Which music player would you like to see in MX KDE?

[gimcrack]

@CharlesV Thanks, for that! I now see how I can add them, once I have the URLs.

Am I correct in saying that there is no "search" in Strawberry for internet radio stations or podcasts?

I frequently like to search for internet radio stations, like, "70s", or, you guessed it, "opera"; I also like to search for podcasts, e.g. "Sean Carroll".

Is there any way to do that in Strawberry?

I do not believe there is a search for stations. If I attempt to search it only searches my library.

That's what I feared.

This is why my vote is for Clementine, even though it's not updated/maintained.

Still works like a charm, though!

That's why I'm with Clementine to. If it ain't broken, I stick to them. I have over dozen, non-maintain applications. Most were built to do one thing well. If well still stands, I'm stick with it until it don't have two legs to stand on.

[Dearth]

IMHO, having abandoned/unmaintained apps as defaults is generally not the best practice.

Especially when there are maintained alternatives.

[operadude]

IMHO, having abandoned/unmaintained apps as defaults is generally not the best practice.

Especially when there are maintained alternatives.

OK, but not an "alternative" for me, since it doesn't provide the functionality I want.

Just my personal preference. Maybe others aren't into the whole internet radio thing, and, "there's nothing wrong with that", to quote a famous 90s sitcom.

Also, I know I'm in the very clear minority, given that I don't do most "apps", e.g. Spotify, just because I don't have to, and, I'm "retrograde".

I see that in this post I have become one of those very annoying people who constantly is using the air-quotes-gesticulation-thing

[asqwerth]

@CharlesV Thanks, for that! I now see how I can add them, once I have the URLs.

Am I correct in saying that there is no "search" in Strawberry for internet radio stations or podcasts?

I frequently like to search for internet radio stations, like, "70s", or, you guessed it, "opera"; I also like to search for podcasts, e.g. "Sean Carroll".

Is there any way to do that in Strawberry?

I like Strawberry for managing my music library and also its smart playlists.

However, for internet radio [and also extracting music/video files from youtube videos], I use qmplay2, which @Stevo takes upon himself to package the updates regularly. It has a nice search function for radio stations, though I have to admit nothing turned up when searching for "Sean Carroll". "Opera" and "70s" got search hits.

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[AK-47]

VLC is an excellent player, and can also do simple transcoding and such.

But what about the KDE app Dragon Player: https://apps.kde.org/dragonplayer/

[operadude]

@CharlesV Thanks, for that! I now see how I can add them, once I have the URLs.

Am I correct in saying that there is no "search" in Strawberry for internet radio stations or podcasts?

I frequently like to search for internet radio stations, like, "70s", or, you guessed it, "opera"; I also like to search for podcasts, e.g. "Sean Carroll".

Is there any way to do that in Strawberry?

I like Strawberry for managing my music library and also its smart playlists.

However, for internet radio [and also extracting music/video files from youtube videos], I use qmplay2, which @Stevo takes upon himself to package the updates regularly. It has a nice search function for radio stations, though I have to admit nothing turned up when searching for "Sean Carroll". "Opera" and "70s" got search hits.

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Thanks! and thanks to @Stevo for maintaining QMPlay2

I totally forgot that I delved into this a while back, and already have some stuff set-up on it!



I was able to find Sean Carroll's "Mindscape" podcast by using the YouTube search func:



It looks like it can search for internet radio stations, and get podcasts, but only if they are on YouTube. However, it won't give me a link to an entire podcast channel, just individual episodes. What I am really interested in for the Podcasts, is to basically use an RSS feed, so that I can subscribe to a given podcast, and then update and download current episodes. This functionality exists with Clementine (using gpodder.net and/or iTunes), but I can't find it, neither with Strawberry, nor with QMPlay2. Oh, well...

Yeah, I really do like QMPlay2, but haven't been using it, since Clementine just does everything I want.

Although, I gotta say that having the built-in YouTube functionality is a major plus

Maybe I'll just use both...

[ghunter]

@operadude and others

qmplay2 does not appear to have podcast by master link...agreed but can play individual feed agreed

vlc is what you are after

https://itsfoss.com/vlc-tricks/

https://imgur.com/a/LDSBPFo

[dings]

... "opera"; I also like to search for podcasts, e.g. "Sean Carroll".

+1

My music player is Quod Libet, mainly because of the music library capabilities it provides.

I haven't yet used it for podcasts and internet radio, but:
It can subscribe to podcasts, I don't know whether it provides a directory
https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/lat ... casts.html

And it can browse internet radio
https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/lat ... radio.html

[operadude]

@operadude and others

qmplay2 does not appear to have podcast by master link...agreed but can play individual feed agreed

vlc is what you are after

https://itsfoss.com/vlc-tricks/

https://imgur.com/a/LDSBPFo

Thanks for the tip on getting icecast on vlc.

For podcasts on vlc, I will already need the url for the podcast, and then it.

Doesn't look like there's any search for podcasts.

Both of the above are built-in, and clearly visible on the sidebar of Clementine.

Thanks, anyway...always good to have more tools in the toolbox

[operadude]

... "opera"; I also like to search for podcasts, e.g. "Sean Carroll".

+1

My music player is Quod Libet, mainly because of the music library capabilities it provides.

I haven't yet used it for podcasts and internet radio, but:
It can subscribe to podcasts, I don't know whether it provides a directory
https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/lat ... casts.html

And it can browse internet radio
https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/en/lat ... radio.html

Thanks for that...will take a look.

From the docs from your link, re: internet radio stations:

If you don’t know any good stations, the Stations… button will let you select some.

Not sure about the Podcast "browser"; unclear from the docs if it provides a robust search for podcasts.

Will take a look.