replacement for xmms?

[Jack L.]

I'd love to keep xmms but it seems gtk1 was removed from ports in the
latest FreeBSD ports release so running xmms became problematic. I
guess after 20 years of using xmms, it was time to move onto something
of this decade

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 2:16 AM Samy Mahmoudi <samy.mahmoudi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> xmms was so great ! I still use it and even managed to build a pulseaudio
> plugin last year, as I needed to be able to switch between outputs while
> playing (can OSS do that ?).
>
> Why do you need a replacement for xmms ? I have personally noticed some
> minor problems with xmms:
> • old-style GTK+ menu
> • accented characters don't display correctly
> • while xmms is running, I can't easily switch between virtual desktops
> (xfce4 + compiz)
> • audio format compatibility (still pretty large with plugins)
>
> I will have a look at the recently deprecated x11/gtk-theme-switch and the
> gtkrc file for the first two problems, although looking for a modern
> alternative is probably the best way to go.
>
> Le jeu. 17 janv. 2019 à 01:27, Robert Huff <roberthuff at rcn.com> a écrit :
>
> >
> >         I'm looking for something not too complicated, that runs in a
> > GUI.
> >         Suggestions?
> >
> >
> >                         Respectfully,
> >
> >
> >                                 Robert Huff
> >
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