Development on Rhythmbox to cease :(

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- joeysneddon said...
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- 16 Mar 2009, 21:20
Development on Rhythmbox to cease :(

Rhythmbox will not be developed on after it's next 0.12 release according to the Rhythmbox development team.

In a mailing list message the dev-team said that although they hope to make a new release 'in the next month or so', after that there are no plans '...to do
much new development work on the rhythmbox project as it currently
exists.. [rhythmbox] is too much of a dead end to do more than that"

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1078732
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/rhythmbox-devel/2009-February/msg00023.html

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[quote][b][user]joeysneddon[/user][/b] said: Rhythmbox will not be developed on after it's next 0.12 release according to the Rhythmbox development team. In a mailing list message the dev-team said that although they hope to make a new release 'in the next month or so', after that there are no plans '...to do much new development work on the rhythmbox project as it currently exists.. [rhythmbox] is too much of a dead end to do more than that" http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1078732 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/rhythmbox-devel/2009-February/msg00023.html[/quote]

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- ralphi91 said...
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- 19 Mar 2009, 10:12
that's extremely sad. If i knew anything about programming in linux and had a bit more time I would definitely help out continuing development.

Rhythmbox is the best player for linux and i'd be very disappointed to see it disappear.

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Ralphi

[quote][b][user]ralphi91[/user][/b] said: that's extremely sad. If i knew anything about programming in linux and had a bit more time I would definitely help out continuing development. Rhythmbox is the best player for linux and i'd be very disappointed to see it disappear.[/quote]

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- dimkal said...
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- 19 Mar 2009, 16:51
please digg

http://digg.com/linux_unix/End_of_road_for_Rhythmbox

[quote][b][user]dimkal[/user][/b] said: http://digg.com/linux_unix/End_of_road_for_Rhythmbox[/quote]

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- rjrjr said...
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- 20 Mar 2009, 02:21
Well, that's unfortunate. However, I switched to Banshee and I'm really impressed. I recommend it to people looking for a good substitute. It also has video support.

[quote][b][user]rjrjr[/user][/b] said: Well, that's unfortunate. However, I switched to Banshee and I'm really impressed. I recommend it to people looking for a good substitute. It also has video support.[/quote]

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- brettalton said...
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- 21 Mar 2009, 15:42
very sad

I've been using Rhythmbox since Ubuntu 4.10, but I have noticed very little improvement to the player of the last year and have been wondering myself if Banshee will replace it as a default music player.

Of course, Rhythmbox isn't actually a part of GNOME, so it's very possible.

Also, I'm looking for a way to import all my playlists and settings from Rhythmbox to Banshee if someone can help.

[quote][b][user]brettalton[/user][/b] said: I've been using Rhythmbox since Ubuntu 4.10, but I have noticed very little improvement to the player of the last year and have been wondering myself if Banshee will replace it as a default music player. Of course, Rhythmbox isn't actually a part of GNOME, so it's very possible. Also, I'm looking for a way to import all my playlists and settings from Rhythmbox to Banshee if someone can help.[/quote]

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- rjrjr said...
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- 24 Mar 2009, 23:11
Well, the magic of open source is that a project being dropped by a developer doesn't mean it's going to die. It can always be picked up by someone else. I neglected to think of that. I didn't do any migration to Banshee, so I can't help you there. It's also kinda buggy for me, it relies on mono, which is also a minus in my opinion, I've gotten lots of random crashes that trace back to mono. I guess we'll see. I'm trying Banshee, but not uninstalling Rhythmbox any time soon.

[quote][b][user]rjrjr[/user][/b] said: Well, the magic of open source is that a project being dropped by a developer doesn't mean it's going to die. It can always be picked up by someone else. I neglected to think of that. I didn't do any migration to Banshee, so I can't help you there. It's also kinda buggy for me, it relies on mono, which is also a minus in my opinion, I've gotten lots of random crashes that trace back to mono. I guess we'll see. I'm trying Banshee, but not uninstalling Rhythmbox any time soon.[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 26 Mar 2009, 15:00
that is sad news

Rhythmbox is my favorite media player, moving to banshee isn't an option, because then my ratings and play count don't transfer (have playlists based on that. Yes, I am a geek lol)

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: Rhythmbox is my favorite media player, moving to banshee isn't an option, because then my ratings and play count don't transfer (have playlists based on that. Yes, I am a geek lol)[/quote]

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- MadProgrammer said...
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- 29 Mar 2009, 12:34
Why "sad" ?

I don't see the point. Rhythmbox is finished. It just works. Why has there work to be done? There's no reason to switch to another player.

