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Tarale
Posts: 2268/2713		 Oooh! You haven't? I like playlists

My music is so random that I can't actually listen to it on random It just doesn't work musically when one song collides into a complete and utter musical mismatch

So I need the ability to customise playlists fairly easily and quickly if I want something that actually works musically to listen to. And I mean "quickly" cause I tend to think of these things while the bath is running and I need to hurry up and get in it...
FreeDOS +
Posts: 884/1312		 ncurses MPD client or tab-completion? they make things really easy

Though I never used playlists in my life.
HyperHacker
Posts: 3475/5072		 That's probably the best point yet. Dragging and dropping files into/between instances of Winamp or dragging files around in the playlist beats the hell out of typing individual filenames (or even copying and pasting them one at a time) any day.
Tarale
Posts: 2254/2713		 Meh, I like my GUI iTunes on OS X.

I'm not sure what it's like to set up playlists on a CLI, but I really do like dragging and dropping stuff in iTunes on my Mac. On Windows I'll agree that iTunes is quite a bit slow and funny; but on the Mac it's spiffy and fast!
HyperHacker
Posts: 3464/5072
Originally posted by FreeDOS +
Originally posted by HyperHacker
It's much more convenient to control them with a GUI, and you get things like spectrum analyzer and oscilliscopes. If I hear something and need to pause my song to see what it was I'd much rather click stop than open a console and type some big command.

So the letter p is too much to type?

Absolutely.

Seriously though, I haven't seen a command line app that actually responds to keypresses like that. In most cases I'd have to open a new console window and type "somedirectory/programname -somecommand", which is a bit much. If your favourite media player does, then great, that's one program out of so many that supports it. Besides, I prefer to use my keyboard's play/pause keys and not have to switch windows to do so. Do any of your fancy command-line-interface tools support THAT, hmm?

Also, media players are one of the few types of apps in which I actually want a fancy interface with a lot of eye candy. I like to be able to just shrink them down to a nice-looking bar or some such and stick them in a corner or on my second monitor to see what's going on at all times. I certainly can't do that with a CLI. Command lines are great for programs you might use as part of a batch job or that just do a simple and quick task, but some things are just better with a nice GUI.

Really, I like having both.
FreeDOS +
Posts: 882/1312		 I find them a completely useless and pointless waste of CPU cycles.
Nebetsu
Posts: 294/356		 I actually don't use those.
Darkdata
Posts: 672/983
Originally posted by FreeDOS +
Originally posted by HyperHacker
It's much more convenient to control them with a GUI, and you get things like spectrum analyzer and oscilliscopes. If I hear something and need to pause my song to see what it was I'd much rather click stop than open a console and type some big command.

So the letter p is too much to type?


What about the "spectrum analyzer and oscilliscopes"?

I mean THINK OF THE "spectrum analyzer and oscilliscopes"
FreeDOS +
Posts: 881/1312
Originally posted by HyperHacker
It's much more convenient to control them with a GUI, and you get things like spectrum analyzer and oscilliscopes. If I hear something and need to pause my song to see what it was I'd much rather click stop than open a console and type some big command.

So the letter p is too much to type?
Nebetsu
Posts: 288/356
Originally posted by HyperHacker
It's much more convenient to control them with a GUI, and you get things like spectrum analyzer and oscilliscopes. If I hear something and need to pause my song to see what it was I'd much rather click stop than open a console and type some big command.

I quite agree. Plus AmaroK just makes everything so simple and easy. I don't want to be using my brain ALL the time. When I'm relaxing and listening to music, GUI's are nice. I still have text based MP3 player for when my xserver breaks for whatever reason and I have to go in with links and nano to fix it.

And that Audacious thing is pretty awesome.
HyperHacker
Posts: 3455/5072		 It's much more convenient to control them with a GUI, and you get things like spectrum analyzer and oscilliscopes. If I hear something and need to pause my song to see what it was I'd much rather click stop than open a console and type some big command.
FreeDOS +
Posts: 880/1312		 I don't know what sense a GUI is for media, it's much easier to just use the CLI. Don't know how to explain it further; GUIs aren't necessary most of the time.
Nebetsu
Posts: 287/356
Originally posted by FreeDOS +
Originally posted by Nebetsu
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Yeah, I might just go back to that. I'd rather have something that can work on Linux too though (without faking a Windows environment). Command lines are good, but not for media players... just makes more sense to me to have a GUI for those.

XMMS looks like the old winamp style and can even use Winamp Classic skins.

XMMS is obsolete, but Audacious is sitll active.

Isn't it funny how I think GUIs don't make sense, while you do?

I'll try that audacious. XMMS has been pissiing me off anyways. What do you mean GUIs don't make sense?
FreeDOS +
Posts: 879/1312
Originally posted by Nebetsu
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Yeah, I might just go back to that. I'd rather have something that can work on Linux too though (without faking a Windows environment). Command lines are good, but not for media players... just makes more sense to me to have a GUI for those.

XMMS looks like the old winamp style and can even use Winamp Classic skins.

XMMS is obsolete, but Audacious is sitll active.

Isn't it funny how I think GUIs don't make sense, while you do?
Sukasa
Posts: 1783/2068		 Eh, I have 5.somethign for WinAMP. Then again, I don't care about spyware, 'cuz that computer has no internet anyways....
Nebetsu
Posts: 273/356
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Yeah, I might just go back to that. I'd rather have something that can work on Linux too though (without faking a Windows environment). Command lines are good, but not for media players... just makes more sense to me to have a GUI for those.

XMMS looks like the old winamp style and can even use Winamp Classic skins.

Otherwise, in Linux, I use AmaroK.
Valcion
Posts: 518/585		 foobar is superior to all.
HyperHacker
Posts: 3443/5072		 Yeah, I might just go back to that. I'd rather have something that can work on Linux too though (without faking a Windows environment). Command lines are good, but not for media players... just makes more sense to me to have a GUI for those.
Nebetsu
Posts: 267/356
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Originally posted by Nebetsu
FLAC: You can have a total of five songs, but MAN don't they sound good?

It's funny 'cuz it's true. I ripped a CD of mine to FLAC and it came out as 300MB.

You probably should have mentioned to this person that they should be wary of what they select. If you read the EULA it mentions popups and other junk if you install the EMusic crap, and I don't know what "Active Security Monitor" is but it certainly sounds fishy. (I never thought I'd say this, but anyone know a better player than Winamp? I'm worried it's slowly turning into a spyware-infested pile of dung. )

My favourite version of Winamp will always be 2.95. There's no spyware in that one and it's fast and can run on pretty much anything.
Tarale
Posts: 2244/2713
Originally posted by emcee
Well, she doesn't know alot of basic things about computers, but she's asking questions and making an attempt to understand the answers. I think that puts her miles ahead of most of the computer illiterate people I deal with.


I'm going to have to concur with that one. After my day I wanted to slap somebody. Namely the person who got angry at me because they didn't save their file and it got... killed by the power outage in their area...

At least she's trying.
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