It seems like people just cannot have enough of Amarok 1.4. Earlier we have already reviewed Clementine, a port of Amarok 1.4. Now we have two more Amarok 1.4 clones – Gereqi and Pana. Both of them are relatively small projects and if you still want Amarok 1.4 you might want to check them out.

By default, Amarok uses SQLite to maintain the library and other data such as ratings, play-counts etc. However, Amarok also comes with support for MySQL databases, although it is not enabled by default. With larger library (like mine which is around 50GB) I find that using MySQLis faster than when using SQLite. So, here is [...]

Clementine is a music manager cum player. It is a port of Amarok 1.4 (Music Manager) for the Windows platform.

The Amarok team has announced the release of Amarok 2.3 codenamed “Clear Light”. The new release has a much requested feature – an Equalizer. The equalizer however uses kdelibs 4.4 , so you will have to be running KDE 4.4 for it to work. As Amarok 2 is largely stable by now, for Amarok 2.3, [...]

We have already told you how to install Amarok 2.3 Beta 1 in Kubuntu. However, we have not really written anything else about what new features and improvements will come with Amarok 2.3. However, the Amarok team has very conveniently revived the Amarok Insider. So, here is whats new in Amarok 2.3 from their own [...]

Amarok is an audio player for Linux that needs no introduction. This article will outline how you can install Amarok 2.3 Beta 1 codenamed “Altered State” in Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. So, before you proceed, remember that this is a beta and there is every possibility of it breaking. So, to install Amarok 2.3 Beta [...]

Amarok 2.2.2 has been out for quite sometime. With this release, the Amarok team has changed the layout of some familar components a bit. The option to select random track/album or playlist/track repeat is no longer in the toolbar as it used to be.

Amarok 2.2.2 Beta 1, nicknamed “Tattoo” was released about a week ago. Now, it is available for (K)Ubuntu 9.10 users in the Kubuntu Beta PPA. Amarok 2.2.2 Beta 1 “Tattoo” brings many new changes. Most notable changes are two features from Amarok 1.4 series that has made a comeback:

If you are using Amarok in GNOME, then you need to check out this tip in order to set a proxy for Amarok.

Amarok is one of the most widely used music players in Linux. But there is this weird problem with Amarok in Ubuntu (and Kubuntu) as right after you install Amarok in Ubuntu or Kubuntu, you won’t be able to play MP3 files directly even if you have installed the required media codecs. In this article [...]

A lot has been said regarding the upcoming release of Ubuntu, that is Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, – its new looks, new features etc. However, understandably, its KDE counterpart, Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, has been largely ignored and not a great deal of noise has been made about it. Here, in this article, we look [...]

Amarok 2.2, codenamed “Sunjammer”, is now out of beta and the final version has been released now. The Amarok team has also announced that Amarok 2.2 will now come with Karmic Koala, which is due for release on 29th October. It, however, is not available for Jaunty and as they have said, there is no [...]

The Amarok team is on its way to releasing the next version of Amarok i.e. Amarok 2.2, code named “Crystal Clear”, with the release of its first beta. Quite a few changes has been introduced with this version. The lots of work has been done with the playlist. It now supports multi-level sorting and full [...]

Amarok is the most faved Music Player in Linux for many. Even we here at Digitizor use Amarok as our default music player while on Linux. Though Amarok has a decent number of built-in scripts, it still lacks a decent script (plugin) for fetching music lyrics  from the web. Since people listen to foreign music [...]

For some unknown reason, I (as well as many other) like to set my currently playing track as my status in Gtalk and other IM clients. In Windows, with Gtalk and Winamp, this can be done done very easily. (From Winamp 5.5, there is a bit of problem.) But in Linux neither the GTalk client [...]

Fedora 10 ships with Amarok 1.94. If you install the the amarok-extras-free world package then you may not get your Mp3s to still play. This is because the amarok-extras-free depends on two more packages (dont confuse with dependencies) named: libtunepimp-extras-nonfree and xine-lib-extras-nonfree.