Comment 1 for bug 1934926

The opportunity was taken to review pragha on my test Impish Indri box on Wednesday. I downloaded some test music files from the 78 RPM record conversion collection on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/78rpm) and selected some streaming radio sources from the front page selection on PublicRadioFan.com (http://publicradiofan.com/). The software was installed from the repository and utilized without customization.

The downloaded music files did play correctly. Playing streaming radio from any source was a bit complicated initially as I couldn't figure out what to select to open a stream. The UI is focused on building a playlist from a library and streams do not fit that paradigm well.

The software is considered minimalist. The problem with pragha is that it is not sufficiently flexible for general use. It feels stuck on a paradigm of maintaining a single playlist. For some users that may be okay but we have a broader audience to serve especially when streaming radio/streaming audio is still a thing.

It appears that rhythmbox can handle the job although it has its own idiosyncracies. For example it puts streaming radio under an "FM Radio" plugin. If I wanted to listen to the rolling news feed stream from WKSU-FM (http://stream.wksu.org/wksu4.128.mp3.m3u) I would have to have that plugin enabled first then add the feed to its roster before I could listen to it.

I would recommend rhythmbox as the most stable and user-friendly option at this point.