AFAIK, !available_for_linux(napster);
..however, wget can download in the background.
I like xaudio better than mpg123 because it seems to have less overhead
and greater tolerance of malformed mp3's.
If you want a fancy player, you can use X11AMP, it nicely emulates WinAMP
in most ways.
For MP3's, you might also check out www.iuma.com.
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Chris Fowler wrote:
> http://www.napster.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David S. Jackson [mailto:">dsj@sylvester.dsj.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 5:40 PM
> To: ">ale@ale.org
> Subject: [ale] mp3's
>
>
> This is probably on a FAQ or a maillist-thread somewhere, but
> could someone point me to:
>
> 1. a free repository of mp3's for blues and jazz music?
>
> 2. a tool that I can use to download them (via 28.8 modem) in the
> background?
>
> 3. a linux tool that will plug into Netscape so you can play
> streaming mpg3s?
>
> I'm using mpg123 right now, but mp3.com won't let you see the
> actual filename you're downloading, or the path thereto, I guess
> because they want you to use their front-end with the built-in
> marketing info suction device. :-)
>
> TIA!
>
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