[quote][b][user]MadProgrammer[/user][/b] said: I don't see the point. Rhythmbox is finished. It just works. Why has there work to be done? There's no reason to switch to another player.[/quote]

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- joeysneddon said...
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- 29 Mar 2009, 23:25
ll

One thing that annoys me about Banshee is that it only scrobbles if you listen to 100% of the track - i prefer having it 50% (which rhythmbox uses).

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[quote][b][user]joeysneddon[/user][/b] said: One thing that annoys me about Banshee is that it only scrobbles if you listen to 100% of the track - i prefer having it 50% (which rhythmbox uses).[/quote]

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- pallando14 said...
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- 2 Apr 2009, 16:43
I guess I’ll switch to Songbird..

[quote][b][user]pallando14[/user][/b] said: I guess I’ll switch to Songbird..[/quote]

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- Dibell said...
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- 3 Apr 2009, 18:51
Re: Why "sad" ?

MadProgrammer said:
I don't see the point. Rhythmbox is finished. It just works. Why has there work to be done? There's no reason to switch to another player.

I agree ! :)

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[quote][b][user]Dibell[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]MadProgrammer[/user][/b] said: I don't see the point. Rhythmbox is finished. It just works. Why has there work to be done? There's no reason to switch to another player.[/quote] I agree ! :)[/quote]

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- dfigu003 said...
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- 6 Apr 2009, 00:45
Re: Re: Why "sad" ?

Dibell said:
MadProgrammer said:
I don't see the point. Rhythmbox is finished. It just works. Why has there work to be done? There's no reason to switch to another player.

I agree ! :)

there is always the matter of it becoming obsolete or problems with dependencies.

this is bad news, since no other music player i've tried is gapless.
anyone know a gapless player for at least ogg vorbis and mp3? aac would be nice as well and if it works with most formats (like foobar2000 in windows) i'd be in heaven.

[quote][b][user]dfigu003[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]Dibell[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]MadProgrammer[/user][/b] said: I don't see the point. Rhythmbox is finished. It just works. Why has there work to be done? There's no reason to switch to another player.[/quote] I agree ! :)[/quote] there is always the matter of it becoming obsolete or problems with dependencies. this is bad news, since no other music player i've tried is gapless. anyone know a gapless player for at least ogg vorbis and mp3? aac would be nice as well and if it works with most formats (like foobar2000 in windows) i'd be in heaven.[/quote]

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- sojyujai said...
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- 9 Apr 2009, 23:59
That's bad news. From time to time I try the other audio players in Linux but I always go back to Rhythmbox.

The last time I tried Banshee it didn't support gapless playback or replaygain - both are essential for a music player as far as I'm concerned. I was really annoyed that the Banshee devs have started adding things like video playback while their audio playback, lacking gapless and replaygain, is broken. If anyone knows that they've added support for these please let me know.

I'm sure I'll stick with Rhythmbox for a while since it's still works just fine. But I guess I'll eventually have to start testing other players. For me Amarok is probably the best alternative (even on Gnome) but maybe time to take another look at Exaile or Songbird...

[quote][b][user]sojyujai[/user][/b] said: That's bad news. From time to time I try the other audio players in Linux but I always go back to Rhythmbox. The last time I tried Banshee it didn't support gapless playback or replaygain - both are essential for a music player as far as I'm concerned. I was really annoyed that the Banshee devs have started adding things like video playback while their audio playback, lacking gapless and replaygain, is broken. If anyone knows that they've added support for these please let me know. I'm sure I'll stick with Rhythmbox for a while since it's still works just fine. But I guess I'll eventually have to start testing other players. For me Amarok is probably the best alternative (even on Gnome) but maybe time to take another look at Exaile or Songbird...[/quote]

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- Dibell said...
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- 10 Apr 2009, 11:49
sojyujai said:
For me Amarok is probably the best alternative (even on Gnome) but maybe time to take another look at Exaile or Songbird...

Songbird is very good too (it has some nice plugins)- but it sometimes doesn't launch the GUI...i think it has some major bugs... :(
I think Rhythmbox is still the very best player at the moment...apart from little scrobbling problems that could occour from time to time...

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[quote][b][user]Dibell[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]sojyujai[/user][/b] said: For me Amarok is probably the best alternative (even on Gnome) but maybe time to take another look at Exaile or Songbird...[/quote] Songbird is very good too (it has some nice plugins)- but it sometimes doesn't launch the GUI...i think it has some major bugs... :( I think Rhythmbox is still the very best player at the moment...apart from little scrobbling problems that could occour from time to time...[/quote]

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- santoposmoderno said...
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- 15 Apr 2009, 17:42
Sad news, but MadProgrammer has a point.

