Client:Sonata

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Sonata - an elegant MPD client written in GTK+ and Python

[edit] Summary

• Latest Version: 1.6 - March 29, 2009
• Homepage: http://sonata.berlios.de/
• Screenshots: http://sonata.berlios.de/screenshots.html
• Downloads: http://sonata.berlios.de/download.html
• Maintainer(s): Scott Horowitz, Tuukka Hastrup
• Requirements: pygtk 2.12, gtk 2.12, python-mpd 0.2, tagpy(optional), taglib(optional)
• Description: an elegant MPD client written in GTK+ and Python
• Feature Requests: https://developer.berlios.de/feature/?group_id=7323
• FAQ: Client:Sonata/FAQ

[edit] Features

• Supports any stream supported by MPD
• Tag editing via taglib/tagpy
• Expanded and collapsed views, fullscreen artwork mode
• Library organized by folder layout on disk rather than tags by default
  • Tracks within folders are shown according to user-definable format from tags
  • Mode can be changed to Artist or Album or Genre tag-based view via icon in lower left corner of Library tab
• Automatic remote and local album art
  • Remote art supplied by Amazon.com
• User-configurable columns in Playlist view and Library View
• Automatic fetching of lyrics from Lyricwiki
• Playlist and stream support
• Popup notification on song change, pause/unpause
• Library and playlist searching
  • Filter as you type in playlist view
• Audioscrobbler (last.fm) 1.2 support
• Multiple MPD profiles
• Keyboard friendly
  • Hard-coded shortcuts, viewable in About->Shortcuts
• Support for multimedia keys
• Command line control
• Available in 24 languages