Amarok (software)
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Amarok 2.6 ("In Dulci Jubilo")
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| Original author(s) | Mark Kretschmann |
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| Developer(s) | KDE |
| Initial release | June 23, 2003 |
| Stable release | 2.8 (August 16, 2013) |
| Preview release | 2.9 (August 16, 2015) |
| Repository | anongit |
| Written in | C++ (Qt) |
| Operating system | Unix-like, Windows |
| Type | Audio player |
| License | GNU General Public License Version 2 |
| Website | amarok |
Amarok /ˈæmərɒk/ is a cross-platform free and open-source music player. Although Amarok is part of the KDE project, it is released independently of the central KDE Software Compilation release cycle. Amarok is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
The project was originally started by Mark Kretschmann as a means of improving XMMS due to several usability problems, which interfered with the addition of new files to the playlist due to several user interface elements existing for one task. The original amaroK was created based upon the idea of a two-pane interface seen in Midnight Commander, and the first version of the software released solely by Kretschmann, was based upon the ideal of allowing users to drag-and-drop music into an interface in which the playlist was displayed on the right and information on the left.
After the initial release of AmaroK, several developers joined the project to form the “Three M’s” the first of whom was Max Howell, who acted as an interface designer and programmer for the project, alongside Muesli (Christian Muehlhaeuser), who also provided user interface insight and programming till the late 1.4 versions.
The program was originally named amaroK after a Mike Oldfield album of the same name. Later the artwork changed to reference Amarok, a wolf in Inuit mythology. The app's capitalisation was changed to Amarok in June 2006.
A new major version of Amarok, version 2.0, was released on December 12, 2008. On June 3, 2009, version 2.1 was released which reintroduced a few of the 1.4 features which had been missing from the initial 2.0 release, and introduced some features such as native ReplayGain support for the first time.
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