Sidux/Useable applications/Audio players

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 * I will show you a few audio players now.

Exaile

 * Exaile is a small but fully useable player similar to amarok, works on GTK+ libraries.
 * Exaile can play music from local discs, CD's and DVD's and internet.
 * 1. Install it from repositories:

apt-get install exaile
 * 2. Run it from: Menu-> Multimedia-> Exaile Music Player.
 * 3. After first run application can search your discs to add all music files to it's library.


 * 4. To choose music to play just drag and rop off theme from left tabs: Collection, Playlist, Files or Radio.


 * 5. If you'd like to add plugins to the player go to: Edit tab-> Plugins.




 * Exaile home page: http://www.exaile.org/
 * On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exaile

Amarok

 * Amarok is probably the best audio player for Linux.
 * It's installed with KDE environment as default.
 * Amarok can open audio files from local discs, CD's and DVD's, internet, iPod's players, iRiver's players,
 * can receive lyrisc and covers and integrates with Wikipedia.
 * 1. Installation:

apt-get install amarok kdemultimedia-kio-plugins
 * 2. Run it: Menu-> Multimedia-> Amarok.
 * 3. If you created KWallet password before - use it, if not create new one.
 * 4. Choose your music folder to add them to the library.


 * 5. To open a music file or folder choose it from left side such as: Local Music, Internet, Playlist or Files


 * and drag them and drop off to the right side.




 * Amarok home page: http://amarok.kde.org/en
 * And on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarok_%28software%29

Audacious

 * Next quite interesting player is Audacious.
 * It supports most known audio files, it has it's own codecs and Winamp 2 skins can be used for it.
 * Installation:

apt-get install audacious audacious-plugins audacious-plugins-extra
 * 2. To run it: Menu-> Multimedia-> Audacious.


 * 3. sidux uses Alsa sound system so the first thing to do is changing audio output plugin:
 * Preferences-> Audio-> Audio System.


 * 4. Audacious hasn't many skins so if you want to get more download theme from: http://www.customize.org/winamp2/skins
 * a. Downloaded "skin_packege.wsz" file (can be extracted) move as root to folder:

/usr/share/audacious/Skins
 * b. Next go to the player Preferences-> Skined Interface


 * and choose new one.




 * Audacious home page: http://audacious-media-player.org/
 * On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacious_Media_Player

Others

 * 1) Rhythmbox: http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/
 * 2) Benshee: http://banshee-project.org/
 * 3) XMMS2: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/wiki/Main_Page
 * 4) Bluemindo; http://bluemindo.codingteam.net/
 * 5) BMPx: http://bmpx.backtrace.info/