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) Screenshot of JuK | |
| Original author(s) | Scott Wheeler |
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| Developer(s) | Michael Pyne |
| Initial release | February 3, 2004 |
| Stable release | 20.04.2[1] / 11 June 2020 |
| Preview release | Non [±] |
| Repository |  |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Unix-like, Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | Various[2] |
| Type | Audio player |
| License | GPL |
| Website | juk www |
JuK is a free software audio player by KDE, the default player since K Desktop Environment 3.2.[3] JuK supports collections of MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC audio files.
JuK was started by Scott Wheeler in 2000, and was originally called QTagger; however, it was not until 2002 that the application was moved into KDE CVS, where it has grown into a mature audio application. It was first officially part of KDE in KDE 3.2.[4]
Features
Though an able music player, JuK is primarily an audio jukebox application, with a strong focus on management of music,[5] as shown by features such as:
- Collection list and multiple user defined playlists.
- Ability to scan directories to automatically import playlists (.m3u files) and music files on start up.
- Dynamic Search Playlists that are automatically updated as fields in the collection change.
- A Tree View mode where playlists are automatically generated for sets of albums, artists and genres.
- Playlist history to indicate which files have been played and when.
- Inline search for filtering the list of visible items.
- The ability to guess tag information from the file name or using MusicBrainz online lookup.
- File renamer that can rename files based on the tag content.
- ID3v1, ID3v2 and Ogg Vorbis tag reading and editing support (via TagLib).
References
- ^ "Release 20.04.2". 11 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ http://i18n.kde.org/stats/gui/trunk-kde4/po/juk.po/
- ^ Pinto, Henrique (February 22, 2004). "Deep inside the K Desktop Environment 3.2". Ars Technica. p. 3. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
- ^ http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelogs/changelog3_1_5to3_2.php
- ^ Molkentin, Daniel (June 2004). "Play and manage your music with JuK 2.0" (PDF). Linux Magazine. pp. 78–79. Retrieved February 18, 2009.