Re: Wanted: decent GNOME player with MP4/AAC support

[André Wendt <andre.wendt@web.de>]

Hans du Plooy schrieb:
> On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 01:37 +0100, André Wendt wrote:
> > * MP4/AAC support (unencrypted files)
> > * manage/browse my music library, preferably with drag and drop support
> > * GNOME interface (anything that requires kdelibs is IMO not fast enough 
> > and just looks ugly)
> [snip]
> > * Amarok: Not GNOME, therefore not tested.
> I guess you'll have to choose between something that's pretty but can't
> do the job, and something that doesn't please your eye, but can do the
> job.
>
> Amarok can do everything you want, provided you don't have crippled
> xine-lib.

I didn't want to be so ignorant as to not give amarok a try. It does 
what I want, but takes *forever* to load. Rhythmbox is up and running in 
2 seconds, Amarok takes between 8 and 10 seconds. It also feels a lot 
more sluggish to use.

The problem is not optics, therefore. I could live with something ugly 
as long as it does the job. But apart from amarok (which is a pain to 
use for me), there is no player with library support *and* AAC support, 
AFAICS.

Thanks anyway,
André