__/ [ Brad ] on Sunday 30 July 2006 12:00 \__
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:03:36 -0700, John A. Bailo wrote:
>
>>
>> I downloaded Whitley Streiber's weekly program
>> ( http://www.unknowncountry.com ) as a mp3 download (podcast).
>>
>> Using my new Suse 10.1 install, I loaded it into amaroK and started
>> perusing the features.
>>
>> I clicked on the Artist tab and it brought up the Wikipedia article on
>> Whitley! Very cool that it's integrated with the Wikip.
>
> I agree. I like it so much, I actually enjoy compiling it from source to
> include all of the capable options that I enjoy using and leaving out the
> ones I don't like or use. Like support for MySQL instead of using the
> default SQLite. Extensive support for tag editing is another strong suit
> for Amarok. I also find that compiling from source seems to be more stable
> with my Mandriva system, and that I can also use the most recent version
> of Amarok without having to wait for a rpm package to be released.
> Compiling from source may not be for everyone, but I enjoy the level of
> control that it gives me in how I use the software. The documentation
> that is present with the ./configure file makes fine tuning the build an
> easy task and is some of the best/complete build documentation I have ever
> seen. Try that with a Windows app. :-)
I tried building the lastest (1.4.x) a few weeks ago, under
the outdated SUSE 9.3. There were some dependencies to get
rectified, so compiling from source was no joy. I am
assuming that you keep your distribution (was it Mandriva?)
up-to-date, as one should.
Best wishes,
Roy
PS - features I like in AmaroK: global keyboard accelerators
built in (xmms needs xmms-kde and/or wmxmms), jump to song
using substring, album covers from Amazon, prompto song
lyrics, crossfading (X-fader), Python scripts, xmms
visualisation plug-ins, themes and many, many more...
SongBird, which I also tried compiling (still in
development), will have a hard time catching on with this
other Qt/FOSS project from the Dutch folks. I believe that
AmaroK is bound to become cross-platform (like SongBird)
when KDE/Qt 4 is released (later this year).
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