can't come near Closed Source in terms of futures...

[infra_red_dude]

Yeah hitboxx, hoping for stable release soon Has many quirks for me right now

[Faun]

Ubuntu:
Exaile for audio

MPlayer for video (Totem works well too)

XP:
Foobar 2000 for audio

JetAudio 7 for video (and for rest KMplayer)

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

I've got my Answer : Exails .

It's the best OS Media Player i've seen , even Amarok is a bit crowded , Exaile Interface is , as i might say "Perfect" .

The battle for Open Source Video Player(with Full-Screen GUI) rages on

[vish786]

but of all what is this thread doing in Fight club ?

Edit: wonders abt actual intentions.

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

but of all what is this thread doing in Fight club ?

Edit: wonders abt actual intentions.

pr@k@ is in shameful misery for 2 days . It's the reason why this thread hasn't been turned into fight club material .

[gxsaurav]

Yeah...Missing the fat cat a lot..

[vish786]

pr@k@ is in shameful misery for 2 days . It's the reason why this thread hasn't been turned into fight club material .

so tats the whole pt make it into another battlefield...

[Faun]

Yeah...Missing the fat cat a lot..



Thanx charan for making this

good skills...and attitude.
keep it up

[mehulved]

Yeah...Missing the fat cat a lot..



Thanx charan for making this

You provoke people this way, then people complain that I ban you. I won't do anything directly but am going to report this post. Let the admins handle it.

[gxsaurav]

Mehul, don't compare. Even Linux users provoke us Windows & Mac users with there lies & DRM DRM DRM DRM,.....if you find this provocative then we also find that provocative. Would u plz find a solution to his problem too...