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Tested on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 and Gutsy 7.10

Have you try amarok. Amarok as it say in web is a powerful music player for linux and unix .Amarok is a default player for kde desktop like kubuntu, opensuse, and other ( Ubuntu with Kde ). but we can install it on ubuntu based gnome.
Amarok have many future that must be needed by music lover. Example :

1. Lyric browsing automatically from lyricwiki , lyrics, and other lyric provider.
2. Art cover browse automatically from amazon
3. Save lyric that we has been browse to database manager like mysql or sqllite, so when you don’t have internet connection , you still can see the lyric.
4. Artist and album divided on good composition

And many other function, that we can dig from it.

So what are you waiting, just get it from http://amarok.kde.org or using your repository. In ubuntu, you can install it by command :

sudo apt-get install amarok

There is a new version ( Amarok 2.0 ) but i haven’t test it yet cause i like the stable version ( Amarok 1.4.9 )
If you using proxy for you internet connection ubuntu, read my article about proxy : http://www.dedyisn.net/2008/08/setting-proxy-amarok-di-ubuntu-hardy/
On Repository it say :

amarok is a versatile and easy to use audio player for KDE. Amarok tries to be a little different, providing a simple drag and drop interface that really makes playlist handling easy.
Features include:
- rapid playlist creation, with drag and drop from a directory view
- nice playlist browser for your existing playlists (PLS or M3U formats)
- collection-indexing support, for smart browsing and playlist creation
- possibility of accessing media via kioslaves, allowing you to play via smb:// or fish:// (normal streams are of course supported)
- inline ID3 tag editing, capable of retrieving tags via MusicBrainz
- album cover support: automatically displays album covers from the filesystem, or downloaded on the fly
- miscellaneous audio effects, including crossfading
- easy bindable global shortcuts, rich DCOP interface
- On-Screen Display (OSD), on track change or at keypress
- iPod and iRiver support
- Last.fm stream playing support (if ruby is installed)