Recommendation on MP3 playing application

[satimis]

Hi folks,


Ubuntu 8.04 workstation.


What MP3 player would you recommend, Vlc, songbird, others ??? TIA


B.R.
satimis

[kmitnick]

I love songbird

[techieMoe]

That depends entirely on you. If you're into simplicity or were a fan of the old WinAmp application, consider XMMS or Beep Media Player. If you're more of the new-school iTunes crowd you might consider Rhythmbox, Banshee, Songbird, or AmaroK. If you're a console cowboy there's good old mpg123.

[satimis]

I love songbird

Noted and thanks. But I can't find the package on repo under the name songbird.


B.R.
satimis

[satimis]

That depends entirely on you. If you're into simplicity or were a fan of the old WinAmp application, consider XMMS or Beep Media Player. If you're more of the new-school iTunes crowd you might consider Rhythmbox, Banshee, Songbird, or AmaroK. If you're a console cowboy there's good old mpg123.

Hi techieMoe,

Thanks for your advice.

I'm looking for a simple package available on repo to play MP3 music files and message/speech recording.

B.R.
satimis

[imranka]

moc

I like it.

[satimis]

moc

I like it.

Hi imranka,

Whether you meant following packages:-

$ apt-cache search moc

....
moc - ncurses based console audio player
moc-ffmpeg-plugin - ncurses based console audio player - ffmpeg plugin
....

Shall I install both of them? TIA


B.R.
satimis

[imranka]

moc - ncurses based console audio player

This one will do if you already have ffmpeg installed, otherwise try the next one. I installed it from the source not through apt-get, but you can choose to use apt-get, no problem.

[satimis]

This one will do if you already have ffmpeg installed, otherwise try the next one. I installed it from the source not through apt-get, but you can choose to use apt-get, no problem.

Hi imranka,

$ apt-cache policy ffmpeg

ffmpeg:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.3
  Version table:
     3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.3 0
        500 http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages
     3:0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7 0
        500 http://hk.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages

Not installed yet. So I'll install "moc-ffmpeg-plugin"

Thanks

B.R.
satimis

[kmitnick]

songbird can be downloaded from here

if you face any problem please tell us.