[mythtv-users] Amarok and mythmusic

[Larry Sanderson]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:46:10 -0700, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
> I've been playing with amarok <http://amarok.kde.org/>.  It's by far the 
> slickest music player so far.
> 
> So....  I'll offer some beer-and-pizza for anyone who will make an 
> amarok plugin for myth...  (Sorry, C++ and Qt make me violently ill, so 
> I can't take up this torch...)
> 
> Seriously, any chance of lifting some of the Amarok code and adding it 
> to mythmusic?  The collection organizer is incredibly slick.
> 
> As long as I'm wishing, how about an automagic dynamic range whammie 
> jammie that scans a mp3 and adjusts the volume?  The volume on CDs keeps 
> getting louder and louder, and it's incredibly annoying to turn up an 
> old cut and then get blasted by a more recent cut.
> 
> --Yan

Well, as long as Amarok gets converted, then your volume tool should come
for free with ReplayGain:

http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=26073

I use Amarok all the time, and I agree that it is a very nice interface.