
Cantata
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata/
Cantata is a (yet another!) client for the music player daemon (MPD). Originally started as a fork of QtMPC, the code is now *very* different. Cantata can be compiled with KDE support, or as a pure Qt4 application. The interface is very configurable - most views can be shown as either a list or tree structure.
Currently Cantata has the following views:
1. Library - Group by either Genre, Album Artist (or Artist if Album Artist not set), or Album
2. Folders - displays MPDs virtual filesystem. (This view is hidden by default)
3. Playlists - standard, dyamic, and smart
4. Internet - Radio Streams (allows saving of internet radio URLs, searching for stations via TuneIn or ShoutCast, station listings from; Digitally Imported (+Sky, JazzRadio, RockRadio), TuneIn, IceCast, ShoutCast, SomaFM, etc.) and Online services (Jamendo, Magnatune, SoundCloud, and Podcasts)
5. Devices - enables copying from/to USB-Mass-Storage (UMS) and MTP devices, and ripping AudioCDs
6. Search - search via MPD
The sidebar has a context menu, allowing you to control its style and what items are shown.
Refer to http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Client:Cantata, and https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CDrummond/cantata/master/README, for further information.
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NOTE: The screenshots on this page are out of date, and only reflect the 1.x codebase
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Releases may be downloaded from: https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata/releases
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2.3.0 2 years ago
Changelog is available at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CDrummond/cantata/master/ChangeLog
2.3.0 2 years ago
Changelog is available at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CDrummond/cantata/master/ChangeLog
azarilh
2 years ago
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CraigD
2 years ago
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azarilh
2 years ago
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classl3ss
3 years ago
The parts of the 'Collection Settings' I have filled in are 'Name', 'Host: localhost' and 'Music folder '/media/classl3ss/Tertiary/Music'. It should have adequate permissions. I looked at my ksysguard and Cantata is running as my user which has read privileges.
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CraigD
2 years ago
There are 2 ways which Cantata controls MPD:
"Basic" - where Cantata starts its own (per-user) instance of MPD. With this setting, Cantata configures the MPD folders, etc, for you.
"Standard" - This is the normal case where MPD is run system wide, or on another machine. Here Cantata cannot configure MPD - so it is up to you to alter MPD's config file, etc. to suit your settings.
Seeing as you are seeing the "Host:" option, then this would imply your are using a "Standard" collection. If so, then configuring MPD is a manual step, and Cantata cannot help with this.
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CraigD
2 years ago
There are 2 ways which Cantata controls MPD:
"Basic" - where Cantata starts its own (per-user) instance of MPD. With this setting, Cantata configures the MPD folders, etc, for you.
"Standard" - This is the normal case where MPD is run system wide, or on another machine. Here Cantata cannot configure MPD - so it is up to you to alter MPD's config file, etc. to suit your settings.
Seeing as you are seeing the "Host:" option, then this would imply your are using a "Standard" collection. If so, then configuring MPD is a manual step, and Cantata cannot help with this.
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herrbatka
4 years ago
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imruska
4 years ago
Can albums be sorted only by the year? If so, could you please make it possible to sort the albums alphabetically.
I'm using Cantata version 2.0.1, OpenSuse Leap 42.1
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CraigD
4 years ago
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imruska
4 years ago
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duvan
4 years ago
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rhsoftware
5 years ago
thanks for the seamless update to 2.0.0
if you hide the track-number column the list no longer jumps to the current track (found that out randomly after the update because the column was no longer hidden)
reason for hide it is that most tracks here don't have a tracknumber in the metadata
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CraigD
5 years ago
Also, please use the github issue tracker for bug reports.
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Okanda
5 years ago
First, thank you. Good app ;)
1. Some .APE/.CUE are not well listed. They are shown as just one long track.
2. I miss options like "Added to collection within last week", "Added within last month", . . . It's a must have.
Cheers from France.
Okanda
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Landis
5 years ago
The UI is Not cluttered and hard to use.
Amarok has become Too much, too involved.
I want to listen to my music not learn a new app : )
the use of MPD, seems like my music sounds clearer.
Thanks,
Landis.
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Ralsa
5 years ago
Is it possible?
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dadebue
5 years ago
Best regards
dadebue
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CraigD
5 years ago
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ShalokShalom_double
5 years ago
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thomas12777
5 years ago
It's not designed to "just play a file" at all.
Some clints "fake" random local file support by temporarily adding the files to the database, but i'd say you're rather looking for something like smplayer.
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CraigD
5 years ago
And as for 0 config - as long as MPD is using its defaults, then this too can work. Or at the least, provide a system-wide default Cantata config.
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thomas12777
5 years ago
If there's no local mpd server running, you can (given mpd is installed ... ;-) start one and connect it, but you sacrifice the wizard that asks the user what you want to do (in case mpd is just installed along libmpdclient and he actually wanted to connect his RasPi)
It's a trade-off, but my main objection would be "why use an mpd client just to abuse mpd to playback local files only" - and drop about everything (database, network, client/server) that's cool about the mpd approach.
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Is the http server btw. in the cantata process, ie. if you quit cantata, playback stops?
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CraigD
5 years ago
Does not affect my use case - where MPD is running on a Pi2
I agree, that MPD is not really meant for local file playback (or at least, that's not its strength). But, it is useful to be able to playback some local files. Again, seeing as my MPD is on another machine, I do use the in-built http server for this use-case (and for playing AudioCDs)
Yes, the HTTP server is in-process, and Cantata should remove any localy served files from the playqueue when it closes. I guess a separate cantata-http helper could be written (like cantata-dynamic) to serve the files...
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valius55
5 years ago
I am new in Cantata and I have problem with showing album covers.
I play my music from QNap server via transpost (MPD player) and DAC. Cantata works except showing the album covers which are saved in the each separate album file as Folder.jpg. Some covers are shown but they are taken not from my created directories but from internet. I tried everything (I mean "Music folder" option) but the problem is still there. Please help me, Cantata is the only option for me to control my music via computer. Thank you very mucg for your help !!!!
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ShalokShalom_double
5 years ago
https://github.com/cdrummond/cantata/issues
It will find more audience there. :)
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