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KDE audio player amaroK 1.4 released: Fast Forward

amarok.kde.org — Version 1.4 of the popular and advanced KDE audio player amaroK was released today. The long anticipated release features enhanced support for media devices like the iPod, improved visual styles, gap-less playback, an improved rating system and a revised configurability besides others. Screenshots and more information inside.

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  • murph2481, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29Only the best player ever! Good digg!
  • TheAttacks, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16I use Gnome, but. . . *looks around* Amarok is the best Linux-media player out there, by far. I love it!
  • donatj, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Amarok is indeed awesome, if only there was a windows version... some day
  • handle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11You try KDE out of curiousity, but you stay for amaroK
  • makomk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Small warning for those upgrading from 1.3.8 - I just did it, and it broke my collection (database issues). I had to delete the entire collections database to fix it (losing all played-counts and the like). Went on #amarok - apparently, I'm not the first person this has happened to, though it's possibly not that common.

    I suggest you back up ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok before upgrading, just in case anything goes wrong (since I suspect you might not be able to go back that easily, what with the database schema changes and all)...
  • jefferai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7This issue is being looked at. It was never seen before the release of the final 1.4 tarball by any of our large team of testers, so please forgive us!
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6If you're running KUbuntu Dapper, here you go:
    http://kubuntu.org/announcements/amarok-1.4.php
  • markey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6In fact 1.4.0 does come with the new icon theme. It's just disabled by default, due to being incomplete. You can enable it in the settings dialog, and with the 1.4.1 release it'll prolly be complete.
  • CptnObvious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6yep amaroK is awesome!

    I have been using the latest SVN snapshots and its too bad they didn't release 1.4 with the cool new icon set for it and GStreamer support. Oh well.
  • bowe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7IRIVER SUPPORT! AUTO DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION! AWESOME!
  • Protoss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8foobar is the ultimate Windows music player, but amaroK is the best for Linux.
  • shergill, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Dugg because I am using it more and more after installing kubuntu last week..
  • treed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Me too. I used to be a die-hard Rhythmbox fan. But it's just stagnated so much.
  • eqisow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I especially like the integration with Katapult. That rocks. Lyrics, and autoplaylists are cool too. I'll be getting it tomorrow with the dapper updates.(Which btw also rock)

    http://kubuntu.org/announcements/amarok-1.4.php

    It's already out on dapper
  • shadcrkd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Don't complain. Just use duggmirror.
    http://duggmirror.com/linux_unix/KDE_audio_player_amaroK_1.4_released:_Fast_Forward
  • markey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Everyone loves screenshots, so here we go:

    http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=643&slide=1

    Enjoy :)
  • MisterCookie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Erk, did the site just go down from digg effect? I can't access it
  • Haroldx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Well, since the download page won't load here are the instructions for installation on Kubuntu. (The work for me, and I'm using Breezy.)

    sudo echo "deb http://archive.czessi.net/ubuntu breezy main universe preview" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    wget http://www.czessi.net/kczessi.gpg
    sudo apt-key add kczessi.gpg && rm kczessi.gpg
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install amarok amarok-xine
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4digg effect is in full effect
  • sven423, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The Icons will be there in one of the next versions. GStreamer also has the chance to come back if someone finishes the engine.
  • enr1x, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I love amarok 1.4, but...
    ... i use Windows Media Player, because its better.
    Im kidding x-D. Long life to amarok!!

    -Enric
  • markey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yup, our server is melting. But you can still check out this story on dot.kde.org:

    http://dot.kde.org/1147903679/
  • Onetrack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm using amaroK right now, and it is such a great program, nice digg there. If you're reading this and you havn't tried it - do so.
  • CptnObvious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4donatj, I may be wrong but I know that some of the apps in KDE4 will be ported to Windows and Mac and I think amaroK was on that list, I could be wrong though. I will see if I can find some confirmation.
  • Tom_Riddle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm on the artist team.

    and The icon set should be wrapped up pretty soon.

    Its just hard because the descriptions for icons that are needed are really choppy and its hard to communicate with other artists who are in different time zones.

    But don't worry.

    We're almost done.
  • marcan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@dentarthurdent1

    ok, "mounting" is the OS term for accessing the filesystem on a device and making it accessible to the user. Under windows, it's automatic for local filesystems, and filesystems are mounted under drive letters. Under linux, it can be automatic or manual, depending on OS settings and type of FS mounted, and filesystems are mounted under directories. Under windows you can assign a drive letter to network shares - under linux you can mount a SMB share under a directory.

    There are tools like LinNeighborhood which will handle it for you. Or you can just use:

    mount -t smbfs -o username=tridge,password=foobar //myserver/music /mnt/music

    which will mount the share //MYSERVER/MUSIC onto the directory /mnt/music with the specified usernames and passwords. The target directory must exist. Check out the manpages for mount and smbmount, and google the SAMBA documentation for more info.

