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Re: Foobar2000

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Post by arpa »

philamonster wrote: post #65
yawgmoth wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you happen to know if the story is written out anywhere?

https://torrentfreak.com/what-cd-shuts-down-following-report... https://torrentfreak.com/music-group-confirms-what-cd-raid-c...

41m € of alleged losses. And for that want, the library of Alexandria was burned down.

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by MarcelOlsz »

sidpatil wrote: post #28
zelag wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

oink and what.cd. Ahh, the memories.

what.cd was one of the greatest resources available on the Internet, in my opinion. Still sad it's gone. :-(

Met a lot of my best friends through there. Still hurts is gone.

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by nyanpasu64 »

CA0DA wrote: post #40

I love foobar. Are there any alternative programs that are similar to Foobar2000 on Linux?

Audacious is somewhat similar as a game emulation (eg. psf/spc) player, though I'm not sure if it's as powerful for building a media library.

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by toastercat »

Found foobar2000 in 2005 when I wanted a lightweight music player to play heavy metal while I played Counter-Strike Source.

17 years later and it is still my music player of choice. I've gone through maybe 6 different UIs/skins with it, all of them wildly different. My most recent being a sort of "return to form" [0].

I've since also set up a Raspberry Pi with OMV installed to act as my music server, so I can access my library from around the house.

[0] https://i.vgy.me/Bwv7Eq.png

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by globular-toast »

NikolaeVarius wrote: post #6

Foobar is one of the greatest pieces of software ever and Linux music software only dreams it can be as good as Foobar.

I haven't touched Windows in over 10 years (Linux only) and foobar2000 is the only piece of software I miss. It wasn't the UI or anything. Amarok is probably better. It was just how solid the software felt. foobar2000 was the only thing I could trust to send the right bits to my soundcard when I wanted them to be sent. All other audio software felt like the actual audio part was an afterthought and a hack that just barely worked.

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by clearing »

antihero wrote: post #3

Foobar2000 was such a golden age of music discovery (mostly through piracy forums) for me in my teens, used to spend hours upon hours customising it and posting the results on Hydrogen Audio while weird and wonderful music was downloading from yousendit, rapidshare, soulseek, and megaupload. Bands I now go see live and support through bandcamp now that I'm not poor! So much more exciting and engaging than fucking Spo…

THANK YOU for this recommendation. I've been trying numerous iTunes/"Music" alternatives but none have stuck, or their price point doesn't make sense for the offering. This looks perfect!

Re: Foobar2000

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Post by thomond »

ibz wrote: post #22
NikolaeVarius wrote: post #6

Foobar is one of the greatest pieces of software ever and Linux music software only dreams it can be as good as Foobar.

Foobar2000 was my favorite as well back in my Windows days. But on Linux I think cmus does a great job. What exactly does Foobar2000 have that cmus doesn't?

Does cmus even support MPRIS out of the box? Last time I used it it didn't.
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