simple default audio player (no collection manager)
Something I've always missed on Ubuntu and the likes is the presence of a simple, no-frills audio player that lets you quickly open, say, an mp3 file you just need to give a quick listen to and be done with it.
I mean, media players that manage large audio collections are just fine but I don't feel that should be the default app when you (double)click on an audio file. There are two distinct scenarios in my opinion:
1. You want to listen to some music that you have already imported to your player: you open Noise first and there you have it.
2. You just want to listen to the latest podcast you've downloaded: you click on the mp3 file and listen to it through a very basic media player (you just don't care about importing it to anywhere).
I know you can have both with Noise, still I was thinking that in the spirit of elementary a super simple little player (something like Audacious?) would be nice.
Would that be redundant? Maybe, just thinking out loud :)
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i think you can use audience ?
-EbubekirK
I guess, sure, just like I can use Totem right now, but to each its own is what I say :)
-Giulio
for previewing mp3's a simple Files extension will suffice.
-voldyman
Agreed. Either that or elementary's own version of Winamp!
-Giulio
Noise uses delayed library loading to improve startup time, so you get the best of both worlds: it's quick to start up and play a track or podcast, but it's also the real thing. --shnatsel
