Clementine is a modern music player and library organiser, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music. It is a multiplatform music player with Tabbed playlists, import and export M3U, XSPF, PLS and ASX, download missing album cover art from Last.fm, and queue manager.
I have used Clementine in previous versions, and though I liked it, it didn't compare to Winamp. it also didn't compare to Aimp3 or Foobar2000, however after experiencing issues with those, I went back to Clementine and was pleased to find it was better than before.
- Supports many file types
- Has ability to scrobble to last.fm
- Can listen to many different music services like Grooveshark and Spotify
- Can change the user interface colors
Cons
- No themes/skins
- Skips the mp3's occasionally
- User interface needs work (not pretty to look at - see cons #1)
- When the window is not maximized, album art is tiny. Wish there was a way to make the album art big no matter how small the player window is.
Summary
All in all a pretty good player. They might be able to fix all the problems, and I hope they do. Maybe they can make it look better, make it stop skipping, and keep album art at full size when window is not maximized. Other than that, really good player, and I recommend it for anyone seeking an alternative to Windows Media Player, iTunes, Foobar or Winamp.
Great on Linux never tried it on Windows
JohnnyMiri
Pros
1. Good selection tools for exclusive use of different audio interfaces. I use more than one external device and it is easy to set up for each one.
2. It hosts SOMA FM :D (a + point in my view)
3. Easy to navigate through thousands of music and audiofiles
4. Fast and responsive
5. Clear intuitive interface
6. Easy to install and configure
Cons
-Doesn't come even close to Foobar2000 which is clearly the best one for Windows (but that one is not as easy to get into the shape you want it)
- Doesn't have batch editing of tags for musicfiles. (important for organising your library and ripping CDs or burning CDs)
-Not many extensions available
Summary
I really like it, use it and would recommend it on GNU/Linux, but it is still a virgin on the Windows platform. It's good, but there are better ones out there among the offerings. It may be a strong contender in the future.
almost perfect. waiting for the 1.0.0
baddy_3-
Pros
its good ol' amarok 1.4 brought back to life.
one of the best gui and sound.
full win7 integration, with taskbar controls.
built-in file explorer, so no tag-management(also provided) is necessary.
Cons
not a lot of formats supported yet. but plays flac and ogg.
equalizer is bit unpredictable for first time users.eg: setting 16kHz slider too high will muffle the treble, while lowering it does the reverse.
too less bands in eq. stll trying to adjust bass with only 60hz and 170hz sliders available. there should be a 100hz slider in between.
Summary
amarok 2 really p**s*d me off. thanx to the developer(s) to bring 1.4 back to life.
background "extras" are unnecessary though. its the perfect cross-platform audio-player anyway.
Excellent Audio Player
kevintheelder
Pros
Having troubles with Windows Media Player, I've tried a half dozen other players, but have never been satisfied. This has a very simple ease of use and though I'm not totally happy, it is by far the best I've used for a no frills player.
Cons
Very large files take a loooong time to load. In addition, the counter of the number of tracks in the playing file apparently can't handle a lot of songs, at least those with over 10,000 songs. Also a 'Delete from disk' causes the program to crash.
Summary
This player seems in its infancy stage. There are bugs but the simplicity along with some very nice features have me looking forward to the next update. As far as I'm concerned, this looks to be my player of choice for my rather large collection.