Any mp3 players focused on lectures?

[Richard Owlett]

Yes media players like Audacious and VLC *can* play lectures but *their*
purpose is music.

I'm looking for a Linux package whose purpose listening to lectures.

[David LaRue]

Post by Richard Owlett
Yes media players like Audacious and VLC *can* play lectures but *their*
purpose is music.
I'm looking for a Linux package whose purpose listening to lectures.

Use whatever works for you. It sounds like the lectures you want to listen
to have only audio content, so you just want an audio player with the options
you want. The sme would go for any multi-media files.

Why would music differ from a lecture audio file? Audio players adapt to the
files that are given them.

A simple search on audio players in linux should help you choose applications
on your platform to try out.

[Richard Owlett]

Post by David LaRue

Post by Richard Owlett
Yes media players like Audacious and VLC *can* play lectures but *their*
purpose is music.
I'm looking for a Linux package whose purpose listening to lectures.

Use whatever works for you. It sounds like the lectures you want to listen
to have only audio content, so you just want an audio player with the options
you want. The sme would go for any multi-media files.
Why would music differ from a lecture audio file? Audio players adapt to the
files that are given them.
A simple search on audio players in linux should help you choose applications
on your platform to try out.

No. You're not even making an "apples to oranges" comparison. It more
like an "apples to Sherman tank" comparison.

MP3 appear focused on a couple of hours of listening to musical pieces a
few minutes long by perhaps several artists.

I currently have a set of seven lectures on one general topic which last
approximately nine hours. As the purpose of these lectures is to convey
knowledge I'd like to be able to take notes with automatically generated
time stamps so I could go back to the same point of that lecture for
review/clarification. I've some general ideas on how VLC could be
*coerced* to provide that. BUT it wasn't intended to do so.

I'm looking for an mp3 player intended to convey information not
background entertainment.

Grok?

[David LaRue]

Post by Richard Owlett

Post by David LaRue

Post by Richard Owlett
Yes media players like Audacious and VLC *can* play lectures but
*their* purpose is music.
I'm looking for a Linux package whose purpose listening to lectures.

Use whatever works for you. It sounds like the lectures you want to
listen to have only audio content, so you just want an audio player
with the options you want. The sme would go for any multi-media files.
Why would music differ from a lecture audio file? Audio players adapt
to the files that are given them.
A simple search on audio players in linux should help you choose
applications on your platform to try out.

No. You're not even making an "apples to oranges" comparison. It more
like an "apples to Sherman tank" comparison.
MP3 appear focused on a couple of hours of listening to musical pieces a
few minutes long by perhaps several artists.
I currently have a set of seven lectures on one general topic which last
approximately nine hours. As the purpose of these lectures is to convey
knowledge I'd like to be able to take notes with automatically generated
time stamps so I could go back to the same point of that lecture for
review/clarification. I've some general ideas on how VLC could be
*coerced* to provide that. BUT it wasn't intended to do so.
I'm looking for an mp3 player intended to convey information not
background entertainment.
Grok?

Interesting. I've not run into tools like that on any of the platforms
I've used. I'm old school though. I occasionally wrote notes down on
paper in classes, but rarely if ever reviewed them. I didn't write in
books. The concepts went into my memory.

Please post what tools you find. I'm sure there are people who would use
them.

[Richard Owlett]

Post by David LaRue

Post by Richard Owlett

Post by David LaRue

Post by Richard Owlett
Yes media players like Audacious and VLC *can* play lectures but
*their* purpose is music.
I'm looking for a Linux package whose purpose listening to lectures.

Use whatever works for you. It sounds like the lectures you want to
listen to have only audio content, so you just want an audio player
with the options you want. The sme would go for any multi-media files.
Why would music differ from a lecture audio file? Audio players adapt
to the files that are given them.
A simple search on audio players in linux should help you choose
applications on your platform to try out.

No. You're not even making an "apples to oranges" comparison. It more
like an "apples to Sherman tank" comparison.
MP3 appear focused on a couple of hours of listening to musical pieces a
few minutes long by perhaps several artists.
I currently have a set of seven lectures on one general topic which last
approximately nine hours. As the purpose of these lectures is to convey
knowledge I'd like to be able to take notes with automatically generated
time stamps so I could go back to the same point of that lecture for
review/clarification. I've some general ideas on how VLC could be
*coerced* to provide that. BUT it wasn't intended to do so.
I'm looking for an mp3 player intended to convey information not
background entertainment.
Grok?

Interesting. I've not run into tools like that on any of the platforms
I've used. I'm old school though. I occasionally wrote notes down on
paper in classes, but rarely if ever reviewed them. I didn't write in
books. The concepts went into my memory.
Please post what tools you find. I'm sure there are people who would use
them.

In another forum, a paraphrase of my "apples to Sherman tank" comparison

Post by David LaRue
Have a look at https://sourceforge.net/projects/footswitch2/. It's
designed to work with a foot switch, but doesn't need one. There are
on screen buttons for play/pause, fast forward/reverse, etc. It uses
VLC, but you don't see any VLC screen features. ...

I found that page very interesting.
I would suggest README.txt and footswitch2.pdf at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/footswitch2/files/ .
In SW Missouri we're looking at sub-zero wind chill for a few days,
- i.e. lots of uninterrupted reading time ;}
HTH