MediaMonkey alternative

wanakutia · 2012-12-17 14:04:17

Hi guys,
would someone recommend me closest alternative to my sweet MM:
On windows7 I haven't using it in full potential but for me it's perfect to managing my 300+gb music library with various music formats. Also converting, volume analizing for rebalance large playlist contain different formats, sync to your device (phone, player anything capable U plug-in), UI for everyone in everyway. I know thats maybe ultimate media player and I couldn't find anything close to this on linux. clementine, rhythmbox and rest small players just crashing after loading library and start creating playlists...

I have to mention that I tried wine back on ubuntu but it didn't work well- very slow, no connection to internet, couldn't even add music to library... but that was ubuntu.

closest I have found is xbmc but this lorry-software may not work on my tiny laptop - anyway xbmc got slightly different purpose and different functions than MM... sad

Thanks for any ideas and sugestions,
cheers big_smile

hinto · 2012-12-17 14:20:34

You'll get many recommendations from many people, so I'll start...
I use Clementine, before that Banshee, and I tried Songbird.
-Hinto

wanakutia · 2012-12-17 14:31:54

thanks hinto,
I'm on crunchbang now not ubuntu so I'll try again clementine, songbird is not known to me so, I'm happy to test it.
Maybe U know some player that can play mp3, ape, flac analize their volume (rebalance to one level) but not change it permanantly?
May thanks,
cheers wink

hinto · 2012-12-17 14:35:17

As I recall... The ones I mentioned could, provided you have the codecs.
If you find player that won't play a particular format, search synaptic for the missing ones.
-Hinto

b0wter · 2012-12-17 14:36:22

I've had the same trouble when I switched to Linux a couple of years ago. Yet, my main issue was the user interface which is to me where MM really excels. The best replacement I've found so far is gmusicbrowser. It has tons of built-in interface styles and some of them work very well.

As for the more advanced features you are asking for I have no idea hmm

wanakutia · 2012-12-17 14:47:27

thanks guys,
I'll try all of them. If there's missing codek I check synaptic.
Cheers.
p.s. I see a lot of testing comming up cool

VastOne · 2012-12-17 20:43:26

Regarding GMusicBrowser, I will take a look at mediamonky's interface and see if I can create a layout that matches what it is and does.

Lord Stranger · 2012-12-17 21:54:04

Gmusicbrowser can handle large libraries too.

wanakutia · 2012-12-20 05:34:27

hi,
I tested gmusicbrowser - well, that's one big confusion. GMB can easly handled 200+GB library. When you lauch it, small interface with basic controllers comes up - well, ok; to browse your library U have to open another (big) window - ok; search need to be defined what U looking title, artist, etc; on the bottom side we have track info and quick links like: filter this artist, choose album from artist, etc. very handy, ; but one U start playing it is difficult to add, modify, even look on your playlist. This's realy pain. lightweight but not for quick launch,drop&play.

wanakutia · 2012-12-20 05:36:07

and
banshee - large library slowing down player, but it's ok. interface - fairly good. library managing, queuing and searching pretty handy. only when U create queue list it doesn't work like playlist so U can't repeat or shuffle... to bad, quick drop, play and mix it (random play) is very comfy and save U time.

wanakutia · 2012-12-20 05:52:06

and at last,
rhythmbox - pretty lightweight, easy to organize music, can manage large library, not realy for internet adds like scarbbler, lirics etc. just for music. however, still queue not quick playlist (I was able to turn shuffle on but it doesnt worked...)

thanks for recommendation, waiting for more.
cheers

wanakutia · 2012-12-20 06:02:00

this looks enough for me now,
Clementine - it feels pretty heavy on RAM. nice, friendly interface. comfy queue composition. U can shuffle however U want. My library (200+GB) has been scanned but not to the end ... adding folder even in my external hard drive is very easy, however when I try add my whole music folder or folders inside, separately Clementine keeps jamming on start up. when I unmarked all scanning and rescanning options in menu it starts fine but when you try to rescan for changes it's never reaching to 100% always around 95%. Clementine got nice option scrabbler and graphical mood (it doesn't really helps with anything but looks nice lol . also, U can convert tracks between major formats. I'll try to find the way to solve library issue.

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shurito · 2012-12-22 01:26:04

clementine works best for me (150gb) and never crashes on my system. It offers all the features i need and has a good interface.

For just playing music, musique could be interesting too for you. It has almost no features but a nice interface. Unfortunately scanning the library is very slow, because the software tries to download the cover images from lastfm (if i remember right).

I think Songbird just offers versions for Windows an Mac since two years, but there's a project called Nightingale to bring it to linux users.

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