Re: [SLUG] linux mp3 player/jukebox for large collections

[Adam Hewitt <adam.hewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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