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Fast Forward Again: Amarok 1.4.8 Released!
amarok.kde.org — The Amarok team has just released Amarok 1.4.8. This release of the stable branch brings a number of major bugfixes and minor improvements to hold you over until Amarok 2.0 is released. Among the highlights are better support for iPhone/iPod Touch and faster database queries.
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- Paleo, on 12/20/2007, -0/+15Yet another great release :D
Now, let see if our new server can handle that digg effect properly :0)- subgeniusd, on 12/20/2007, -0/+4Since I happen to be blasting Satellite Party with Amarok at the moment I was motivated to donate $25.00 to the cause. They have PayPal so no reason not to join me in supporting this fabulous product. :D
- ricercia, on 04/21/2008, -0/+17Another fantastic release by the Amarok team with some useful fixes! :-) Shame last.fm skip, love and ban still don't work though :-(
- nhnFreespirit, on 12/20/2007, -0/+28For Amarok2, we are completely redoing the last.fm support by actually integrating much of the back end of their official open source player. This way we can sync with that and always keep up to date with the last.fm protocol. That should keep this unfortunate situation form happening again. Another benefit is that we get access to many more cool last.fm features. :-)
- MattBD, on 12/20/2007, -0/+2Nice one! I use Amarok in Kubuntu, and I love Last.fm, so I really can't wait for Amarok2 now!
- nhnFreespirit, on 12/20/2007, -0/+28For Amarok2, we are completely redoing the last.fm support by actually integrating much of the back end of their official open source player. This way we can sync with that and always keep up to date with the last.fm protocol. That should keep this unfortunate situation form happening again. Another benefit is that we get access to many more cool last.fm features. :-)
- theprophet84, on 12/20/2007, -4/+19I am at work and I am trying to go to the Amarok website and it is blocked. I work for the Air Force, aka the man. Why would you block a website for an open-source media player. Because open source is terrorism.... I ***** hate my job.
- idslite, on 12/20/2007, -1/+8Yeah well, Oakland Community college left Digg open, but blocked www.ubuntuforums.org rofl. When I first saw it I was like: "WTF???" I actually almost said it out loud during my computer information systems class lol. Oh well. I guess you're right, open source = terrorism?? Heh.
- momsshizzle, on 12/20/2007, -27/+2Yessssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not.- andycr512, on 12/20/2007, -1/+4Can't we see at least one useful comment from you?
- idslite, on 12/20/2007, -1/+4Now when do we get automatic download and video podcast support?? Damn, unless I'm mistaken and it's supported, some one pleaseeee let me know. Sure audio podcast support is great, but I still need a program that can handle both: video and audio podcasts. I'm on GNOME (Ubuntu) and have tried: Rythmbox and Exaile, but no good. If anyone knows how to make my life a lot easier please leave a message.
- idslite, on 12/20/2007, -7/+2PS. I would appreciate it if the media player was like how iTunes is set up... That player is so damn easy to use, I wish Rythmbox supported video podcasts that would be amazing.
- Peterix, on 12/20/2007, -0/+3Automatic download is already there. Right click the podcast -> Configure -> Automatically scan for updates + Download when available.
There's a very nice program for vidcasts called Miro. It should be available from the repositories...
Also, you could add support for running a video player from Amarok with this script: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=4 ... (I haven't done this myself, but the score it got on kdeapps is pretty high)- idslite, on 12/20/2007, -3/+2Hm, I'll check that link out. Like I said before, it'd be nice for one singular media player that can handle everything: Like iTunes.
- eean, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1You can already right-click on podcasts and launch an external program, eg a video player.
Automatic download has been a feature for a few years.- idslite, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1Interesting. Is there some type of tutorial on how to set this up to play within the player? That's what I really want to know.
- idslite, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1I understand that there is automatic download in it, but that's only for audio in Rythmbox. Whenever I tried to do a video podcast is would give me this weird error.
- jordoex, on 12/21/2007, -0/+0Video's going to be supported in Amarok2, since they'll have phonon that'll easily take care of it for them.
And the problem with Itunes is that the interface is just too awkward (IMO) and it's a memory hog.- idslite, on 12/22/2007, -0/+1Cool, any idea on the release date of Amarok2? Maybe that will be my new media player :)
- chriscantu, on 12/20/2007, -1/+10Amarok and Jalad ... at Tanagra?
- oldgeek, on 12/20/2007, -0/+6Yes I get it. when the walls fell.
- IEatHamburgers, on 12/20/2007, -0/+4I can't believe I actually got that. I stopped watching that show a couple years ago.
- KDAY12, on 12/20/2007, -0/+5Awesome! I have been spending far too much time in Windows ever since I got my Ipod Touch...
- KDAY12, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1Although, maybe I spoke to soon. Amorok uses ligpod, which still appears to be patchy:
http://www.gtkpod.org/todo.html
- KDAY12, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1Although, maybe I spoke to soon. Amorok uses ligpod, which still appears to be patchy:
- ommadawn, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1Still, the detached player window slows down composite window managers (i.e. compiz fusion) when open, so what about that?
- markey, on 12/20/2007, -1/+2Just don't use it, that's my advice. It's deprecated anyway, btw. We have removed it in Amarok 2. None of our devs was using the player window thingie lately.
