I've written an Ogg Vorbis (only !) player, which some may like to play
with.
It works for me (tm) and I like it. If you don't, well, you know what
you can do with it ;) I leave it running 24/7 and it plays my music
without problems and without annoying me. That's all it's for, really.
You can get it from http://www.geoid.clara.net/rik/arch/squelch.tar.gz
The README follows ...
Cheers,
Rik
---------------------- README for squelch beta 2 ----------------------
Squelch beta 2.
Supports:
Input : Ogg Vorbis.
Output : ALSA, aRts, esd, IRIX, OSS, NULL, Solaris and WAV.
Features:
* Play button.
* Stop button.
* Other buttons.
* Playlist.
* Nothing else really.
* Oh yes, it makes coffee. [0]
Benefits over most other audio players (except perhaps alsaplayer):
NO stalling the interface while busy !
NO waiting for track info to be read !
NO dropout while machine load high !
NO gaps between tracks !
NO dragging/dropping new files. Auto update !
NO patented input decoders.
NO stupid skins.
NO error dialogs.
NO overriding your window manager.
NO reappearing somewhere off-screen because you changed resolution.
NO bugs ! [1]
Requires:
* Installed Ogg Vorbis libraries, including libao. [2]
* Qt-2.2.x, compiled with -thread [3]
Compiling:
* Edit 'setup' and changes paths according to your system.
* source setup
* make
Setup:
* To tell squelch where you keep your audio:
mkdir ~/.squelch
echo /path/to/my/audio > ~/.squelch/audiodir
* To change the output driver to ALSA:
echo 'alsa' > ~/.squelch/outputdriver
* To change the output driver to wav (writes to $PWD/output.wav):
echo 'wav' > ~/.squelch/outputdriver
* etc, etc. Take your pick.
Note: for aRts output, use artsdsp and the OSS driver.
( actually, there may soon be an arts plugin in ao )
Running:
* ./squelch
All normal Qt parameters are honoured, e.g. -geometry, -style, etc.
Installing:
* Copy squelch somewhere in your PATH.
Helping:
* I don't want any, unless you find a bug. Thanks anyway. I'm releasing
this because I use it and I thought perhaps others would find it better
than their current player. I don't want any more features. No, it will
never play MP3.
Contact:
Rik Hemsley (rikkus) <rik@kde.org>
[0] Don't be a silly billy.
[1] libvorbis has a memory leak. Not my fault.
Any other bugs are your imagination.
[2] http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/download/
[3] ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/
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