====== mp3b ======

//pronounce//: M-peb. - ''Music P* E* Browser'' for large collections.


===== About =====

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mp3b - (currently ''mp3b2'') is a standalone graphical database to access media-files.

Files are organized in a 3 level tree structure: **/** //Artist// **/** //Album// **/** //Song//.

**Features:**
  * builds database on file-system information only - //fast//
  * no id3-tags - but sync with external app (eg. xmms2 media lib, sqlite-db)
  * Find/Search/Jump-to files. 
  * drag/drop 
  * xmms2 integration (optional)
    * auto-queue random song (at end of playlist)
    * jump to currently played song
    * xmms2-drop box (dropped URLs (files or playlists) are appended to xmms2 playlist) 
  * <del>filter files on statistics</del> (until. mp3b-0.5.6, xmms1)


===== Download =====

  * {{oss:mp3b:mp3b-1.99.1.tar.gz|mp3b-1.99.1}} - source tgz
  * [[http://gareus.org/gitweb/?p=mp3b.git|git-web]]

  git clone git://robstar.dyndns.org/mp3b/ mp3b  
  cd mp3b
  ./autogen.sh
  ./configure
  make
  sudo make install


====== References ======

  * [[sf>mp3b]] - sourceforge project page of mp3b (CVS only)
  * mp3b''2'' has a loooong history of //80/20 software// predecessors: mp3browser (1998), xmms-aPEd(2002), mp3b(2005).
  * [[oss:xmms2:gx2ctl]] - gnome xmms2 control GUI

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