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  1. Driven - by sound, If you're asking me, no, I'm not dual-booting. Have ditched Apple for a custom PC a couple of months ago. I can't remember how I was dual-booting when I got a Mac, but googling you can easily learn the few steps. If you're asking something else, please tell exactly which part is confusing for you? I know it's not what you're asking but, in the above instructions, regarding permanantly mounting the shares I've omitted a crucial part and I can't edit the original post. So for anyone interested it should be like this: If you have a network drive, the better way of accessing it is to mount it permanently as a regular system directory. To do that open a terminal window and enter these commands one at a time again: sudo apt-get install samba smbfs gksu gedit /etc/fstab At the bottom of the opened file paste this line (but make sure there's an empty line after your pasted entry): //AAA.AAA.A.AAA/SHARENAME home/USERNAME/Shares smbfs username=BBBBB,password=CCCCC 0 0 Change AAA.AAA.A.AAA to the ip adress of your network drive Change SHARENAME to whatever directory it's in your network drive (like public, or public/music etc) Change USERNAME to your user name Change BBBBB to your username in your network drive Change CCCCC to your password in your network drive Now you'll see in your home directory a new directory, Shares. This acts like a regular folder of your system and when you tell MPD/GMPC about your music directory you can locate your music folder in that newly created directory.
  2. Exactly -just like every other audio player in the planet!
  3. AudioDoctor, Forgot to mention. It has some plugings. Open Synaptic Package Manager and search for gmpc. There you'll see some plugins one of which is gmpc-albumview; gmpc-plugins contains almost all the plugins in one package. Cover sizes are too big though and I've filed a bug for that as well. Let's hope for the best regarding the utilisation of local cover arts. Such a brilliant player with such an exclusive absurdity.
  4. Well, this is the only weird part. I've filed a bug, but: Burak: Album view doesn't show embedded or in-folder cover arts and fetches [sometimes] wrong ones. I can't change this behaviour as there's no Metadata Helper option in Preferences either. Developer: Did you enter the music directory under: Connection -> music directory. This has to be the same directory as mpd's music_dir looks at. Burak: Yes, I did. Developer: Then it should normally show in-folder art just fine. If you install the gmpc-exifplugin it should show embedded. ... New gmpc relies purely on libglyr to provide metadata. So even if this bug exists, it is not relevant for development. Status - assigned => closed Resolution - open => won't fix And I can't install that plugin.
  5. Hapless_linux_dude, Unfortunately I can't help you there. I'm a newbie myself, but in this way you can install a working mpd configuration in your Ubuntu machine though you need to change the last command (which is for local usage): sudo apt-get install mpd-userspace to this: sudo apt-get install mpd In MPD wiki there are a lot of console clients which may be what you're looking for.
  6. Glad to hear that. Yes, it's fine. You can install and try some other clients as well, since MPD is already configured, but non of them is as good as GMPC. If you'd like a minimalist companion you can install Sonata though.
  7. AudioDoctor, Haven't read all the posts, but if you want MPD with its best client, GMPC, open a terminal window and paste these commands one at a time followed by carriage returns: sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com CA0EB130 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gmpc-trunk/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gmpc sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C116A57C sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gmpc-trunk/mpd-trunk sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mpd-userspace Launch GMPC. Change "Default" to "AutoMPD". Click the folder icon to choose your music folder, that is, if it's not in the /home/music folder. If your audio files are on a network drive, right click on the empty space in your home folder window and chosse "Show hidden files". Then click the folder .gvfs. And then click until you reach your music folder. Then hit OK and click "connect". And wait for MPD to finish creating its database. That's all. On another note, if you have a network drive, the better way of accessing it is to mount it permanently as a regular system directory. To do that open a terminal window and enter these commands one at a time again: sudo apt-get install samba smbfs gksu gedit /etc/fstab At the bottom of the opened file paste this line (but make sure there's an empty line after your pasted entry): //AAA.AAA.A.AAA/Shares smbfs username=BBBBB,password=CCCCC 0 0 Change AAA.AAA.A.AAA to the ip adress of your network drive Change BBBBB to your username in your network drive Change CCCCC to your password in your network drive Now you'll see in your home directory a new directory, Shares. This acts like a regular folder of your system and when you tell MPD/GMPC about your music directory you can locate your music folder in that newly created directory. A couple of months ago I've switched from Mac to Linux and am satisfied with MPD/GMPC. It's extremely light: no CPU usage and under 20 MB of RAM with around 1000 (Flac) albums.
