Qmmp: continued. Alternative Interfaces
This topic is a continuation of the previous one about the wonderful Qmmp music player. Based on the comments, many do not like its winamp-like GUI, but few know that it supports alternative interfaces (thanks to dexon ). In this topic, I will consider two alternative interfaces: qsmmp (in native qt) and qmmp fooUi (as the name implies, foobar is similar).
Ubuntu 10.04 system was used, Gnome with the standard Human theme.
Caution, a lot of pictures.
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To install you need to download from the repository and compile the source. To do this, we do:
The installation requires the qmmp and qmmpui header files, and the corresponding libraries (for Ubuntu, you need to install the
We start, we look. What is? Standard menu bar, toolbar to control playback, two windows for the collection and playlist and statusbar. All that is needed.
The toolbar contains standard playback buttons, volume control (a square between the buttons and
slider. It is changed by scrolling the mouse wheel), the slider to scroll through the song, and information about the length of the song.
The collections window has two tabs: a list of playlists and a file manager.
The file manager allows you to quickly and easily add the desired songs to the current playlist. Since my music on the disc is ordered, the file manager can serve as a replacement for the library.
By the way, the collections window can be dragged. You can change its position relative to the playlist, or delete it altogether. You can restore a deleted window by right-clicking on the toolbar.
Playlist displays a list of songs table. The keys are Ctrl + A , Del . One unpleasant feature is that if a song is without tags, then its full path is written in the Title field.
It works drag'n'drop from the standard file manager (in my case,
The menu bar is hardly functional. The most important menu items are: Settings and Equalizer . The settings are standard, almost no different from the settings in the original interface.
Equalizer is called in a separate window.
Easy, simple and not overloaded interface. His main task, playing music, performs perfectly. In development (the last changes were made on June 9). Supports multilanguage.
Setup is similar to Qsmmp, i.e. need to download from the repository and collect.
We start, we look. Menu bar, toolbar, and tabbed playlists. Agree, nothing superfluous. The interface is Russified.
Toolbar, unlike the previous one, already contains a volume control. All items (play buttons, volume control, scroll slider) are moveable. You can customize as your heart desires.
To merge playlists into tabs, I believe, was a great solution. Playlist displays songs list. Uncomfortable, but the Ctrl + A and Del keys are not supported. This is done from the Edit menu.
Drag'n'drop from file managers is supported.
Songs without tags are shown by dashes.
All operations with the playlist are performed from the File and Edit menu items.
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Also, from the File item you can select the program settings. The settings, as in the previous case, are not much different from the standard ones.
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From the rest of the menu items, you can put Always on top and bring up the equalizer settings that appear in a new window.
An even easier and simpler interface. Having a volume control, combining playlists into tabs can be considered an advantage over qsmmp. But there are drawbacks: there is no support for the Select all (Ctrl + A) and Delete (Del) keys, there is no built-in file manager.
As you can see, these interfaces can be quite suitable for use, although they are not perfect. But the work on them is underway, and in the near future you will be able to enjoy new buns. I want to say that all of the above is purely my opinion, which may not coincide with yours. The choice is yours!
PS Screenshots turned out a bit blurry. I do not know why this effect. Excuse me.
Ubuntu 10.04 system was used, Gnome with the standard Human theme.
Caution, a lot of pictures.
Qsmmp
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Installation
To install you need to download from the repository and compile the source. To do this, we do:
git clone git://gitorious.org/qsmmp/qsmmp.git
cd qsmmp
qmake
make
The installation requires the qmmp and qmmpui header files, and the corresponding libraries (for Ubuntu, you need to install the
libqmmp-dev and libqmmpui-dev packages).Overview
We start, we look. What is? Standard menu bar, toolbar to control playback, two windows for the collection and playlist and statusbar. All that is needed.
The toolbar contains standard playback buttons, volume control (a square between the buttons and
slider. It is changed by scrolling the mouse wheel), the slider to scroll through the song, and information about the length of the song.
The collections window has two tabs: a list of playlists and a file manager.
The file manager allows you to quickly and easily add the desired songs to the current playlist. Since my music on the disc is ordered, the file manager can serve as a replacement for the library.
By the way, the collections window can be dragged. You can change its position relative to the playlist, or delete it altogether. You can restore a deleted window by right-clicking on the toolbar.
Playlist displays a list of songs table. The keys are Ctrl + A , Del . One unpleasant feature is that if a song is without tags, then its full path is written in the Title field.
It works drag'n'drop from the standard file manager (in my case,
nautilus ).The menu bar is hardly functional. The most important menu items are: Settings and Equalizer . The settings are standard, almost no different from the settings in the original interface.
Equalizer is called in a separate window.
findings
Easy, simple and not overloaded interface. His main task, playing music, performs perfectly. In development (the last changes were made on June 9). Supports multilanguage.
Qmmp fooUI
Installation
Setup is similar to Qsmmp, i.e. need to download from the repository and collect.
git clone git://gitorious.org/qmmp-fooui/qmmp-fooui.git
cd qmmp-fooui
qmake
make
We start, we look. Menu bar, toolbar, and tabbed playlists. Agree, nothing superfluous. The interface is Russified.
Overview
Toolbar, unlike the previous one, already contains a volume control. All items (play buttons, volume control, scroll slider) are moveable. You can customize as your heart desires.
To merge playlists into tabs, I believe, was a great solution. Playlist displays songs list. Uncomfortable, but the Ctrl + A and Del keys are not supported. This is done from the Edit menu.
Drag'n'drop from file managers is supported.
Songs without tags are shown by dashes.
All operations with the playlist are performed from the File and Edit menu items.
.Also, from the File item you can select the program settings. The settings, as in the previous case, are not much different from the standard ones.
.From the rest of the menu items, you can put Always on top and bring up the equalizer settings that appear in a new window.
findings
An even easier and simpler interface. Having a volume control, combining playlists into tabs can be considered an advantage over qsmmp. But there are drawbacks: there is no support for the Select all (Ctrl + A) and Delete (Del) keys, there is no built-in file manager.
General conclusions
As you can see, these interfaces can be quite suitable for use, although they are not perfect. But the work on them is underway, and in the near future you will be able to enjoy new buns. I want to say that all of the above is purely my opinion, which may not coincide with yours. The choice is yours!
PS Screenshots turned out a bit blurry. I do not know why this effect. Excuse me.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/96108/
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