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Amarok music player tech preview released for Windows
But there's hope. As we told you a few weeks ago, there's a project in development that lets you run KDE Linux desktop applications under Windows. And Amarok happens to be a KDE application. When we first looked at KDE on Windows, Amarok wasn't available. But now there are binaries for a technical preview of Amarok 2.
All you need to do to install Amarok on Windows is visit the KDE on Windows project page and follow the instructions. Since you have to install a bunch of KDE components and not just Amarok, be prepared to download and install a lot of files. Like 268MB worth of files, even though Amarok itself takes up less than 20MB.
This is still a technical preview, and as such it's rather buggy. In fact the developers have asked users not to submit any bug reports, because they're busy working on the obvious ones. So don't expect miracles. In fact, don't expect Amarok not to crash. But for the most part, Amarok works on Windows exactly the same way it does on Linux, which is pretty cool. When it works.
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Subscribe to commentscarlFeb 14th 2008 3:45PM
Or you could get the perfectly free, full featured program that is J. River Media Jukebox, and not have to mess around with installing KDE just to get Amarok. I've been using some variant (sometimes free, sometimes not) of JRMJ for the last 6 years. Great program. http://www.mediajukebox.com/
MattFeb 14th 2008 4:00PM
Why are you idiots paying for iTunes when you can use J. River Media Jukebox? It's not just free. It's perfectly free. And Amarok? Forget that junk, they actually publish the SOURCE CODE for the program. That's inviting hackers to phish your music passwords 4 p2p.
SpectacularSecularDeveloperApr 6th 2008 6:01PM
Why use JRMJ when you could use WinAMP, which is just as free?
With JRMJ it looks like you need to upgrade to the JRMC (which is not free) to get plugins, skins and such things. I have pretty much settled on Amarok on Linux, and WinAMP on Windows until something better comes along for either. I am kind of watching for SongBird - which seems a bit quiet, but was a cool idea.
Bob SugarFeb 14th 2008 5:07PM
"Why are you idiots paying for iTunes when you can use J. River Media Jukebox? It's not just free. It's perfectly free. And Amarok? Forget that junk, they actually publish the SOURCE CODE for the program. That's inviting hackers to phish your music passwords 4 p2p."
Wow. Just...wow. I had no idea that this level of ignorance was still out there...
carlFeb 14th 2008 5:27PM
methinks he's being facetious. I hope.
JesusFeb 14th 2008 8:54PM
"So don't expect miracles. In fact, don't expect Amarok not to crash."
It sounds a little TOO much like iTunes for my taste.
torqueoFeb 15th 2008 7:52AM
Foobar2k is much better anyway (I've used both apps extensively). Yawn.
torqueoFeb 15th 2008 7:52AM
Foobar2k is much better than Amarok, anyway (I've used both apps extensively). Yawn!
CaptainMouse64Feb 15th 2008 8:18PM
I use XMplay, it's really one of the best if not the best music players. Really good!
CaptainMouse64Feb 15th 2008 8:18PM
I use XMPlay, it's one of the best if not the best music player. iTunes is sad compared to it.
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