  8. http://cedillerecords.org/music/index.php
  9. Thank you, khollister. Yes, Mac seems to be the reasonable route. I was just hoping this to be proven wrong!
  10. I'm a long time Mac user and now, mainly because my eMac is too noisy, I need something new. It will be used as a general purpose computer: audio, video (with remote), word processing and web surfing (no gaming or wifi-ing something). Because of the seemingly plausible arguments that one could build a better computer cheaply and because I like and sympathise with the open source idea (and dislike Windows) I've begun considering Linux Mint. But then I've read that, even if I could overcome the hardware compatibility issues and manage to get as quiet a computer as a new Mac, it's impossible or almost impossible for the likes of me to get bit perfect output in Linux. I don't think I have golden ears and I've read that the bit perfectness might not be all that important, but again I see that it doesn't hurt either (I like reassurance). Besides, XBMC seems to have some issues in Linux as well. Looked for an alternative and found PC-BSD which (being not a distro, but both kernel and OS) seemed more stable and equally easy, as well as having bit perfect output and easy XBMC installation. Yet in an "opensound" forum I've read that both BSD and Linux suffer from low quality algorithms or something. Now would you advice me to go back to Mac OS X again and be done with it without headache? Or would you point out PC-BSD or Linux as a safe route? Thanks in advance, at least for reading.
  11. Previously it was free. The below link might convince you that it's not something to be treated as a Trilateral Commission conspiracy (and yes, there're peer reviewed studies): 1) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-0260&language=EN A couple of other interesting links: 2) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2009-0216+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN 3/a) http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/environmental_issue_report_2001_22 3/b) http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/radiation-risk-from-everyday-devices-assessed Some resolutions: 4) http://www.icems.eu/other_res.htm 5) http://www.icems.eu/resolution.htm 6) http://www.starweave.com/freiburger/ Some actions: 7) http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3974159/ 8) http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/germany-warns-citizens-to-avoid-using-wifi-401845.html 9) http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080324/NEWS/803240314/1033/NEWS 10) http://libr.org/plg/wifiresolution.php 11) http://www.weepinitiative.org/Thorold_NIAGARA.html 12) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article642575.ece 13) http://www.next-up.org/pdf/FranceNationalLibraryGivesUpWiFi07042008.pdf 14) http://www.next-up.org/pdf/France2WiFiInPublicLibrariesInParisMoratorium30112007.pdf 15) http://www.robindestoits.org/SENAT-PROPOSITION-DE-LOI-0,6V-m-maximal-pour-la-telephonie-mobile-et-suspension-du-Wifi-Wimax-17-04-2009_a806.html 16) http://www.next-up.org/pdf/The_mayor_Herouville_Saint_Clair_Calvados_France_remove_wifi_schools_28_04_2009.pdf 17) http://www.next-up.org/pdf/The_mayor_Herouville_Saint_Clair_Calvados_France_remove_wifi_schools_28_04_2009.pdf 18) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6366590.ece 19) http://www.next-up.org/pdf/Liechtenstein_confirms_its_intention_to_adopt_BioInitiative_standard_06Vm_09_06_2009.pdf 20) http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/?p=1126 21) http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/GrenelleEtCem.php#1 22) http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/italia/2009/12/16/AMq01yCD-invalidita_telefonino_giudice.shtml ...
  12. There are some serious reports, sources etc. necessitating a precautionary approach and limiting the exposure to these fields. One is BioInitiative Report: http://www.bioinitiative.org/
  13. I wouldn't advice adding anything to library in Play.app. Its interface is unusable and it's not what you want. As for the service, in Tiger or Leopard, open Apple Menu/System Preferences/Keyboard and Mouse/Keyboard Shortcuts (tab). Scroll down, click at the end Application Keyboard Shortcuts/All Applications. Then click plus sign. Enter the exact phrase in the Menu Title field, i.e. Play Selected File, and insert the keyboard combination you want in the Keyboard Shortcut field. Do not insert any combination already in use by the system. In Snow Leopard, open Apple Menu/System Preferences/Keyboard/Keyboard Shortcuts (tab)/Services (on the left). Then scroll on the right to find the service title, i.e. "Play Selected File" and give it a keyboard combination. Now in Finder browse to the directory holding your Brandenburg Concertos. Click on the folder once and then use your shortcut. Hope this helps.
  14. You can use Play.app without building a library. It has a service, "Play Selected File" whic plays folders as well. So by using a shortcut you can play any folder (album) you want from Finder. You can try Cog or Vox as well.
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