Exaile is a
cross-platform
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free and open-source audio player,
tag editor
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and library organizer. It was originally conceived to be similar in style and functions to
KDE
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's
Amarok 1.4, but uses the
GTK
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widget toolkit
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Most widge ...
rather than
Qt. It is written in
Python
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and utilizes the
GStreamer media framework.
Exaile incorporates many features from Amarok (and other media players) like automatic fetching of album art, handling of large libraries, lyrics fetching,
Last.fm
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support, advanced tag editing, and optional iPod and MSC device support via plugins.
Compared to typical music players, Exaile is able to handle large music libraries without requiring a massive importing of all music files into its own organizational structure. To facilitate this, Exaile allows users to organize their music library in a wide variety of ways, such as by tags, group tags, smart playlists, genre, storage location, and more.
In addition, Exaile supports plugins that provide features such as
ReplayGain
ReplayGain is a proposed technical standard published by David Robinson in 2001 to measure and normalize the perceived loudness of audio in computer audio formats such as MP3 and Ogg Vorbis. It allows media players to normalize loudness for indi ...
support, an equalizer with presets,
previewing tracks via a secondary soundcard, and
Moodbar
Moodbar is a computer visualization used for navigating within a piece of music or any other recording on a digital audio track. This is done with a commonly horizontal bar that is divided into vertical stripes. Each stripe has a colour combinati ...
integration.
See also
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Quod Libet
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References
;Notes
Review: Exaile Makes Playing Music Simple and Stress-Free by LinuxInsider.com
Review: Exaile Media Player by linux.com
External links
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Exaile documentation
2009 software
Free audio software
Free media players
Linux media players
IPod software
Jukebox-style media players
Free software programmed in Python
Software that uses PyGObject
Software that uses GStreamer
Audio player software that uses GTK
Applications using D-Bus
Cross-platform free software
Tag editors for Linux
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