gmusicbrowser 0.955 review

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 228K Developer: Quentin Sculo

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gmusicbrowser is an FREE open-source jukebox written in perl.

Here are some key features of "gmusicbrowser":
fast even with 10000s of songs (developped with 15000 songs on a duron800)
powerfull browser which doesn't interfere with the playlist
artist/album lock : easily restrict playlist to current artist/album
easy access to songs related to the currently playing song
songs from the same album
album(s) from the same artist(s)
songs with same title (other versions, covers, ...)
support ogg vorbis and mp3 files
fully featured tag editor (support all id3 versions, limited support for APE & lyrics3 tags)
simple mass tagging / mass renaming
support multiple genres for each songs
customizable named 'flags' can be set for each songs (ex : bootleg, live, ...)
filter history in the browser window
filters with unlimited nesting of conditions
customizable weighted random mode (based on rating, last time played, flag, ...)

Requirements:
perl
gtk+2 and its perl bindings
gstreamer and its perl bindings or mpg321/ogg123

What's New in This Release:
added support for translations (french translation included)
added '-tagedit' command-line option to just edit tags of files passed as arguments
Added support for flac files with id3v2 tags, the id3v2 tag is currently ignored
fixed the layout of the fetch_cover plugin options
fixed error when context area is displayed and follow playing song is checked, but no context plugin is activated
changed many things in the artist/album list menu
modified queue icon
Added options to disable wikipedia or lyrics tab in the mozembed plugin
renamed layout 'default' to 'default player layout'
layout files are now read in utf8
addedlistcmd command-line option to list the available commands (used for remote control via fifo or in layouts)
replaced "ChooseAlbum" control by a "Choose" control
small changes to some layouts