JuK
JuK (pronounced
"jook") is a jukebox and music manager for the KDE
desktop similar to
jukebox software on other platforms such as iTunes or RealOne.
Juk is unique in the way it lets you organize your files in
multiple playlists in a simple and user friendly yet powerful way.
JuK allows you to edit the “tags” of your
audio files, and manage your collection and playlists/
This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE
multimedia module.
Juk 3.0.1
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Price
Free to download
Size
Part of KDE
License
GNU GPL v2
Developer
Scott Wheeler, Michael Pyne and contributors
Website
developer.kde.org
System Requirements
KDE
libakode2
Support
Sites:
Wiki
Selected
Reviews:
Linux
Magazine, Linux Journal
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Features include:
- An easy to use, playlist and metadata focused
interface with several playlist types:
- Collection List where the entire database of music is
shown and automatically updated based on folders the user has indicated
contain their music collection
- Search Playlists that allow for powerful combinations of
search criteria to produce dynamically updated playlists
- Dynamic Lists which are produced by using multiple
selection in the playlist selector and are a union of two or more
playlists
- Folder Playlists which represent a single folder in the
file system and are updated automatically based on its contents
- History Playlist which stores a history of the what the
user has played
- Play Queue, an enhancement of the popular Play Next
funtionality of previous versions that enables a manageable upcoming
queue of items to be played
- Player and tag editor for several
audio formats:
- MP3 (MPEG Layer 3 Audio)
- Ogg Vorbis
- FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- MPC (MusePack)
- Multiple audio output
backends:
- aRts (Default)
- GStreamer 0.8
- aKode
- Inline search for quick filtering of
the currently visible items
- MusicBrainz integration for file
identification on over the internet
- File renamer that renames files based
on the tag content
- A powerful tag editor that works
seemlessly with all supported music formats
- CD burning support via the popular K3b
tool
- Visually attractive, but unobtrusive
track announcements
- A Now Playing heads-up style title bar
featuring the album cover, links to show more from the playing artist
or album and a brief history of previously played items
- Cover art management via Google Image
Search
- Random play including Album Random
Play for randomly playing complete albums
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Last Updated Tuesday, February 14 2012 @ 03:26 PM EST
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