amaroK is an audio player (software) application for KDE. It is currently released independently from the kdemultimedia package, though this may change in the near future, with amaroK possibly replacing some of the older applications such as Noatun. It is part of kdeextragear, allowing it to have its own release cycle independent of the rest of KDE.

amaroK s name comes from the album Inc. The wolf icon returned in 1.3 release in a slightly different form. [http://kde-look.org/content/show.phpcontent=24708]

=Features of amaroK=

Here are the features of amaroK as of version 1.3: *Integrated cover manager with automatic album cover download from Amazon.com. *Display of Wikipedia article about the currently playing artist. *Automatic lyrics retrieval and display.(see image on right) *Playlist browser for managing collections of playlists. *Music-rating system. *10-band graphic equalization. *Crossfading (for GStreamer, Xine and aRts). *Welcome wizard for easy configuration. *Integrated iPod support. *Podcasting support. *Integrated CD-burning support using k3b. *Configurable color schemes. The context browser can be styled with Cascading Style Sheets. *Extended tag dialog with MusicBrainz and mass-tagging support. *Choice between using SQLite3, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. *Animated systray icon (optional). *KIO support for GStreamer, allows playback via remote protocols. *Native Audioscrobbler support. Dynamic playlists can be generated from suggestions given by Last.fm. (amaroK users are invited to join the [http://www.last.fm/group/amaroK%2Busers amaroK users] Last.fm group.) *A powerful scripting interface, allowing amaroK to be extended through any DCOP-supported language. *Support for several audio engines: **aRts (not maintained anymore, not recommended) **GStreamer **Helix project **Media Application Server (MAS) **Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware (NMM) **xine-lib

There is a friendly rivalry among users who choose amaroK, JuK (which is included in KDE), or the GTK1-based Winamp-clone XMMS as their media player.

=See also=

*List of audio players (software) *Comparison of media players

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