    Use umount to unmount the share when you're done. Most likely you can automate this via rc.local scripts to work during boot (haven't messed with that under ubuntu yet, since I use Gentoo as my main OS). Ubuntu might even come with some specific tool for this, and there are other tools like smb4k, and the Gnome and KDE IO subsystems (i.e. smb:/ under Konqueror)
  • willistg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I love amarok. I miss it when I have to go to work and listen to music on winderz. Foobar makes it slightly better though.

  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4just mount the samba share on /somewhere and play them from there...
    I know its not optimal solution but it works...
  • ucg1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I use Gnome too. But also use Amarok and K3B. I don't understand why people who run Gnome or KDE think they can't use apps from the other desktop or think it's a big deal to load a few libs. Everything works fine, including drag-and-drop.
  • leetcharmer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3D'oh!! The duggmirror got hit w/ the digg effect too!
  • emostar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Might also want to backup your database too that means, if you are using MySQL.
  • s7mon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The icon set is shipped afaik just not enabled by default any more, check the settings
    amaroK
  • gdamjan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Please use "-t cifs" instead of "-t smbfs" it's much better and faster too.

    BTW I'm using:
    mount -t cifs //192.168.1.108/audio /mnt/music -o iocharset=utf8,user=damjan,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3works for me everyday :D
    Im using 1.38 from Kubuntu Breezy
  • Protoss, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Burn Him!!!! Seriously though, foobar2000 cannot be topped, you can literally change every factor of it to suite your needs. Oh and lets not forget that it is completely free and not owned by AOL!
  • x3n1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@dentarthurdent1

    You may find it simpler to use a graphical interface to work with mount the smb mount points, might I suggest trying smb4k:

    sudo apt-get install smb4k
  • bowe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I especially like the integration with Katapult. That rocks. Lyrics, and autoplaylists are cool too. I'll be getting it tomorrow with the dapper updates.(Which btw also rock)
  • CptnObvious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3thanks markey for the info. I went through the menus 2 times but somehow missed it both times. Anyways I love the new set. Good job developers! I can't wait to see what crazy stuff they will have for version 2!
  • eqisow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3shrug, it works great on my iPod, but I use rockbox firmware as well.
  • Buelldozer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I can try that again, but it didn't work for me the last time I tried. It pulls up the file name and then just stalls and won't play. :-(
  • insertnamehere, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3i just discovered amaroK after looking so long for something decent to play my music in linux, it's probably one of the best players i've used so far, if it were on windows i'd pick it over winamp or foobar anyday
  • Rogee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Will Amarok play the "Free Format" 384kbps MP3s that allofmp3.com sells?
  • Buelldozer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Off topic I know, but why oh why won't Amorak play files directly from an SMB share? It's the single most frustrating thing about it. I've got 50+ Gig of .MP3 sitting on my server and I have to copy it to my local machine in order to play anything.

    AAAAAaaarrrrGGGGGGHHHHH>>>>>
  • TheAttacks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3webcrumb:

    my point was that Amarok is a KDE-Native application, if you didn't notice, when you apt-get amarok it downloads several packages that give it the KDE-support needed without installing KDE.
  • t35t0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3compared to mplayer, vlc, xine, or audacious it has lots of features and the features are easy to use but the program always uses 5%+ of my CPU and 6% of my ram in top. As for the other applications I mentioned I can't even see these in the top listing. Amarok is not at all very resource efficient.
  • bigtomrodney, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I have been using the last beta for a week or so. amaroK is by far the best media player I have used, smooth and easy to navigate. All of thse support services like wiki, lyrics, tagging etc are excellent. When this is ported to Windows for version 2.0, I really believe this will be one of those apps like firefox that will make the transition easier to linux.

    It's great being able to catalogue my old wma collection now too. amaroK ftw.
  • dorkusmalorkus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2When running under Gnome, is it possible to make it use the "Human" cursor for mouse pointer and not the black xcursor?
  • dicepackage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The Amarok site is getting hit hard but if you are using Suse linux you can get an RPM from Guru's site at http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-navigation.php?cat=/Sound/amarok
  • bowe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2the most intuitive way is to go to adept, add the package location as it's listed.
    i.e. deb http://kubuntu.org/amarok-14/ dapper main
    Then click "Fetch Updates", and amarok should show up as upgradable.
  • toasterwaffle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Can anyone tell me how can I add .mp4 files to the collection? I can play them fine, but amarok won't add them."

    1.3 didn't support AAC playback, 1.4 does.

    That is why _I'M_ excited!

    Someone get working on the ebuild!
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