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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] [Fwd: Amarok and Proxy]
From:       Bradley Serbu <brad.serbu () asg ! com>
Date:       2005-02-24 18:41:40
Message-ID: 421E1FE4.1020009 () asg ! com
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Avamok vs BMP

Amarok Cons
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1) More memory consumption
2) No skinning support
3) Dependency on KDE (kde-base)
4) Can't get Proxy to work (my problem)

Amarok Pros
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1) Excellent Media Library
2) Display's CD Covers and info about playing track
3) Auto-Suggest feature will append suggested songs to the current playlist.
4) Ratings keep track of your favorite tracks and artists.
5) Intuitive Playlist creator/Editor


Basically I'm mostly a mpg123 user... but if your looking for a media 
player that needs a Media Library and associated features.  Go with 
Amarok.  BMP is lighter weight and great for general purpose playing 
with  an interface  identical to XMMS but with better features IMO.

Amarok is great for flashy Media library support.  High on bloat.

- Brad

Ryan Speed wrote:

>little off topic but others might also be curious so I'll respond to
>the list....
>
>How do you like Amarok compared with BMP?  I was going to compile it
>yesterday when I saw the notice on audioscrobblers website that its
>the first player to fully support it but I didn't think it was worth
>the pain of installing kdebase....
>
>Is there anything that makes it stand out above the rest?
>
>cheers,
>ryan 
>
>On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:37:45 -0500, Bradley Serbu <brad.serbu@asg.com> wrote:
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>>-------- Original Message --------
>>Subject:        Amarok and Proxy
>>Date:   Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:20:36 -0500
>>From:   Bradley Serbu <brad.serbu@asg.com>
>>To:     gentoo-user@gentoo.org
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>>I have amarok installed on my machine and want to use AudioScrobbler.
>>The Plug-in I have for Beep-Media-Player works fine however the Amarok
>>can't submit the played tracks.  I'm sure this is a proxy/firewall issue
>>but I can't find the correct configuration in Amarok.
>>
>>My guess is that the KDE environment has proxy settings internally and
>>doesn't use my environment variable.  The catch is I run Enlightenment
>>DR16/17 and don't even have KDE fully installed, just the necessary
>>libraries for Amarok and other apps to run.
>>
>>How can I set the proxy for Amarok.
>>
>>- Brad Serbu
>>
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