Hi,

I like this player a lot!

However, one thing I am missing is an option to prelisten to songs on a second sound device (that's a feature that I like about the yammi project -- http://yammi.sourceforge.net/ )

I would really like to see this in AmaroK, cause it is quite useful on parties....
What do you think?

Maybe you should post this request as an example of possible plugin, because i think this is not a standard user wish

Heh, I was thinking of suggesting this myself. amaroK isn't supposed to be a DJ app, but if it had this feature it could be used for folks who occasionally DJ.

Maybe a plugin would be a good idea.

Well,

you are right, there is other DJ Software around and amaroK does not necessarily need all those special features like bpm-calculating, crossfading, etc.

However, I do like that particular feature. Just think of it: You could change your playlist and be sure that the next song is the one you wanted. No more "Oh, no skip that one. It's a different song I wanted". No more tiresome zapping...

Whether it should be implemented as a plugin or not, I am not so sure. That's really up to the guys who do the coding. Whatever is easier for you.

I am happy to read that somebody else considers it useful....

But wouldn't you know what music was on your playlist?! I mean, why would you download/rip music and not know what it is?!

Of course I know what music I got in my collection. But how about the transitions between songs. I don't always remember the beginning of the song I'm about to insert into a playlist. Does it fit or does it cause an abrupt break in the flow?

Um, you're at a party and someone hands you some MP3 CDs with dozens of tracks. This is exactly what happened to me. It would've been nice to be able to preview the music I wasn't familiar with (at least not familiar with the track title).

And anyways, who has their entire collection of music memorized. Well, someone with a small music collection I guess. But those folks can stick to mpg123.

Did anything ever come of this? is there a plugin that exists?

Ian Monroe wrote:And anyways, who has their entire collection of music memorized.

1. Get http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=40231
2. Add a little *.txt to each album folder with your personal "review"

That's what I did with *all* of my albums, works like a charm...
...but yeah, then again I only have 200 albums, adding a few each month.

And yes, I think I can say that I know all those albums pretty damn well.

(The same for covers - add covers to your collection if you want to enjoy the cover features of Amarok.
Amazon look-up is nice but for my collection it's a joke as most of my albums are not on Amazon anyway.)

Quality over quantity - the solution to so many self-caused problems asked on this forum!