Written by ciplogic the 30 Mar 09 at 14:13.

Banshee evolved greately in the last releases: start time, more plugins are around, it works in the most use cases of RythmBox.

The last releases are also capable to see videos, and have a pretty decent organizer. So users may enjoy to have a media music manager (no only radio and mp3 one).

I still think that Banshee cannot replace totem as default player as it does not have support for subtitles (or an obvious way to pick them).

For Mono haters: Ubuntu ships with FSpot, which happens to be a good media library for photos, having a Mono music organizer, may sounds good also. In the meantime, if the change will happen, for 9,10, Mono will probably be at the 2.2 version, so it may make Banshee a bit faster (this is the main theme of Mono 2.2 version)

http://www2.apebox.org/wordpress/rants/74/ - the autor states that will make a win of 6 MB on CD also. Which is great from that switch.

Banshee evolved greately in the last releases: start time, more plugins are around, it works in the most use cases of RythmBox. The last releases are also capable to see videos, and have a pretty decent organizer. So users may enjoy to have a media music manager (no only radio and mp3 one). I still think that Banshee cannot replace totem as default player as it does not have support for subtitles (or an obvious way to pick them). For Mono haters: Ubuntu ships with FSpot, which happens to be a good media library for photos, having a Mono music organizer, may sounds good also. In the meantime, if the change will happen, for 9,10, Mono will probably be at the 2.2 version, so it may make Banshee a bit faster (this is the main theme of Mono 2.2 version) http://www2.apebox.org/wordpress/rants/74/ - the autor states that will make a win of 6 MB on CD also. Which is great from that switch.

Written by fukid the 30 Mar 09 at 15:04.

Use Songbird as a default music player

Use Songbird as a default music player

Written by dekaru the 30 Mar 09 at 19:51.

Rhythmbox is simple yet quite effective. With the enhancement and correction of some of its most blunt features, it could easily beat other players who offer too much and aren't quite as usable.

Rhythmbox is simple yet quite effective. With the enhancement and correction of some of its most blunt features, it could easily beat other players who offer too much and aren't quite as usable.

Written by AndrewLuecke the 31 Mar 09 at 03:50.

UPDATE: Wikipedia article was incorrect. Refer to http://cfergeau.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-is-so-hard-to-find-blog-post-title.htm l . It is worth nothing that the rhythmbox developers don't work full time on their project though. Songbird developers do.

I propose that we continue using Rhythmbox for now, however, Canonical should allocate programmers to work on Songbird integration with gnome for eventual full integration with Ubuntu.

Unfortunately, whilst Songbird isn't ready yet, with a bit of programming work, it could be totally integrated by version 1.2 (due in 2 months).

Songbird offers the most flexibility out of the players, has the backing of mozilla, and doesn't require mono as Banshee does. Furthermore, its cross-platform, is completely malliable (it uses XUL), and winamp has already had to start playing catchup on some features.

This solution differs from #2, because it states that Canonical hire developers to complete integration, and takes into account that some integration work will be required first.

UPDATE: Wikipedia article was incorrect. Refer to http://cfergeau.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-is-so-hard-to-find-blog-post-title.html . It is worth nothing that the rhythmbox developers don't work full time on their project though. Songbird developers do. I propose that we continue using Rhythmbox for now, however, Canonical should allocate programmers to work on Songbird integration with gnome for eventual full integration with Ubuntu. Unfortunately, whilst Songbird isn't ready yet, with a bit of programming work, it could be totally integrated by version 1.2 (due in 2 months). Songbird offers the most flexibility out of the players, has the backing of mozilla, and doesn't require mono as Banshee does. Furthermore, its cross-platform, is completely malliable (it uses XUL), and winamp has already had to start playing catchup on some features. This solution differs from #2, because it states that Canonical hire developers to complete integration, and takes into account that some integration work will be required first.

Written by tenplus1 the 31 Mar 09 at 09:29.

Create a plugin for Totem that allows a very simple keyword search on filenames and directories... Can be shown on the Sidebar under Library and this will allow for music AND movie searches (can use preferences to edit searchable extensions like mp3 ogg avi etc. and searchable paths.

Being filename and directory specific this removes the need to read mp3/ogg tags and will scan the searchable paths in under a minute, kinda like WinCUE did for WinAMP...

