amaroK 2.0.1.1: Excellent Audio Player with Covers and Smart Lists

Hailed by many esperadísimo and by many others, amaroK 2.0.1.1 is possibly one of the best audio players for Linux, Unix and FreeBSD. It includes a database that allows the creation of branches or smart playlists based on several criteria, in addition to bringing all that one needs in terms of audio playback, up to a manager and the ability to cover off the letters of the Internet of songs.


Its interface is divided into two panels: the files are right next to the audio playback controls and left a series of panels where they consult the database of statistics and audio playback, browse the available devices (eg iPod) or burn audio CDs directly from the library. In addition, we will always have access to information about the current track, including the title or lyrics of the song, but also the names of other albums of the artist and access to various Internet services.

The most flexible and interesting program is to create playlists that can save and listen later, such as tracks newer songs played, lists by genre, artist or year, etc.. Integration makes it easier to K3b burning playlists. Finally, amaroK 2.0.1.1 uses the DCOP protocol by which you can use scripts to add additional functionality to the player. Menus, interface options and make an excellent amaroK 2.0.1.1 audio player plus an option recommended for libraries with tens of thousands of items, and it is very respectful of the system resources.
Recent changes in Amarok:
Added read / write configuration Apis QtScript
Removed menu KBookmarks
Improvements in organization of the dialogue series
Last.FM service updated
Corrigenda
To use amaroK 2.0.1.1 need:
Operating system: KDE X11
Minimum requirements:
Kdelibs 3.3
Ruby 1.8
Taglib 1.4
Qt-x11 3.3.8
xine-lib 1.1.2
Helix
SQLite, MySQL or PostgreSQL
KDE-Base 3.3 (optional)
K3B 0.11 (optional)
libtunepimp 0.5 (optional)
KDEmultimedia 3.3 (optional)
Libvisual 0.4, plugins Libvisual and SDL 1.2 (optional)
libmp4v2 (optional)
libgpod 0.4.2 (optional iPod support)
libifp 1.0.0.2 (optional support iRiver)
libnjb 2.2.4 (optional support for Creative Zen and Dell DJ)
libmtp 0.1.1 (optional support for PlaysForSure)
libkarma 0.0.5 and OMFS 0.6.1 (optional USB support for Rio Karma)