abhiram 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2005 About: For the uninitiated, Amarok is an mp3 player for Linux which uses the KDE libraries. IMO, Amarok is the best player for Linux, and now with the new release (1.3.6) they've added even more features. Features: Amarok has got more features than any player I know of (Winamp included). The best feature (IMO) is downloading the lyrics of the song that is currently playing (using the artist and album name) from lyrc.com.ar. In addition to that, it also downloads a thumbnail of the album cover of the song currently playing from Amazon.com and it gets stored in a (MySQL if it is installed or else SQLlite) database. The new version also downloads info about the album, artist or song that is playing from Wikipedia. It has a media library and also has an attached file browser (which works similar to Konqueror). It has dynamic playlists where it automatically selects some songs and appends them to your playlist. You can even connect your iPod to it for transferring songs or burn your songs into a CD. I have only presented some of the features of Amarok. It has many more features (such as shortcut keys, equaliser, visualisations and so on) which make using Amarok a real pleasure. Drawbacks: One drawback with amarok, is it doesn't play video files. Also, some of the engines don't allow for playing anything other than mp3s. The xine engine is the one I use (you can choose between artsd, gstreamer and xine engines) and it plays wma files as well. Also, amarok isn't very aesthetically pleasing . It has a compact mode where it 'sort of' looks like any other player but IMO, it keeps you from utilising the player to it's fullest. Links: Amarok Homepage Some Screenshots Somebody got it working in windows as well ---- Here. On a side note You can download a lyrics plugin for Winamp from lyrc.com.ar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jorbanks 0 Report post Posted January 16, 2006 its good to see they are making hardware for linux. its ever expanding and getting popular enough that its at the stage where itd be a shame not to take advantage of all of linuxs capabilities, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
