From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailstore.rnibncw.ac.uk ([212.219.113.195]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HMLPS-0002fa-00 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:47:42 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.157] ([192.168.0.157]) by mailstore.rnibncw.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:46:21 +0000 Subject: Re: winamp From: Chris Norman To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <1172588639.7187.124.camel@layla> References: <1172573384.5517.2.camel@sparky> <1172588639.7187.124.camel@layla> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:47:03 +0000 Message-Id: <1172656023.5540.0.camel@sparky> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Feb 2007 09:46:21.0316 (UTC) FILETIME=[4D584C40:01C75B1D] X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:47:43 -0000 Basically, I want a player which will play the contents of an entire folder (including sub-folders), and will shuffle and repeat, whiles supporting as many codecs as possible. What will be my best bet? Cheers, On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 15:03 +0000, Michael Whapples wrote: > Firstly, do you want it for text console or gnome? in gnome there are > players such as gxine (ubuntu has this in its repositries), totem movie > player, etc (RealPlayer 10 is accessible to a level in gnome, if you > want that). In the text console, there is mplayer, trplayer (a text > front end for realplayer 8), cplay. > > Depends what you want from the player, for which is most appropiate. > Mplayer has plenty of codecs (and probably allows playing nearly any > format), but it has so many options that it can be complex to get > started with or for basic use. Cplay is more basic, but simpler for > navigating through lists of tracks. > > From > Michael Whappoles > On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 10:49 +0000, Chris Norman wrote: > > Hi people, > > I remember hearing something on this list about a piece of software for > > linux that worked like winamp (presumably with the same key commands and > > stuff), and am trying to find it. > > > > Any ideas what it is? I've just tried xine but couldn't get it to work, > > I've also tried beep-media-player, but couldn't figure out some of that. > > > > Any ideas appreciated. > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup