File Details |
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| File Size | 85.4 MB |
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| License | Freeware |
| Operating System | Linux, Mac, Windows (All) |
| Date Added | May 15, 2013 |
| Total Downloads | 4,565 |
| Publisher | KDE.org |
| Homepage | Amarok |
Publisher's Description
Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before - and it looks good doing it.
Latest Reviews
shroom reviewed v2.4.3 on Oct 15, 2011
Avira dislikes the official Windows installer, and few other files inside.
90mb for Windows ? This is a joke (even the 17mb linux version sounds heavy).
Also : weird interface, a lot of firewall requests from kde and way too many processes running in background.
nilst2006 reviewed v2.4.1 on May 9, 2011
This can't be for Windows. Makefile ? Well, not in Windows....
Windows installer (large size):
http://kollide.net/~dgra...marok-2.4-git-win32.exe
Prospero424 reviewed v2.3.2 on Sep 27, 2010
There is indeed a Windows version now that you can supposedly actually use, but the installation instructions were so HORRENDOUS that I wasn't able to get it working. The Windows KDE installer still needs a whole lot of work, as do the instructions on the Amarok site for installing the software itself. They're pretty damned embarrassing as they exist currently.
It's not so much a "front end" for VLC, it just uses VLC as its decoding engine. Theoretically, the interface for the Windows and Linux versions should be almost identical since it's running on KDE either way. I just think it's kind of silly to knock it for having VLC as a dependency.
It's fantastic that they're obviously putting some effort into the Windows version (which they had made NO effort on previously), but the project just isn't quite there, yet. It needs some time unless you're already experienced with KDE under Windows.
For now, I suggest sticking to the Linux version, which I still think is the best music playback software available for any OS.
JethroB reviewed v2.3.1 Beta on Apr 19, 2010
The windows version appears to only be a front end for the VLC engine and codecs; so just use VLC until there is a real windows port.
styxchan reviewed v2.2 RC1 on Sep 24, 2009
Nothing beats Amarok on Linux. But if Songbird gets better it could be an alternative for me, because it is way more extensible than Amarok. But Amarok is still the best player. 5 full stars. Thank you developers, thanks for the free work.
Prospero424 reviewed v2.2 Beta 1 on Sep 8, 2009
Probably the single best music player out there when it works properly.
It'd be nice to get an actual Windows version out instead of having to download and install an out-of-date version of KDE, which is currently the only way to get Amarok for Windows.
shroom reviewed v2.4.3 on Oct 15, 2011
Avira dislikes the official Windows installer, and few other files inside.
90mb for Windows ? This is a joke (even the 17mb linux version sounds heavy).
Also : weird interface, a lot of firewall requests from kde and way too many processes running in background.
nilst2006 reviewed v2.4.1 on May 9, 2011
This can't be for Windows. Makefile ? Well, not in Windows....
Windows installer (large size):
http://kollide.net/~dgra...marok-2.4-git-win32.exe
Prospero424 reviewed v2.3.2 on Sep 27, 2010
There is indeed a Windows version now that you can supposedly actually use, but the installation instructions were so HORRENDOUS that I wasn't able to get it working. The Windows KDE installer still needs a whole lot of work, as do the instructions on the Amarok site for installing the software itself. They're pretty damned embarrassing as they exist currently.
It's not so much a "front end" for VLC, it just uses VLC as its decoding engine. Theoretically, the interface for the Windows and Linux versions should be almost identical since it's running on KDE either way. I just think it's kind of silly to knock it for having VLC as a dependency.
It's fantastic that they're obviously putting some effort into the Windows version (which they had made NO effort on previously), but the project just isn't quite there, yet. It needs some time unless you're already experienced with KDE under Windows.
For now, I suggest sticking to the Linux version, which I still think is the best music playback software available for any OS.
JethroB reviewed v2.3.1 Beta on Apr 19, 2010
The windows version appears to only be a front end for the VLC engine and codecs; so just use VLC until there is a real windows port.
styxchan reviewed v2.2 RC1 on Sep 24, 2009
Nothing beats Amarok on Linux. But if Songbird gets better it could be an alternative for me, because it is way more extensible than Amarok. But Amarok is still the best player. 5 full stars. Thank you developers, thanks for the free work.
Prospero424 reviewed v2.2 Beta 1 on Sep 8, 2009
Probably the single best music player out there when it works properly.
It'd be nice to get an actual Windows version out instead of having to download and install an out-of-date version of KDE, which is currently the only way to get Amarok for Windows.