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And the prize for the worst analogy goes to... Linux doesn't have anything like foobar2000. Note even close. The feeble attempts to name alternatives in this t

by rockdoe 10y ago

And the prize for the worst analogy goes to... Linux doesn't have anything like foobar2000. Note even close. The feeble attempts to name alternatives in this thread are evidence of it. You need to compose several other tools to get the major functions and you'll still end up with half the functionality (and 10 times the bloat!).

michaelmrose 10y ago
So did you mean to say you can get 95% of the functionality with a few lightweight tools?
- wander_homer 10y ago
  And can you name those lightweight tools, which work together nicely, use fewer resources and do almost everything foobar2000 does? Here's a short list of requirements: 1. proper gapless-playback (which eliminates all GStreamer based players) 2. DSP support (during playback and when converting files) 3. ReplayGain support 4. Something like: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Title_Formatting_Reference http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Title_... which works everywhere (converter, tagger, searching, UI (columns, window title, status bar, ...), album art fetching, grouping, ...) 5. an SDK to allow equally powerful plugins 6. Custom keyboard shortcuts for everything (e.g. quickly switch the current DSP profile when you plug in headphones) 7. Auto-playlists 8. Automatically detect changes in the file system and update library accordingly 9. A powerful query language: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Query_syntax http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Query_... 10. CUE sheet support