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He's on Windows and didn't mention foobar2000? I've been using Linux exclusively for almost ten years now and foobar2000 is the only program I still miss. Bansh

He's on Windows and didn't mention foobar2000? I've been using Linux exclusively for almost ten years now and foobar2000 is the only program I still miss. Banshee does an acceptable job, though.

DrRobinson 9y ago
Have you looked into DeaDBeeF? I find that to be the closest thing to foobar2000.
- digi_owl 9y ago
  +1 for DeaDBeef. straight forward player with no fuzzing over library management etc.
aerique 9y ago
Nasty assumption here, but have you only tried GUI programs? I use foobar2000 on Windows and MOC[1] on Linux and I really do not miss either of them when I'm on the other platform. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_on_Console https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_on_Console
- ue_ 9y ago
  It's a real shame that MOC doesn't support Pulseaudio out of the box. I say this because I almost have to use Pulseaudio (Firefox has removed ALSA support) and thus if I want to play a Youtube video (or any audio in firefox) at the same time as listening to music, I can't, unless I either download and compile the Pulse-enabled fork for MOC, use a different browser, or use a different music player. MPD comes close to MOC but it's too complex to use for me, and some clients don't actually list all of the files in my library. I might just go back to Clementine, if it works. That's what I use on Windows.
  - def- 9y ago
    https://git.hans.ninja/git/hans/moc-pulse.git https://git.hans.ninja/git/hans/moc-pulse.git
  - majewsky 9y ago
    PulseAudio has an ALSA compatibility addon, where it registers itself as the default ALSA device and therefore can be used by applications that can talk to ALSA only. In Arch, install the pulseaudio-alsa package. On other distros, refer to that distro's documentation.
  - notalaser 9y ago
    Maybe this will help: https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse . I just got bit by the new Firefox dependency. Installing PulseAudio left me without sound in VLC (even though I'm using the PulseAudio output plugin) and Firefox can't play videos anymore. I haven't tried apulse -- I solved the problem by not using Firefox anymore -- but I hear it gives good results.
    - striking 9y ago
      Consider installing the pulse ALSA adapter and running VLC through it. Works best for me.
      - notalaser 9y ago
        I ended up trying apulse myself last evening and it seems to work fine, so crisis averted for now. I don't particularly enjoy having stuff much with LD_PRELOAD and friends but I suppose it's less effort. Thing is... I know what you're saying, and I don't doubt it's probably just some trivial issue that I can solve with a two-hour trip to Google and my PA config files. However, not running PA works fine, and has been working fine for like 12 years on every computer I've owned. It's literally no effort at all. I could spend some time getting sound to work again, or do absolutely nothing at all and have it working fine, just as it's worked for the last six years on the machine in question. The days of endlessly troubleshooting ALSA settings and OSS wrappers aren't really gone if we're troubleshooting PA settings and ALSA wrappers instead.
  - fmoralesc 9y ago
    Couldn't alsa be forwarded to pulse? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#ALSA https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#ALSA
    - digi_owl 9y ago
      https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#ALSA.2Fdmix_without_grabbing_hardware_device https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#ALSA.2Fdmix_... Sounds like a better option, IMO.
  - xfer 9y ago
    You could also use cmus.
    - ue_ 9y ago
      As far as I'm aware cmus doesn't let me browse by directory.
      - xfer 9y ago
        > 5 view browser. It does.
sammoth 9y ago
Have you tried running it in wine? It works perfectly
neves 9y ago
Try Clementine. It is a for of the old Amarok, the best music player ever.

He's on Windows and didn't mention foobar2000? I've been using Linux exclusively for almost ten years now and foobar2000 is the only program I still miss. Banshee does an acceptable job, though.

DrRobinson 9y ago

Have you looked into DeaDBeeF? I find that to be the closest thing to foobar2000.

digi_owl 9y ago
+1 for DeaDBeef. straight forward player with no fuzzing over library management etc.

aerique 9y ago

Nasty assumption here, but have you only tried GUI programs? I use foobar2000 on Windows and MOC[1] on Linux and I really do not miss either of them when I'm on the other platform. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_on_Console https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_on_Console

ue_ 9y ago
It's a real shame that MOC doesn't support Pulseaudio out of the box. I say this because I almost have to use Pulseaudio (Firefox has removed ALSA support) and thus if I want to play a Youtube video (or any audio in firefox) at the same time as listening to music, I can't, unless I either download and compile the Pulse-enabled fork for MOC, use a different browser, or use a different music player. MPD comes close to MOC but it's too complex to use for me, and some clients don't actually list all of the files in my library. I might just go back to Clementine, if it works. That's what I use on Windows.
- def- 9y ago
  https://git.hans.ninja/git/hans/moc-pulse.git https://git.hans.ninja/git/hans/moc-pulse.git
- majewsky 9y ago
  PulseAudio has an ALSA compatibility addon, where it registers itself as the default ALSA device and therefore can be used by applications that can talk to ALSA only. In Arch, install the pulseaudio-alsa package. On other distros, refer to that distro's documentation.
- notalaser 9y ago
  Maybe this will help: https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse . I just got bit by the new Firefox dependency. Installing PulseAudio left me without sound in VLC (even though I'm using the PulseAudio output plugin) and Firefox can't play videos anymore. I haven't tried apulse -- I solved the problem by not using Firefox anymore -- but I hear it gives good results.
  - striking 9y ago
    Consider installing the pulse ALSA adapter and running VLC through it. Works best for me.
    - notalaser 9y ago
      I ended up trying apulse myself last evening and it seems to work fine, so crisis averted for now. I don't particularly enjoy having stuff much with LD_PRELOAD and friends but I suppose it's less effort. Thing is... I know what you're saying, and I don't doubt it's probably just some trivial issue that I can solve with a two-hour trip to Google and my PA config files. However, not running PA works fine, and has been working fine for like 12 years on every computer I've owned. It's literally no effort at all. I could spend some time getting sound to work again, or do absolutely nothing at all and have it working fine, just as it's worked for the last six years on the machine in question. The days of endlessly troubleshooting ALSA settings and OSS wrappers aren't really gone if we're troubleshooting PA settings and ALSA wrappers instead.
- fmoralesc 9y ago
  Couldn't alsa be forwarded to pulse? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#ALSA https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#ALSA
  - digi_owl 9y ago
    https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#ALSA.2Fdmix_without_grabbing_hardware_device https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#ALSA.2Fdmix_... Sounds like a better option, IMO.
- xfer 9y ago
  You could also use cmus.
  - ue_ 9y ago
    As far as I'm aware cmus doesn't let me browse by directory.
    - xfer 9y ago
      > 5 view browser. It does.

sammoth 9y ago

Have you tried running it in wine? It works perfectly

neves 9y ago

Try Clementine. It is a for of the old Amarok, the best music player ever.