If you have ever dual-booted Linux and Windows like I have, you would know that Amarok for KDE (a GUI for Linux) is far superior to Winamp and iTunes. Since it was only found within Linux, every time I used Winamp I would always wish that I could have Amarok instead because of great features like:

* Excellent support for scripts (plugins)
* Doesn’t support any audio formats (all formats are installed through engines)
* Has a better album display:

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Plus many more features:

* Quick and simple drag and drop playlist creation
* Super eye-candy interface
* Multiple backends supported (xine, NMM and Helix)
* 10 band equalizer
* Automatic cover art download using Amazon services
* The unique and powerful Context Browser
* Automatic play-statistics generation (iRate style)
* Full lyrics download
* Funky visualisations from libvisual and XMMS
* Streaming from any KIO source
* Crossfading
* Fully configurable translucent OSD for track changes
* K3B (CD-burning) integration
* KDE integration
* Style your Context Browser with custom CSS styles.
* Save space in your Context Browser with collapsable boxes
* Show the Context Browser without amaroK open through the konqueror sidebar!
* Full support for last.fm! Share your music taste with friends on the net
* Generate dynamic playlists based on last.fm suggestions
* Support for sqlite, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases ensuring fast collection access
* Support for iPod®, iRiver® and generic UMS mp3 players with the all new media-browser
* Powerful scripting interface, allowing for easy extension of amaroK
* Complete DCOP access
* Translated into more than 35 languages, thanks to the KDE internationalization team.

Now this once Linux-only media hog is available on Windows in the new build dubbed Amarok2. The ease of this port/build is brought to us by the cross-platform C++ development toolkit Qt, which is similar to Java in the sense the code is internalized. This build is a big deal to me, since I like wolves more than llamas anyways.

1. L.T. says:
   April 27th, 2007 at 2:21 pm

   Better than iTunes? Horsesh*t!
   But seriously, it sounds extremely powerful but for me it’s all about ease of use.

   I find the only comparable jukebox/media player outside of iTunes is Songbird. It’s stable, open source, free, lots of add-ons and plug-ins and most important - supports Windows, Mac and Linux AND has 64 bit support.

2. Gemsi says:
   April 27th, 2007 at 11:34 pm

   I always love amarok when using my linux box, but I guess I will have to see if it works with me for windows, I find jetaudio hard to beat.

3. DickMcVengeance says:
   April 28th, 2007 at 1:07 pm

   I’ll give it a shot, since I’m less than happy with Winamp right now. Is it a horrible memory whore, though?

4. Cameron says:
   April 28th, 2007 at 2:57 pm

   It wasn’t on Linux, don’t see why it would be on Windows.

5. dr34mc0d3r says:
   April 30th, 2007 at 10:10 am

   I cant find the windows download link on their site….

6. Cameron says:
   April 30th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

   Well yeah, Amarok2 isn’t out yet… I forgot to say that. Expect the release within the next couple of weeks.

7. Venkata Babu says:
   September 30th, 2007 at 12:01 am

   Where is Amarok exe file…I have seen many sites says amarok came to windows. But no where i found download link for windows version…

   Any body used?? Can u please post the download link….

   Thanks