JuK
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 JuK in KDE Plasma 5 |
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| developer | Scott Wheeler et al. a. |
| Current version | 08/18/2 (October 11, 2018) |
| operating system | Unix-like (including Linux ) |
| programming language | C ++ |
| category | Jukebox |
| License | GPL ( Free Software ) |
| German speaking | Yes |
| http://juk.kde.org/ | |
JuK is a jukebox program from the KDE Software Compilation 4 . It supports MP3 , (Ogg) Vorbis , and FLAC audio files.
JuK was founded by Scott Wheeler in 2000 and was originally called QTagger . In 2002 the program was included in KDE- CVS , where it became one of the leading audio applications.
Abilities of JuK
JuK is mainly intended to manage audio files and can play these collections. The functions of the program are:
- Collection list and user-created playlists.
- Ability to browse directories and automatically add playlists ( .m3u files) and music files to collection on startup.
- “Create playlist from search” - these playlists change their content dynamically, depending on which files are present in the collection for the given criteria.
- Tree view mode for playlists.
- Playlist history to find out which file was played and when.
- Function to take track information from the file name or online from MusicBrainz .
- File renamer to rename files based on their title information.
- aRts or GStreamer playback.
- Read and write support for ID3 v1, ID3v2 and Ogg Vorbis title information (via TagLib ).
Web links
Commons : JuK - collection of images, videos and audio files
- official website (English)
- Interview with Scott Wheeler, author of JuK (English)