Amarok vs Media Monkey..$20.00 vs a lifetime of frustration......

[Moshe Goldfarb.]

I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always found it to be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including cli based DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if, especially on large
collections like 20k files or more.

Amarok goes out to lunch, offers little or no feedback as to what it is
doing other than that stupid graph paper like icon at the bottom of the
screen and is highly unstable and slow.

Enter Media Monkey...

Frankly I had never heard of this program until I recently bought an iPod,
a real iPod....

I'm not a big fan of iTunes, although it's ok and I absolutely hate
Microsoft Media Player, so I was looking...

Media Monkey is a dream come true.
Simple, powerful, FAST, stable and logical is the forte' of this program.

I'm not going to go into details, but if Linux wants to play hardball in
the personal media world, and it better because that's the future, Media
Monkey is the program to beat.
It's THAT good....

Example?
Glad you asked....

I have many files stored in lossless flac format..
iPod doesn't support flac....
Media Monkey converts automatically, on the fly, when I sync to iPod
without touching the source files.
All set up from the getgo...I did nothing to make this work.

Simple example, but a very useful tool.
it is also extremely fast at doing it.

Amarok?

A buggy piece of crap that makes all kinds of promises but delivers on so
very few of them.

Media Monkey?

The best $20.00 I ever spent.

So what is your time and data worth?
If nothing, try Amarok...

If you value your time and data, pony up $20.00 or use the free version and
get your life back so you actually have time to listen to your music
instead of trying to make it work on your iPod player.

 

[Alias]

I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always found it to be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including cli based DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if, especially on large
collections like 20k files or more.

That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I have no
problems with Amarok at all.

Alias

 

[Hobbes]

That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I have no
problems with Amarok at all.

Alias

That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff

 

[Alias]

That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff

I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias

 

[Hobbes]

I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias

You are a buzy little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have listened to them all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.

 

[Alias]

I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias

You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have listened to them
all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.

False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the computer hooked
up to don't care what OS it's using and they sound the same.

Alias

 

[Sthief Ballmer]

Em Domingo, 3 de Agosto de 2008 12:28, Hobbes escreveu:

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.

if you like rap music...

 

[Hadron]

you really are insane.

Nice things about Amarok:

OSD config

Bad things:

Awful play list handling.
Radio streams do not work.
Unstable.
Pulse audio does not work.
Hangs on importing large directories of mixed music types.

 

[Hobbes]

Hobbes wrote:

Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always found it to be
slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst interfaces
EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including cli based
DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if, especially on
large
collections like 20k files or more.

That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I have no
problems with Amarok at all.

Alias


That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff

I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias

You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have listened to them
all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.

False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the computer hooked up
to don't care what OS it's using and they sound the same.

Alias

Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a 5.1 speaker
setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?

 

[Alias]

Hobbes wrote:

Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always found it to
be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst
interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including cli based
DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if, especially
on large
collections like 20k files or more.

That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I have
no problems with Amarok at all.

Alias


That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff

I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias



You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have listened to
them all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.

False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the computer hooked
up to don't care what OS it's using and they sound the same.

Alias

Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a 5.1 speaker
setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?

I don't have six speakers so I obviously didn't get them to play in
either Windows or Ubuntu. My four speakers work just fine, thank you
very much.

Alias

 

[Hobbes]

Em Domingo, 3 de Agosto de 2008 12:28, Hobbes escreveu:
if you like rap music...

It's just rap.
It's not "rap music".
Because it isn't music.

I detest it.

 

[Hobbes]

Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:

Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always found it to
be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst interfaces
EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including cli based
DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if, especially on
large
collections like 20k files or more.

That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I have no
problems with Amarok at all.

Alias


That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff

I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias



You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have listened to them
all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.

False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the computer hooked
up to don't care what OS it's using and they sound the same.

Alias

Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a 5.1 speaker
setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?

I don't have six speakers so I obviously didn't get them to play in either
Windows or Ubuntu. My four speakers work just fine, thank you very much.

Alias

Wow...you have over 20,000 songs, and your setup is pretty low end.
You should just see if you can find an 8-track player.

