clappy hands, clappy hands, clappy hands!!
Some few readers may remember the ol' woodsmoker's article at Linux Forums advocating the use of XMMS, not XMMS2, as a way for "those new to Linux" to see:
a) a wonderful example of what USED TO BE A MAJOR PRINCIPLE of Linux....one app for one job that does the job well.
b) the FILE SYSTEM...it is a marvelous introduction, in a very compact display, to exploring "the file system".
however...the appearance of the file structure itself is......"old"... (BUT NOT THE SKIN!!) ..and therefore well off the radar of those who love the "bling".
So....XMMS was dropped by the developers in favour of XMMS2 which is just a "pure sound server" that has to have a "client", like Esperanza or Gxmms or Abraca.
And the devs for XMMS2 are to be congratulated and give many hearty rounds of applause for their work which has had influence far and wide from the seemingly small app of XMMS2...
But, whilst noodling around in various dungeons that have been long left to grow dusty and mouldy by the dragons therein....
the old woodsmoker found:
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/
The sources for Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) 32- and 64-bit x86 does indeed, put XMMS into synaptic, one does not even need to do apt-get!
One will need to do some experimentation in the input and output module because there are several options, and the one that is HIGHLIGHTED will be the one that is used and the button to apply has to be pressed, really...pressed....
It will take a few seconds for the module to work its way through the system so don't just run the volume on the controller up thinking it is "low"..
OR the better half MAY be hollering at you about being lifted from the chair or bed in the other room by the ... VOLUME!!!
One can change the settings in real time while the player is playing something ...
And....they even fixed the old bugaboo that many had with XMMS, it plays a.... .pls file!!!
One will not get a menu item, one can run it from terminal but it will close when one closes the terminal. The executable is in usr/bin for those who want to make a menu item....which I have done!!
Ohhhh just think of all those skins!!! I love it!!
woodlovin'itsmoke
Some few readers may remember the ol' woodsmoker's article at Linux Forums advocating the use of XMMS, not XMMS2, as a way for "those new to Linux" to see:
a) a wonderful example of what USED TO BE A MAJOR PRINCIPLE of Linux....one app for one job that does the job well.
b) the FILE SYSTEM...it is a marvelous introduction, in a very compact display, to exploring "the file system".
however...the appearance of the file structure itself is......"old"... (BUT NOT THE SKIN!!) ..and therefore well off the radar of those who love the "bling".
So....XMMS was dropped by the developers in favour of XMMS2 which is just a "pure sound server" that has to have a "client", like Esperanza or Gxmms or Abraca.
And the devs for XMMS2 are to be congratulated and give many hearty rounds of applause for their work which has had influence far and wide from the seemingly small app of XMMS2...
But, whilst noodling around in various dungeons that have been long left to grow dusty and mouldy by the dragons therein....
the old woodsmoker found:
http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~knuta/xmms/
The sources for Ubuntu Karmic (9.10) 32- and 64-bit x86 does indeed, put XMMS into synaptic, one does not even need to do apt-get!
One will need to do some experimentation in the input and output module because there are several options, and the one that is HIGHLIGHTED will be the one that is used and the button to apply has to be pressed, really...pressed....
It will take a few seconds for the module to work its way through the system so don't just run the volume on the controller up thinking it is "low"..
OR the better half MAY be hollering at you about being lifted from the chair or bed in the other room by the ... VOLUME!!! One can change the settings in real time while the player is playing something ...
And....they even fixed the old bugaboo that many had with XMMS, it plays a.... .pls file!!!
One will not get a menu item, one can run it from terminal but it will close when one closes the terminal. The executable is in usr/bin for those who want to make a menu item....which I have done!!
Ohhhh just think of all those skins!!! I love it!!
woodlovin'itsmoke 
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