Rhythmbox plugins are still working so I don't have to worry (for now). If they fail someday, I'll switch to recently-updated Listen.

[quote][b][user]santoposmoderno[/user][/b] said: Sad news, but [url=http://www.lastfm.es/group/Rhythmbox/forum/8096/_/514479/_/9015042]MadProgrammer[/url] has a point. Rhythmbox plugins are still working so I don't have to worry (for now). If they fail someday, I'll switch to recently-updated [url=http://www.listen-project.org/]Listen[/url]. [/quote]

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- gbendotti said...
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- 17 Apr 2009, 16:07
Banshee doesn't cut it.

I need a player that knows about networks. Amarok is too clunky, Rythmbox is the only one so far that does the job.

[quote][b][user]gbendotti[/user][/b] said: I need a player that knows about networks. Amarok is too clunky, Rythmbox is the only one so far that does the job.[/quote]

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- Tom9729 said...
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- 26 Jul 2009, 21:23
Re: Re: Re: Why "sad" ?

dfigu003 said:
there is always the matter of it becoming obsolete or problems with dependencies.
Well there is a difference between development and maintenance. Rhythmbox will probably endure for a while yet because right now there are no viable alternatives (Amarok uses Qt, Banshee uses Mono).

[quote][b][user]Tom9729[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]dfigu003[/user][/b] said: there is always the matter of it becoming obsolete or problems with dependencies.[/quote] Well there is a difference between development and maintenance. Rhythmbox will probably endure for a while yet because right now there are no viable alternatives (Amarok uses Qt, Banshee uses Mono).[/quote]

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- georgegerm said...
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- 22 Aug 2009, 04:45
Re: Why "sad" ?

MadProgrammer sagte:
I don't see the point. Rhythmbox is finished. It just works. Why has there work to be done? There's no reason to switch to another player.

idem.

[quote][b][user]georgegerm[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]MadProgrammer[/user][/b] sagte: I don't see the point. Rhythmbox is finished. It just works. Why has there work to be done? There's no reason to switch to another player.[/quote] idem.[/quote]

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- LONGACRE said...
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- 29 Aug 2009, 10:18
Streaming URLs

I lost all my stream settings for RTE Radio1 in Ireland, when I updated to Ubuntu9.04.
Can anyone help me out on this??
Thanks

[quote][b][user]LONGACRE[/user][/b] said: I lost all my stream settings for RTE Radio1 in Ireland, when I updated to Ubuntu9.04. Can anyone help me out on this?? Thanks[/quote]

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- xbonio said...
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- 15 Sep 2009, 15:44
I think there's no solution.

[quote][b][user]xbonio[/user][/b] said: I think there's no solution.[/quote]

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- zbrukas said...
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- 21 Sep 2009, 12:47
sadsadsad

i like rhythmbox very much... but i've got admit songbird is getting a good development... still the 2nd best choice

[quote][b][user]zbrukas[/user][/b] said: i like rhythmbox very much... but i've got admit songbird is getting a good development... still the 2nd best choice[/quote]

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- imalinuxuser said...
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- 23 Sep 2009, 19:27
what's going to happen?

so which media player with be packaged with ubuntu after that?

[quote][b][user]imalinuxuser[/user][/b] said: so which media player with be packaged with ubuntu after that? [/quote]

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- uneasypeople said...
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- 24 Sep 2009, 22:31
flow my tears

I just found rhythmbox a few weeks ago and I've never been happier with a media player, now this. What gives?

[quote][b][user]uneasypeople[/user][/b] said: I just found rhythmbox a few weeks ago and I've never been happier with a media player, now this. What gives?[/quote]

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- Uber-Dude said...
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- 11 Oct 2009, 18:07
Banshee will be packaged with Ubuntu 9.10

Very annoying. I also hate the fact that nothing but gtkpod can create ipod playlists -_-

[quote][b][user]Uber-Dude[/user][/b] said: Very annoying. I also hate the fact that nothing but gtkpod can create ipod playlists -_-[/quote]

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- [Deleted user] said...
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- 31 Oct 2009, 13:47
hey guys.
i'm a bit new on linux but i also think that rhythmbox is the best musicplayer on this platform. does anyone of you know a player that is at least a bit like rhythmbox?

[quote][b][user][/user][/b] said: hey guys. i'm a bit new on linux but i also think that rhythmbox is the best musicplayer on this platform. does anyone of you know a player that is at least a bit like rhythmbox?[/quote]

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