 

[Hobbes]

Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:

Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always found
it to be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst
interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including cli
based DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if,
especially on large
collections like 20k files or more.

That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I
have no problems with Amarok at all.

Alias


That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff

I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias



You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have listened
to them all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.

False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the computer
hooked up to don't care what OS it's using and they sound the same.

Alias

Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a 5.1
speaker setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?

I don't have six speakers so I obviously didn't get them to play in
either Windows or Ubuntu. My four speakers work just fine, thank you
very much.

Alias

I do get sound from 6 speakers.
LF plays music.
RF plays music.
The rest of the speakers hummm.
Nice.

 

[Alias]

Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:

Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always found it
to be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst
interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including cli
based DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if, especially
on large
collections like 20k files or more.

That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I have
no problems with Amarok at all.

Alias


That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff

I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias



You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have listened to
them all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.

False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the computer
hooked up to don't care what OS it's using and they sound the same.

Alias



Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a 5.1
speaker setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?

I don't have six speakers so I obviously didn't get them to play in
either Windows or Ubuntu. My four speakers work just fine, thank you
very much.

Alias

Wow...you have over 20,000 songs, and your setup is pretty low end.
You should just see if you can find an 8-track player.

Hardware snobs are so petty and immature.

Alias

 

[Hobbes]

Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:

Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always found
it to be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst
interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including cli
based DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if,
especially on large
collections like 20k files or more.

That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I
have no problems with Amarok at all.

Alias


That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff

I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias



You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have listened
to them all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.

False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the computer
hooked up to don't care what OS it's using and they sound the
same.

Alias



Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a 5.1
speaker setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?


I don't have six speakers so I obviously didn't get them to play
in either Windows or Ubuntu. My four speakers work just fine,
thank you very much.

Alias

Wow...you have over 20,000 songs, and your setup is pretty low end.
You should just see if you can find an 8-track player.

Hardware snobs are so petty and immature.

Alias

No.
When we purchase 6 speakers...we like music to come out of ALL of them.
Ubuntu/Kubuntu turns ny PC into a brick from the early '90's.

 

[Alias]

Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always found
it to be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst
interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including cli
based DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if,
especially on large
collections like 20k files or more.
That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I
have no problems with Amarok at all.

Alias

That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff
I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias


You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have listened
to them all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.
False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the computer
hooked up to don't care what OS it's using and they sound the
same.

Alias


Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a 5.1
speaker setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?

I don't have six speakers so I obviously didn't get them to play
in either Windows or Ubuntu. My four speakers work just fine,
thank you very much.

Alias

Wow...you have over 20,000 songs, and your setup is pretty low end.
You should just see if you can find an 8-track player.

Hardware snobs are so petty and immature.

Alias

No.
When we purchase 6 speakers...we like music to come out of ALL of them.
Ubuntu/Kubuntu turns ny PC into a brick from the early '90's.

You've already admitted that you can't configure Ubuntu to work properly
and now you're bragging about it again?

Alias

 

[Alias]

Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always found
it to be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst
interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including cli
based DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if,
especially on large
collections like 20k files or more.
That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I
have no problems with Amarok at all.

Alias

That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff
I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias


You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have listened
to them all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.
False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the computer
hooked up to don't care what OS it's using and they sound the same.

Alias


Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a 5.1
speaker setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?

I don't have six speakers so I obviously didn't get them to play in
either Windows or Ubuntu. My four speakers work just fine, thank you
very much.

Alias

I do get sound from 6 speakers.
LF plays music.
RF plays music.
The rest of the speakers hummm.
Nice.

I get sound out of all four speakers, including surround sound.

Nice.

Alias

 

[Hobbes]

Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always
found it to be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst
interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including
cli based DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if,
especially on large
collections like 20k files or more.
That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I
have no problems with Amarok at all.

Alias

That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff
I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias


You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have
listened to them all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.
False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the
computer hooked up to don't care what OS it's using and they
sound the same.

Alias


Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a
5.1 speaker setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?

