exaile: an amarok alternative based on gtk

[infra_red_dude]

Exaile is a music player aiming to be similar to KDE's Amarok, but for GTK+ and written in Python. It incorporates many of the cool things from Amarok (and other media players) like automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, Last.fm submission support, and optional iPod support via a plugin.

In addition, Exaile also includes a built-in SHOUTcast directory browser, tabbed playlists (so you can have more than one playlist open at a time), blacklisting of tracks (so they don't get scanned into your library), downloading of guitar tablature from fretplay.com, and submitting played tracks on your iPod to Last.fm.

*exaile.org/images/10.jpg

Features:

Automatic fetching of album art
Handling of large music libraries
Lyrics fetching
Artist and album information via Wikipedia
last.fm support
Optional iPod support (requires python-gpod)
Optional iTunes DAAP music sharing support
Built in shoutcast directory browser
Tabbed play lists
Blacklisting of tracks from the music library
Plugin support

get it here: *www.exaile.org/

i believe its also available in ubuntu 7.04 repos. jus try this

sudo apt-get install exaile

tho its still not fully a replacement for amarok, but still i'm pretty satisfied wid it. its pretty light and does a lot of things. gotta try out songbird too now, to compare wid this program.

ps: u will need gstreamer!

 

[praka123]

already using it for the time.it works fine in Gnome or other gtk+2 env.each release is getting better.and do u know that Rhythmbox itself (latest) is rocking!.most of teh time i tend to use rhythmbox.

 

[infra_red_dude]

dunno why but right from day one i hafnt been feeling comfortable wid rhythmbox....

but i sure seem to be liking this great music player cum jukebox!

 

[Maverick340]

Rythmbox is carppy , great interface n all
but cant configure audio output and all ..
AS it is i am having a hard time getting 5.1 to work .. rythmbox half the time doesnt prduce utput itself after i change settings ...
lets me try this new one .. i luv amaroke though .. best media plyer IMO

 

[cynosure]

In the picture, the exaile looks bit like rhythmbox. They copied the skin and interface too?

 

[vish786]

thx for info infrareddude.......

me not usin still since its underdevelopment...

but i like using amarok and xmms.... since i hav prob with GUI of bmp.

 

[praka123]

^audacious?

 

[vish786]

interface was similar to amarok... so using amarok.... but still audacious exist in ma system.

but i feel amarok gives better sound quality than other players.

 

[infra_red_dude]

amarok is the clear winner.. but i din want any qt apps on my gnome + xfce desktop (both based on gtk+)... so i'm using it and lemme tell ya.. this app is as stable as ever! the best part is the internet radio integration, album art and jukebox integration!

 

[praka123]

^bingo.it is stable.
reg qt,
for that matter i had(mm..) opera-static installed on my debian 'coz i dont want libqt3-mt-dev in the system(apt tends to install qt apps!).but there is no hatred.I like gtk+ 2 that is

 

[vish786]

^bingo.it is stable.
reg qt,
for that matter i had(mm..) opera-static installed on my debian 'coz i dont want libqt3-mt-dev in the system(apt tends to install qt apps!).but there is no hatred.I like gtk+ 2 that is

@shayyar badnaam...

what is reg qt

 

[praka123]

I meant qt library(pss..kde!).opera-static does not need u to have libqt3-mt-dev as dependency as it comes precompiled.thats what i meant.u can get the version in opera deb repo.

@vish:abe title badala re!check out

 

[infra_red_dude]

this is the svn repo for exaile. add this to ur sources.list

deb *download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42 feisty exaile-svn

just updated and the new version is great!

 

[QwertyManiac]

I can't get my Exaile to show the folder.jpg files of each Album folder as the Album Art in the library, while Amarok does it automatically .. Any headers? (Except asking me to retag them or do it manually etc, tell me if I missed anything)

(My music resides on a writable NTFS Folder and the tagging is done via WMP 11)

 

[infra_red_dude]

@harsh

i haf no idea. first, i don't use wmp11 and second i keep my shared data on fat32 partitions. but then all the folder.jpg are correctly displayed......
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ok after adding the repo and updating using sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get upgrade you should be able to install the latest svn of exaile. to enable the equiliser in it u need to install the following packages:

*rapidshare.com/files/46867419/libg..._0.10.12.1_cvs20070524_feisty-1_i386.deb.html
*rapidshare.com/files/46867541/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.4_cvs20070524_feisty-1_i386.deb.html
*rapidshare.com/files/46867705/libgstreamer0.10-0_0.10.12.1_cvs20070524_feisty-1_i386.deb.html

(you may need to install libneon6 or something to solve some dependencies. jus use sudo apt-get install libneon... or whatever the package is)

after you do that u should be able to use equiliser. also u can download and install plugins from the plugins dialog. must haves are: mini mode, resume, streamripper, shoutcast etc.