Amarok

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Contents 1 About 2 Features 3 Download 4 Troubleshooting 4.1 No sound from Amarok 4.2 Music Collection Doesn't Show Up in Amarok 2 4.3 Intermittent Sound 5 See Also 6 External links

Amarok The Audio Player for KDE Developer: The Amarok Development Squad Package Info (pin) openSUSE 11.2 openSUSE 11.1 openSUSE 11.0 License: GPL Website: http://amarok.kde.org/

[edit] About Amarok is a music player for Linux and Unix with an intuitive interface. Amarok makes playing the music you love easier than ever before - and looks good doing it. Amarok has excellent streaming support, visualisations, smooth crossfading and the unique "Context Browser", separating this player from existing KDE solutions. At the same time Amarok provides a very intuitive and quick user interface, with unparalleled playlist handling, and a lightning fast music catalogue.

Features

1. Quick and simple drag and drop playlist creation
2. Super eye-candy interface
3. Multiple backends supported ( xine, helix and NMM)
4. 10 band equalizer
5. Automatic cover art download using Amazon services
6. The unique and powerful Context Browser
7. Automatic play-statistics generation (iRate style)
8. Full lyrics download
9. Read about your bands with embedded wikipedia browsing!
10. Funky visualisations from libvisual and XMMS
11. KDE integration
12. Streaming from any KIO source
13. Crossfading
14. Podcasting Support
15. Fully configurable translucent OSD for track changes
16. K3B (CD-burning) integration
17. Style your Context Browser with custom CSS styles
18. Save space in your Context Browser with collapsable boxes
19. Show the Context Browser without Amarok open through the Konqueror sidebar!
20. Full support for Last.FM! Share your music taste with friends on the net
21. Generate dynamic playlists based on last.fm suggestions
22. Support for SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases ensuring fast collection access
23. Support for your iPod, iRiver and generic USB device with the all new media-browser
24. Powerful scripting interface, allowing for easy extension of Amarok
25. Complete DCOP access
26. Translated into more than 50 languages, thanks to the KDE localization team.

Download

The latest version of Amarok is available from the KDE:Backports repository

Troubleshooting

No sound from Amarok

Use Configure Amarok to set the sound engine to GStreamer, and choose GStreamer's ALSA-plugin to get sound sent to openSUSE's default sound subsystem, ALSA.

Music Collection Doesn't Show Up in Amarok 2

Amarok 2 needs mysql installed in order for the collection to properly work. Install libmysqlclient-devel and mysql from software management. Version 5.0 works. Restart amarok and rescan collection.

Intermittent Sound

Try using xine as the amarok engine.

See Also

• XINE
• MPlayer
• KPlayer - another KDE player and library, also plays video
• KDE

External links

• Amarok Home
• Amarok LiveCD
• KPlayer Home
• KDE
• MusicBrainz