I expected my MP3 player series will end with the last post – but the comments pointed to some other players. Two players stood out – so I decided that I will review them as well. The first one is Listen. Its a Gtk player written in Python.
Features
- Supports Shoutcast Webradio
- Supports Podcast
- Multiple Display modes
- Wikipedia Integration
- Native Lyrics Support
Disadvantages
- No Global Shortcuts
- At least, none that I could find.
- “Interesting” Layout
- The layout is kinda different from the standand layout of amaroK, Exaile, Rythmbox etc. I am still getting used to it. But once you get the hang of it, it could turn out to be a better system than the one that the other players use.
Advantages
- OSD
- Shows up on mouse hover and track change.
- Tray Icon
- Supports play/pause with middle click.
- Music Library
- Listen has a music library – but it supports only a single folder as its library folder.
Hmm…
I never thought I’ll find player more comfortable for me than BCPlayer.
But it happened =) Hope I’ll not regret.
Hope this one really have something great cause I need some time to learn and get adapted with the new layout…
Yeah, listen is nice, I find I using it mainly for webradio.
Listen will not play MP3’s for me in OpenSuse 11.1,,,, only ogg.
Amarok hates my linux box, and I personally dislike Rhythmbox. This was a great change, and was very easy to install! Thanks for the great review!