On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 7:19 AM, Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu> wrote:
Gerald B. Cox wrote:
> A much better choice, IMHO for people to use is qmmp - it's light weight,
I tried using it admittedly only for ~5 minutes and would not be
comfortable
advocating this as a default media player... offhand:
* interface is small (I guess that means I'm old, the UI text is
unreadably
small)
* not obvious how to configure it (at about 5 minute mark after clicking
about everywhere, finally tried right click -> settings)
* not preconfigured (as far as I can tell, it didn't automatically find my
music in ~/Music . I eventually found how to add it manually (after
finding "settings")
The default interface is to use the winamp skins. You don't remember
winamp - or never used XMMS? ;-)
In any event, your concerns can be addressed by simply choosing the "simple
user interface". If you
wanted that as the default, I'm sure we could speak to the maintainer or
upstream and they could
accommodate.
The best thing about qmmp is that it as far back as I remember, it has
always (and still is) a very
active, continuously maintained project. As Sudhir mentioned there are many
projects that are created
and haven't been maintained. QMMP is the opposite. It has always been
very active and maintained.
Weaknesses you've identified with QMMP can be addressed by using the
"simple user interface".
Those who are fans of Winamp can use the skinned interface.