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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>gmusicbrowser</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="stylesheet.css"> </head> <body id="section_main"> <div id="header"> <h1><img style="width: 48px; height: 48px;" alt="application icon" src="icons/icon.png">gmusicbrowser</h1> <ul> <li id="menu_main"> <a href="/">Main</a></li> <li id="menu_ss"> <a href="screenshots.html">Screenshots</a></li> <li id="menu_download"> <a href="download.html">Download</a></li> <li id="menu_guide"> <a href="guide.html">Guide</a></li> <li id="menu_faq"> <a href="faq.html">FAQ</a></li> <li id="menu_dev"> <a href="devel.html">Development</a></li> <li id="menu_forums"> <a href="https://forum.gmusicbrowser.org">Forums</a></li> <li id="menu_wiki"> <a href="https://wiki.gmusicbrowser.org/">Wiki</a></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="sidethumb"> <li><a href="screenshots/gmusicbrowser_tarmac.png"><img src="screenshots/100.gmusicbrowser_tarmac.png" alt="screenshot of the default layout"></a></li> <li><a href="screenshots/QueueLibraryContext.png"><img src="screenshots/100.QueueLibraryContext.png" alt="screenshot of the layout 'Queue, Library & Context'"></a></li> <li><a href="screenshots/tabbed.png"><img src="screenshots/100.tabbed.png" alt="screenshot of the layout 'with tabbedlists'"></a></li> <li><a href="screenshots/songtree_example.png"><img src="screenshots/100.songtree_example.png" alt="screenshot of the SongTree"></a></li> <li><a href="screenshots/player_with_queue.png"><img src="screenshots/100.player_with_queue.png" alt="screenshot of the layout 'with queue'"></a></li> <li><a href="screenshots/SearchAndQueue.png"><img src="screenshots/100.SearchAndQueue.png" alt="screenshot of the layout 'Search & Queue'"></a></li> <li><a href="screenshots/itunelike.png"><img src="screenshots/100.itunelike.png" alt="screenshot of the layout 'itunes-like'"></a></li> </ul> <div id="content"> <h3>About</h3> gmusicbrowser : A customizable open-source jukebox for large collections.<br> by Quentin Sculo (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f3808286969d879a9dd5d0c5c7c895819696dd9581cca0869199969087ce949e86809a9091819c84809681d6c1c3d6c092d6c1c3">squentin@free.fr</a>)<br> <br> <h3>requirements</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.perl.org/">perl</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gtk.org/">gtk+2</a> and <a href="http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/">its perl bindings</a> (gtk3 version is in beta)</li> <li><a href="http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/">gstreamer</a><b>  or  </b> <a href="http://mpv.io">mpv</a> / <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/">mplayer</a> <b>  or  </b> <a href="http://mpg321.sourceforge.net/">mpg321</a>/<a href="http://www.vorbis.com/">ogg123</a>/<a href="http://flac-tools.sourceforge.net/">flac123</a>/<a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/">amixer</a></li>  <li>(optional) the <a href="http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Net::DBus">Net::DBus</a> module is needed to control gmusicbrowser through DBus or to use the included gnome multimedia keys plugin (for gnome >= 2.18)</li>  </ul> <br><br><br> <h3>main features</h3> <ul> <li>made with big (> 10,000 songs) libraries in mind <small style="font-style: italic;">(currently developed with over 32,000 songs)</small></li> <li>customizable window layouts (see <a href="layout_doc.html">layouts documentation</a>)</li> <li>artist/album lock : easily restrict playlist to current artist/album</li> <li>easy access to songs related to the currently playing song <ul> <li>songs from the same album</li> <li>album(s) from the same artist(s)</li> <li>songs with same title (other versions, covers, ...)</li> </ul> </li> <li>support ogg vorbis, mp3 and flac files (and opus/mpc/ape/m4a with gstreamer, mplayer or mpv)</li> <li>simple mass-tagging and mass-renaming</li> <li>tray icon, with a very customizable tip window, which can be used to control the player</li> <li>very customizable SongTree widget for a pretty list of songs (<a href="screenshots/songtree_example.png">example</a>)</li> <li>support multiple genres for a song</li> <li>support multiple artists for each song by separating them with ', ' or ' & '</li> <li>customizable labels can be set for each song (ex : bootleg, live, -'s favorites, ...)</li> <li>powerful search (nested conditions, can search any field using regular expression or fuzzy search)</li> <li>customizable weighted random mode (based on rating, last time played, label, ...)</li> <li>browse through pictures and pdf in the album's folder</li> <li>custom fields</li> <li>The possibility to act as a icecast server, to listen to your music remotely (very experimental)</li> <li>plugin system, included plugins : <ul> <li>nowplaying (to update an external program when the playing song changes)</li> <li><a href="http://www.last.fm">last.fm</a></li> <li>find pictures</li> <li>simple lyrics</li> <li>artist or album info</li> <li>customizable desktop widgets</li>  </ul> </li> </ul> <br> <h3>Plans :</h3> <ul> <li>read-only support for other formats, including videos (in git, only the audio part of videos can be played currently)</li> <li>add options to read/write custom fields from/to tags</li> <li>redesign the weighted random configuration to make it more customizable, support all the fields, and maybe clearer</li> <li>handling of static playlists could be improved</li> <li>improve the SongTree widget</li> <li>support wma file format</li> <li>better alternative layouts and more layouts widgets</li> <li>translations (see <a href="translations.html">this page</a> for the translation status, contact me if you are interested in translating to other languages)</li> <li>better command system</li> <li>web-radios</li> <li>skinned layouts (partly done, but still experimental)</li> <li>lots and lots of small things ...</li> </ul>  <br> Feel free to <a 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