mp3 player

[hurleyint1386]

Hi, I was wondering, what is the most common/popular/efficient mp3 player that can be freely downloaded for linux? I'd like to have something other than Kaffeine for my mp3 files.

[TheCatMan]

I'm still a big xmms (http://www.xmms.org) fan, and use mpg123 (http://www.mpg123.de) on the command line - it tends to be more robust than xmms when faced with awkward (broken?) mp3s. I've also seen Amarok (http://amarok.kde.org) recommended a fair bit lately, but not tried it.

[psych-major]

Ditto on xmms and mpg123. They are both included with my distro (Slack) and both are able to work with Winamp EQF and playlist files.

Amarok is OK, but I wouldn't choose it over these other two.

If you use mpg123, here are the command line options I use:

mpg123 -vCyb1024 filename.mp3

or

mpg123 -vCyb1024 -@playlist.m3u


-v verbose
-C enables command keys, s for pause, f for finish, q for quit
-y tells it to resync on error
-b1024 tells it to buffer 1 meg
-@ specifies a playlist file to use. It can also work with online streaming mp3 content if you put the url in a text file and save it with a .m3u extension.

[JayMan8081]

I'm gonna throw my 2 cents in and say go with xmms as well. I use the gxmms applet in gnome as well so I can have the controls on the taskbar. Works quite nicely for easy access to stop or pause when the boss comes in. :p

[psi42]

XMMS.

There are a few ncurses frontends (search on freshmeat), so you can control it from a terminal...

[plattypus1]

XMMS is the most popular, and in my experience, the best MP3 player for Linux.

If you want command-line control, I recommend xmmsctrl, a small command-line app that controls XMMS.

Basically, you just do "xmmsctrl <command>" and xmms does what you say, ie "xmmsctrl next" goes to the next song. Also nifty for shell scripts, or creating menus that can control XMMS at a quick click.

[serz]

xmms and mpg123!

[GmarAppledude]

I like XMMS and use it often but coming from Winamp I miss the Web radio button, is there an app which can access the massive list of station Winamp provides? Its a good way to hear Goa Psy Trance for a few hours.

[frimann]

amarok can do that:p

[Gogeta_44]

XMMS and mpg321.
I use gkrellm, firefox-foxytunes, and gxmms to control xmms so I can be really lazy and keep it in another workstation.

[rocketpcguy]

beep-media-player is like XMMS with gtk2

[dysharmonic]

XMMS and it's smaller 'launcher' prog, wmxmms.

But still if there's an app to more enhance the sounds of xmms...?

[serz]

Originally posted by rocketpcguy
beep-media-player is like XMMS with gtk2
Yeah, it's nice, it looks way better.

:)

[deathadder]

I'm going to have to go with XMMS, I used beep-media-player for a while but it was a beta and crashed on me too often, i cant stand not having music playing :D

[rocketpcguy]

But still if there's an app to more enhance the sounds of xmms...?

yes, there is a plugin that does this. it was called crystal or something...