Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 17:58:50 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1016668730.fffc1b@mired.org> To: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: phil.murphy@shaw.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downloading mp3 files (Really: how to find packages) Message-ID: <15506.35514.234616.234646@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020315132040.A31FABA05@i8k.babbleon.org> References: <20020315051116.25844.qmail@web11303.mail.yahoo.com> <20020315132040.A31FABA05@i8k.babbleon.org>
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In <20020315132040.A31FABA05@i8k.babbleon.org>, Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> typed: > On Friday 15 March 2002 12:11 am, you wrote: > | I now have my sound card configured, and xmms loaded. I want to install > | something similar to Morpheus, Napster,... to use in FBSD 4.5. I have > | searched the ports page and google, but mainly come up with mp3 > | players, converters, etc. Could someone please point me in the right > | direction? What sources of mp3 files do you use, or what program do you > | use to search for, and download, them? > Well, speaking personally, I don't. If I was going to use MP3s I'd rip them > off my CDs. If I didn't have CDs to rip them from, then clearly I don't > actually have the rights to that music, so I wouldn't download it. On the other hand, if you just have them on vinyl, then getting them over the internet might be the easiest way to get mp3s of them - especially if you no longer have a record player. > ls -d /usr/ports/*/*nap* for various napstar-like ports ; and ls -d > /usr/ports/*morph* for various morpheous-like ports. > > You'll find both "napster" and "morpheous" ports there, though the FreeBSD > morpheous port is in the graphics section, which makes me suspect it's a > differnet morpheous entirely. morpheous doesn't appear to be a file sharing tool. Personally, I use gnut, in net/gnut, which access the gnutella network. There's also audio/agbrowser, which is an audiogalaxy browser. It requires the KDE libraries, so I haven't given it a try, but I hear good things about audio galaxy in general. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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