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Re: Looking for this in a music player said by KodiacZiller:said by thender:All close, but no cigar.  Linux has such a long way to come with multimedia. I'll give qmmp a try, thanks. The day I can retire WINE & foobar2000 will be a grand one. Uh, Amarok. Yea, Amarok should handle everything just fine.
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| said by firephoto:said by KodiacZiller:said by thender:All close, but no cigar. Linux has such a long way to come with multimedia. I'll give qmmp a try, thanks. The day I can retire WINE & foobar2000 will be a grand one. Uh, Amarok. Yea, Amarok should handle everything just fine. +1
Scriptable, fully featured, nice GUI, supports playlists, and the list goes on. It has a nice equalizer too, which was something I was accustomed to in Winamp. I actually like Amarok better than Winamp. Any player that is codec based like Amarok can play pretty much any audio format thrown at it, provided you downloaded and installed the codecs.
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1 edit | Is the problem of it starting every FLAC file at the 20 second mark & ruining itself seeking through FLAC files fixed? I'd try it myself but the amount of KDE libs I have to compile to find out is a slight deterrent.
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In the amarok audio settings, which just open the kde sound settings, pick the phonon backend that works best. If you're using GNOME then you'll have pulseaudio which in turn means you have gstreamer which might cause issues. Amarok works best with the xine backend. If it does work ok for you with gstreamer be aware of the sinks needed to play certain file formats.
I see you just replied with gentoo. I don't have amarok currently installed due to the mysql-5.1 vs. embedded issue that is awaiting a fix from oracle so I can't test the exact setup you need without running amarok with a dedicated mysql server up... which I don't want to do. 
Are you on gentoo stable or ~ ?
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said by thender:Gentoo. Don't laugh at me Don't worry about that, Gentoo's pretty much all I use. IIRC I have amarok installed, but I don't have anything in the audio formats you're looking for. When I get a chance I can check the rest.
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said by thender:Is the problem of it starting every FLAC file at the 20 second mark & ruining itself seeking through FLAC files fixed? I'd try it myself but the amount of KDE libs I have to compile to find out is a slight deterrent. I really can't say because I've never had that issue. Then again, as others have said, I have always had it configured to use the xine backend. I have always had the KDE libs installed(I like some other KDE apps, even though I don't use the Desktop Environment much anymore), so that part wasn't an issue for me.
said by thender:Gentoo. Don't laugh at me Why would anyone? Not the easiest distro for a beginner to learn from, but very stable, in my experience. I also like the idea that all software updates compile themselves via emerge, provided you aren't trying to run it on a Pentium III.
Edit: If you get the issue, even when using xine, then file a bug report. That is the only way to get the community to work on it. Given variances in hardware and software environments, one bug that may affect one person may not affect another. It may only rear its ugly head in specific circumstances. When you file a report, not only are you hopefully getting your issue fixed, but are also helping the community perfect its software. This is not M$, the open source community actually looks to the users for feedback.
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I setup the external mysql and gave the flac files a spin in amarok. They're working fine.
Amarok 2.2.2.90, KDE 4.4.1+, gstreamer and xine backend and no idea which is getting used, gstreamer is the one being used.
No delays starting a flac, changing tracks with them, seems pretty snappy even.
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