- The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is amaroK.
amaroK is an audio player application for KDE. It is currently released independently from the kdemultimedia package, though this may change in the near future, with amaroK possibly replacing some of the older applications such as Noatun. It is part of kdeextragear, allowing it to have its own release cycle independent of the rest of KDE. The word "amarok" means wolf in Inuktitut.
Excellent streaming support, audio effects, visualisations and smooth crossfading separate this player from existing KDE solutions. At the same time amaroK provides a very intuitive and quick user interface, with unparalleled playlist handling, optimized for very large playlists.
A screenshot of amaroK audio player for KDE, showing the player window and playlist manager. Features of amaroK
Here are the features of amaroK, some of them only available in the beta and CVS releases of 1.2:
- Automatic album cover download from Amazon.com and integrated cover manager.
- amaroK also has a role in testing out new audio engines for the upcoming KDE 4.0. It supports the following:
- GStreamer
- xine-lib
- Media Application Server (MAS).
- Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware (NMM)
- aRts (no longer fully supported)
- Welcome wizard for easy configuration.
- Crossfading for GStreamer and xine.
- Configurable color schemes. The context browser can be styled with CSS.
- Extended tag dialog with MusicBrainz and mass-tagging support.
- Choice between using SQLite3 or MySQL databases.
- Playlist-browser for managing playlist collections.
- Music rating system.
- Integrated CD-burning support using k3b.
- Animated systray icon (optional).
- KIO support for GStreamer, allows playback via remote protocols.
- Native Audioscrobbler support. The amaroK users (http://www.audioscrobbler.com/group/amaroK%2Busers) Audioscrobbler group.
- Integrated iPod support.
- A scripting system is currently under development, allowing amaroK to be scripted with any DCOP-supported language..
There is a friendly rivalry among users who choose amaroK, JuK (which is included in KDE), or the GTK1-based Winamp-clone XMMS as their media player.
See also
External links
|