I don't have six speakers so I obviously didn't get them to play
in either Windows or Ubuntu. My four speakers work just fine,
thank you very much.

Alias

Wow...you have over 20,000 songs, and your setup is pretty low
end. You should just see if you can find an 8-track player.

Hardware snobs are so petty and immature.

Alias

No.
When we purchase 6 speakers...we like music to come out of ALL of
them. Ubuntu/Kubuntu turns ny PC into a brick from the early '90's.

You've already admitted that you can't configure Ubuntu to work
properly and now you're bragging about it again?

Alias

I can configure both ubuntu/kubuntu to the best capability of the
software.
I've read you in alt.os.linux.ubuntu ... I'm surprised you wanna go
there.
I have more knowledge in that arena than you.

 

[Alias]

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:44:41 +0200

Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always
found it to be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst
interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including
cli based DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if,
especially on large
collections like 20k files or more.
That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I
have no problems with Amarok at all.

Alias

That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff
I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias

You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have
listened to them all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.
False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the
computer hooked up to don't care what OS it's using and they
sound the same.

Alias

Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a
5.1 speaker setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?

I don't have six speakers so I obviously didn't get them to play
in either Windows or Ubuntu. My four speakers work just fine,
thank you very much.

Alias
Wow...you have over 20,000 songs, and your setup is pretty low
end. You should just see if you can find an 8-track player.

Hardware snobs are so petty and immature.

Alias
No.
When we purchase 6 speakers...we like music to come out of ALL of
them. Ubuntu/Kubuntu turns ny PC into a brick from the early '90's.

You've already admitted that you can't configure Ubuntu to work
properly and now you're bragging about it again?

Alias

I can configure both ubuntu/kubuntu to the best capability of the
software.
I've read you in alt.os.linux.ubuntu ... I'm surprised you wanna go
there.
I have more knowledge in that arena than you.

How long have you been a tech snob? Is it because you can't get laid?

Alias

 

[Hobbes]

Hobbes wrote:
On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:44:41 +0200

Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Hobbes wrote:
Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
I've used Amarok since it was pre 1.0 and have always
found it to be slow,
bloated and unstable.

Additionally the interface has to rank amongst the worst
interfaces EVER on
the face of the earth bar no operating system including
cli based DOS.

Sure Amarok looks great on paper.
It's a veritable Swiss Army Knife of a media application.

The problems start when you try and actually use if,
especially on large
collections like 20k files or more.
That big, eh? My music collection is bigger than 20GB and I
have no problems with Amarok at all.

Alias

That was 20K files ( 20,000 files ) Alias.
ruff ruff
I have more files than that and no problems.

Alias

You are a buzy [sic] little beaver aren't you ?
If you start at song 1 today, by Christmas you'll have
listened to them all.

If you played them in Windows...they would sound better.
False. The sound card and the stereo system I have the
computer hooked up to don't care what OS it's using and they
sound the same.

Alias

Really ?
In Windows, I can get music to play thru all 6 speakers in a
5.1 speaker setup.
In ubuntu/kubuntu...2 speakers.
left and right.
How do I get it to play thru all in ubuntu ?

I don't have six speakers so I obviously didn't get them to play
in either Windows or Ubuntu. My four speakers work just fine,
thank you very much.

Alias
Wow...you have over 20,000 songs, and your setup is pretty low
end. You should just see if you can find an 8-track player.

Hardware snobs are so petty and immature.

Alias
No.
When we purchase 6 speakers...we like music to come out of ALL of
them. Ubuntu/Kubuntu turns ny PC into a brick from the early '90's.

You've already admitted that you can't configure Ubuntu to work
properly and now you're bragging about it again?

Alias

I can configure both ubuntu/kubuntu to the best capability of the
software. I've read you in alt.os.linux.ubuntu ... I'm surprised you
wanna go
there.
I have more knowledge in that arena than you.

How long have you been a tech snob? Is it because you can't get laid?

Alias

Being a Man ... I do the laying...so I don't get laid.

Notice in just this thread I've posted from ubuntu/kubuntu/Vista.
You actually need to use an OS to make comparisons.
Post from Vista.