winamp: Linux?

[headcrab]

Is there a player software like Winamp that runs on Linux (Fedora 10)? I want to be able to search the library in the same way that Winamp lets you. Generic software such as comes with Linux won't work since our library is 35000+ tracks.
Thanks.

[mbandgeek]

Originally Posted by headcrab

Is there a player software like Winamp that runs on Linux (Fedora 10)? I want to be able to search the library in the same way that Winamp lets you. Generic software such as comes with Linux won't work since our library is 35000+ tracks.
Thanks.

Not sure if it will work on fedora, but i like Banshee. It is a lot like winamp with support for ipods, has a decent search feature, and it also has an album art search feature. It is the best one that i have found. I am running Ubuntu 8.10.

[Gretsch]

Try Amarock it should be Fedora friendly. I use it on ubuntu feisty and it works great.

[headcrab]

Thanks all. But I just discovered that the external hard drive with the library on it is not recognized by the Linux laptop here. Back down to the basement... (dig...dig...)

[NickJones]

It should work, was the hard drive previously used in a Windows system as once Windows crashes it locks the hard drive so only a Windows system can acces it unless you force mount it. I can give you the Termainal comands for it if this is your problem. You are using Fedora?
Nick

[PhantomD]

Didn't realise that anybody still used Winamp!!!!

[porkchop]

First off PhantomD winamp is a great program, very versatile and customizable. I really hope that you aren't scoffing at Winamp because "iTunes is so much better." This will be the end of my Winamp tirade, if you care to continue this conversation phantom PM me.

As far as Linux software, I absolutely love Amarok, but 2.0 is having troubles with ipods, so if you want a player to talk to your ipod you have to go to version 1.6. Also it runs KDE, something I also really like. If your Fedora core isn't KDE based you can install the stuff you need but it's over head and size that not all computer users want.

Another alternative is Rhythmbox. It is a little less powerful than Amarok but it will install on about any Linux distro and it plays quite nicely with ipods and other mobile devices. It also supports a play queue that is separate from the library your looking at which is a feature I quite like in Winamp.

As far as your hard drive, if it's not working with your linux install it is probably formatted NTFS. Making your linux distro speak NTFS is not terribly difficult, but is not something that distro's generally support out of the box. Look up something like "read NTFS hard drive Fedora 10" on Google or go to your favorite Fedora forum if you have one, and the process will be explained there as it changes slightly from distro to distro.

[NickJones]

Ubuntu has NTFS support built in. (Not that I love Ubuntu or anything...) as I said Windows locks NTFS drives, so untill you can read them you will need to force mount.
All of the software that porkchop & the others meantioned is great software that will do what you want.

As for getting your drive read...
Copy all the Data on the drive you want to keep onto another drive.
Download BartPE or any simmilar Windows boot disk.
Burn ISO to disk & boot from it.
Select your partitioner.
Format drive to FAT32 if you want it to be read on Linux & Windows or EXT3 if you want it to be read only on Linux systems.
Copy data back from backup drive.

There ya go.

Didn't realise how many CB-ers used Linux. Time to make a Group?

Nick

[headcrab]

I can't copy the music to my local hard drive because there is 180GB of music and I have only 20GB of free space. Besides I think FAT32 doesn't support huge files of the type on the HD. Yes I am running Fedora 10, and NickJones, you mentioned console commands?
I use winamp 5.something at home. Its awesome.
I found Rhythmbox and it seems to be the Linux equivalent of Winamp. I will check it out more.

[renegadeblack]

I used to absolutely love Exaile when I was a Linux junkie. If you really like winamp, then, granted I dont think it has library support, XMMS is nice. Also, have you tried running Winamp under wine? I'm not sure whether or not it works, but I'd guess that it's probably worth a try.