- meepus, on 12/20/2007, -0/+6Amarok 2.0 is going to be my only music player on Windows once it's out. I don't think there's a problem with installing KDE4 in order for it to work, because I have plenty of hard-drive space. I just want Amarok :)
- balazsbela, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1I'm pretty sure that it won't take much disk space since you will only need the libraries, not the whole kde4 :)
- jordoex, on 12/21/2007, -0/+0Here's a more in-depth discussion on the topic:
http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/550-Windows-bi ...
- thepresenceusa, on 12/20/2007, -2/+6Thank goodness I switched to *nix last year. Amarok is so much better than the Windows players. No adware/spyware/BSODware. It doesn't get any better than that.
Seriously, though, how can Amarok pack so many features into a player without BSODware, when the Win Players come crippled with such hidden problems. For instance, RealPlayer for Win, a player I used to love, comes with some aspects crippled unless you buy the full version, but it bogs down your pc and connection with the ad downloads.
Thankfully, the ports like Helix/Realplayer for Linux aren't causing such a load on the system, but the Linux version is a little short on functionality to say the least. Amarok is a great alternative to such projects, and has become my player of choice.- jordoex, on 12/21/2007, -0/+1Actually, foobar2000 is pretty nice for windows, using a couple plugins, I got it looking reminiscent of amarok. Nice for dualbooting and listening to stuff whilst gaming. Musikcube and wxMusik are pretty nice too.
- Eliseo, on 12/20/2007, -0/+1I hope they've fixed the PlayCount issue with the iPods. Amarok is great but it has ***** up my playcounts twice :(
- lemur, on 12/20/2007, -1/+2Is Amarok 2 going to use qt4?
- nhnFreespirit, on 12/20/2007, -0/+6Yes! It is based on the KDE4 libraries which are in turn based on Qt 4.
- malsaher, on 12/20/2007, -5/+0How come you guys managed to put amarok's logo on the Gr8 Pyramids of Egypt ?
I live nearby and I swear this is never real, is it ?- jordoex, on 12/21/2007, -0/+0GIMP'd or Krita'd (or as everyone else would call it, Photoshopped)
- Ellipsys, on 12/20/2007, -0/+6I have an iPhone, and this will be the FIRST alternate media player/transfer program that works with it besides iTunes. I hope that there is tons of development - I hate iTunes with a passion, and want to be able to transfer my songs, videos, files and podcasts using a 3rd party program, like people could with previous iPod versions. Can anyone using this an an iPhone give me an overview of the current state of support? Thanks! I know that AmaroK is going on me Eee when it arrives!
- mfearby, on 12/20/2007, -1/+1I recently installed Kubuntu and checked out Amarok to see if it would be a decent replacement for iTunes (thinking of ditching XP eventually rather than going to Vista) and I found Amarok to be the most complicated and clicky music manager out there. Having to constantly search for things then drag them to the right-hand pane before they'll play is highly irritating. I actually like iTunes and how it will just keep playing the next song in the currently-filtered list without having to drag everything into another list first.
The tree-view on the left and the flat view are very poor replacements for iTunes' mini-browser at the top. What could be more easier than clicking once on your genre, then your artist, then the album, double-clicking on the first song, then have iTunes play everything in the album until it reaches the end?
Is there a decent iTunes-like program for Linux that *doesn't* require me to create hundreds of playlists or drag stuff into a separate area all the time before they'll play?- andycr512, on 12/21/2007, -0/+1I disagree with your criticisms, but you might try Banshee. It works as you describe.
- mfearby, on 12/21/2007, -0/+1I don't have access to Linux at the moment, so I can't check for myself right now, but the screenshots for Banshee don't seem to suggest it works like iTunes (insofar as the mini-browser "genre/artist/album" columns at the top). It seems like yet another music library program overly fond of tree views to the left and search filters at the top (I have no objection to the search filters, but tree views are god-awful, especially with large music collections).
- pgm_01, on 12/21/2007, -0/+1Double click on the blue guy in Amarok to load all of the music listed under that artist in the artist/album view (double click to load the tracks from the serch results, too). The Group By feature at the top left (funnel icon) allows you to change the way the music is sorted and displayed. I think that Amarok is the most powerful player when it comes to sorting and management and unlike Itunes it is not a resource hog.
- jordoex, on 12/21/2007, -0/+0It's an aquired taste, but I eventually came to love it. Kinda like 3dsMax -> Blender.
- andycr512, on 12/21/2007, -0/+1I disagree with your criticisms, but you might try Banshee. It works as you describe.
- penno, on 12/21/2007, -2/+1i can't believe they've gotten away with putting the amarok logo on the side of the pyramid. That's some serious history there, and to see it spoiled is sad.
- farghal, on 12/22/2007, -0/+2Oh lighten up! I'm Egyptian and I think it looks cool :-)
- happysong, on 04/16/2008, -0/+0I have an iPhone, and this will be the FIRST alternate media player/transfer program that works with it besides iTunes. I hope that there is tons of development - I hate iTunes with a passion, and want to be able to transfer my songs, videos, files and podcasts using a 3rd party program, like people could with previous iPod versions. Can anyone using this an an iPhone give me an overview of the current state of support? Thanks! I know that AmaroK is going on me Eee when it arrives!
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