Kagu Media Player v1.0.10-3

Even though I'm not really completely satisfied by any of the currently available Maemo music players, this is IMO one of the better options currently available.

Pros: - Stable; I don't remember any crashes so far - Maemoscrobbler support is a very nice feature - The kinetic scolling both looks and works nice

Cons:

• Battery gets drained in a couple of days if I leave this running (even on background). However, to be fair, I think this is caused by a SDL feature/bug instead of a Kagu bug, see: http://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323
• The playlist management (adding/removing/rearranging songs in the list) is a bit clumsy and basic at the moment

Crash on n810 seems to be related to trouble reading id3tags for some files. Kagu was crashing when I had a handful of .wma files, but after I removed them, Kagu no longer crashes on startup.

Installed fine on the N810, but crashes very shortly after startup.

Kagu is very well-designed and runs smoothly. It's not one of my favorite media apps, though... I'll take a look in another couple of versions.

Thanks Joseph for the hint. Was able to install following part of the directions in that link.

Here's how I did mine: 1) disabled all catalogues but the http://repostory.maemo.org/extras/ (keeping the one with spell check error!) 2) using application manager: installed python 2.5 runtime - this time did not get the "corrupt file" message. 3) using application manager: installed Kagu

I had to install python because without it Kagu would not run in my N800.

Except for these "mishaps" it's an excellent audio player. Would have got 5 stars from me if: 1) had more straighforward installation 2) allow for manual selection of album cover (some associations are not correct and I could not figure out how to fix yet)

In time: I'm running OS 2008 version 2.2007.50-2 in my N800.

Here's the page that helped me get it installed: http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=114854

Installs OK, but when launched, no window opens up. Nothing happens.

install failed, requires liibbz2.

unable to install on the N810