Create a plugin for Totem that allows a very simple keyword search on filenames and directories... Can be shown on the Sidebar under Library and this will allow for music AND movie searches (can use preferences to edit searchable extensions like mp3 ogg avi etc. and searchable paths. Being filename and directory specific this removes the need to read mp3/ogg tags and will scan the searchable paths in under a minute, kinda like WinCUE did for WinAMP...

Written by Menti the 2 Apr 09 at 20:39.

Songbird has been suggested, Banshee has been suggested... Why not Exaile? It's GTK, it's active, it would need support and development but also the others.

Songbird has been suggested, Banshee has been suggested... Why not Exaile? It's GTK, it's active, it would need support and development but also the others.

Written by pasty the 4 Apr 09 at 16:25.

Using the Music Player Daemon would give users a centralised music collection that they can either control locally or from other computers via a web interface or native Linux/OSX/Windows desktop client.

It could also let them log out without stopping the music and also continue playback from the same position after shutting down or rebooting.

Using the Music Player Daemon would give users a centralised music collection that they can either control locally or from other computers via a web interface or native Linux/OSX/Windows desktop client. It could also let them log out without stopping the music and also continue playback from the same position after shutting down or rebooting.

Written by OpenNingia the 14 Apr 09 at 12:13.

From the Home Page: http://www.listen-project.org/

"Listen is an audio player written in Python. Thanks to it, you can easily organize your music collections.

It supports many features such as Podcasts management, browse Shoutcast directory.

It provides a direct access to lyrics, lastfm and wikipedia informations.

It intuitively creates playlists for you by retrieving informations from lastfm and what you most frequently listen to."

Note that Listen is already the default player on XFCE.
Thanks ZuLuuuuuu for noticing.

From the Home Page: http://www.listen-project.org/ "Listen is an audio player written in Python. Thanks to it, you can easily organize your music collections. It supports many features such as Podcasts management, browse Shoutcast directory. It provides a direct access to lyrics, lastfm and wikipedia informations. It intuitively creates playlists for you by retrieving informations from lastfm and what you most frequently listen to." <i>Note that Listen is already the default player on XFCE.</i> Thanks ZuLuuuuuu for noticing.

Written by AndrewLuecke the 4 Jun 09 at 13:53.

Instead of randomly choosing based on what users think they want, we should properly research the current and future capabilities of the players, and the requirements of the users. Neither developers nor users have sufficient information to make an appropriate choice and users often make incorrect assumptions about their needs (many users with 3GB of ram for instance are complaining that their media player requires 100MB).

Canonical should collate the following research about the players:
- RAM consumption with different library sizes
- Performance of the player depending on library size
- Feature set and extendibility
- Expected future capabilities and its future.

Canonical should survey users about: Their library sizes, required features and current computer specs (without mentioning player names).

Media player names are not mentioned because we want to pick the best player for users based on their requirements, not the size of their marketing department. What people think they want, may not be what they need. And by determining their needs, we can pick the correct player End users shouldn't care if the code is GTK, QT or Mono (yet the people here voting are basing their decisions ENTIRELY on this). They should only care about if the player fulfills their needs the best.

Instead of randomly choosing based on what users think they want, we should properly research the current and future capabilities of the players, and the requirements of the users. Neither developers nor users have sufficient information to make an appropriate choice and users often make incorrect assumptions about their needs (many users with 3GB of ram for instance are complaining that their media player requires 100MB). Canonical should collate the following research about the players: - RAM consumption with different library sizes - Performance of the player depending on library size - Feature set and extendibility - Expected future capabilities and its future. Canonical should survey users about: Their library sizes, required features and current computer specs (without mentioning player names). Media player names are not mentioned because we want to pick the best player for users based on their requirements, not the size of their marketing department. What people think they want, may not be what they need. And by determining their needs, we can pick the correct player End users shouldn't care if the code is GTK, QT or Mono (yet the people here voting are basing their decisions ENTIRELY on this). They should only care about if the player fulfills their needs the best.

Written by DeAtH89 the 4 Sep 09 at 14:53.

Amarok it's the best music player, Ubuntu can be use Amarok by default.

Amarok it's the best music player, Ubuntu can be use Amarok by default.