Re: Cool MPEG player for GNOME?

[ninana uswest net]

James Green wrote:
>  
> Two possibilities here:
> 
> 1. mpg123 (the backend process) with GQMpeg front-end. Can be seen in
> screenshots as circular, etc. IME it suffers from skipping when the
> machine is under heavy load.

I have found this to be as skip free as X11Amp.  I can rip 2 CDs at the 
same time (loadavg of ~3.2) and listen to skipfree .mp3s.  I set my
buffer 
at 1024K though.  I also noticed an improvement going to the 2.2.x
kernels, 
the sound is a little better.  When esd is running I sometimes have
problems 
with speed,  as in if the load gets higher the sound slows down.  Make
sure 
you download some skins, the default skin is pretty damn ugly. 

> 
> 2. The Unix equiv. of Winamp - XMMS (X MultiMedia System - formerly
> X11Amp). www.xmms.org IIRC. Never skips.
> 
> Search freshmeat for urls. HTH.

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