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XMMS2
{{Distinguish|XMMS}}
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| developer = XMMS Team
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* XMMS can't handle container formats in a general manner. The XMMS2 architecture makes it easier to build support for container formats.

==XMMS2 and other projects==
The name "XMMS2" was chosen by Peter Alm and Tobias Rundström as they started work on the project, evidently intending it to become the successor to XMMS. However, other developers started using the name (in 2003) before Peter and Tobias ever released their code:

* Another project named XMMS2,
 by Mohammed Sameer, was described as "a Gtk 2 port of the well known xmms." This was not related to the project discussed in the rest of this article. The project has now been discontinued and removed from [[GNU Savannah]].
* A better known [[GTK+|GTK+ 2]] port of XMMS is the [[Beep Media Player]], which is sometimes referred to (erroneously) as XMMS2.<ref>[http://www.advogato.org/person/fatal/#2 'Another one.'] by [http://www.advogato.org/person/fatal/ Thomas Nilsson], 2003-11-08, retrieved January 11, 2007</ref> The [http://bmp.backtrace.info/index.php?title=FAQ BMP FAQ] explains that project's relationship to XMMS.

A subtle difference between the ''XMMS'' and ''XMMS2'' acronyms is that, while XMMS stands for ''X (originally for X11 then Cross-platform) MultiMedia System'', XMMS2 stands for ''X(Cross-platform) music multiplexing system''. This decision was made to make it clear that XMMS2 would only ever be an audio player, and not a general multimedia player with video support.

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.xmms2.org/ XMMS2 homepage]

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[[Category:Audio player software that uses GTK+]]
[[Category:Beta software]]
[[Category:Client/server media players]]
[[Category:Free audio software]]
[[Category:Free media players]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]
[[Category:Linux media players]]