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0 pointsrockdoe9y ago0 comments

And the prize for the worst analogy goes to...

Linux doesn't have anything like foobar2000. Note even close. The feeble attempts to name alternatives in this thread are evidence of it. You need to compose several other tools to get the major functions and you'll still end up with half the functionality (and 10 times the bloat!).

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michaelmrose9y ago· 1 in thread

So did you mean to say you can get 95% of the functionality with a few lightweight tools?

wander_homer9y ago

And can you name those lightweight tools, which work together nicely, use fewer resources and do almost everything foobar2000 does?

Here's a short list of requirements:

1. proper gapless-playback (which eliminates all GStreamer based players)

2. DSP support (during playback and when converting files)

3. ReplayGain support

4. Something like: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Title_...

which works everywhere (converter, tagger, searching, UI (columns, window title, status bar, ...), album art fetching, grouping, ...)

5. an SDK to allow equally powerful plugins

6. Custom keyboard shortcuts for everything (e.g. quickly switch the current DSP profile when you plug in headphones)

7. Auto-playlists

8. Automatically detect changes in the file system and update library accordingly

9. A powerful query language: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Query_...

10. CUE sheet support

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