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RadioTray
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Not usable for locally stored media
Radio Tray is intended to be a simple way to stream online music. As such, it doesn't work as a music play for locally stored music.
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Super easy to use
Because it's designed to be extremely minimal, Radio Tray is extremely easy to use. The entire UI consists of a dropdown menu where you can hover over the genre you wish to listen to, and then you can choose a specific radio station to listen to.
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Possibly abandoned
The last release (0.7.3) was back in August 2012, and the last commit is listed as January 2015.
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Plugins available
You can extend the utility of Radio Tray through plugins.
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Nuclear Music Player
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Streaming and playing local files within a single client
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Resource intensive
Just like any other web app.
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Cross-platform
As an Electron app NMP runs on GNU/Linux, macOS and Windows.
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Free and open source
Licensed under AGPL-3.0. Everybody can inspect the code, use it and improve it.
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Looks beautiful and modern
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Plugin system allowing for easy addition of more streaming sources
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IINA
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Like MPV with better GUI and settings
It's like mpv, just more user friendly GUI and more settings available via UI.
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Unstable
May crash unexpectedly, while clicking on something in the subtitles section in the right-hand panel, for example.
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Extremely stable
Extremely stable, even while still in the beta.
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Blacks out other displays when going full screen
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Support for lots of codecs
Supports lots of video codecs, like mp4, mkv, etc, and lots of audio codecs including opus.
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Doesn't black out other displays when going full screen
It can black out other screens if you want, but out of the box it leaves your other displays alone.
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Runs on MPV so it's scriptable and runs any MPV script.
More information here. Tip: if you're doing a lot of cropping and slicing of videos and you thought the new quick tools in Finder / Quicktime Player are a great improvement, try setting up IINA with slicing.lua and some keybindings for navigating your video + setting the slicing positions. Make sure your ffmpeg command (in slicing.lua) is set to copy the original codecs and that it's using your GPU.
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Online subtitle searching and intelligent local subtitle matching
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Fully customizable keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and gesture controls
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Open source
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Powered by FFmpeg
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Quod Libet
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Great for organizing and editing large collections
Quod Libet gives the user the necessary tools to edit and organize their library from within the app. There is support for tags as well to help you quickly find the music to fit your mood. To help you sort through large libraries, you can use the filters which help filter by genera or other search perimeters.
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(not) customizable
If you get a player, you want to make it yours. QL has a lot of stuff preconfigured, which you can't make as you want it. So base is great, but never makes it to be come yours.
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Lots of plugins available
Quod Libet offers many plugins including Last FM sync, lyrics support, and iOS sync.
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Doesn't support playlist files
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Powerful search syntax
Quod Libet has powerful search syntax options, which are very useful for creating smartlists or querying a big music collection.
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The GUI could have more eye-candy
There aren't any icons within the GUI, just text. This makes it feel more like a library management tool than an audio player. A little polish would go a long way here.
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Easy to use
Despite very good library management capability, Quod Libet is easy to use. The base music player doesn't have too many features, making it a breeze to use. However, if you want to go deeper you can install plugins. These plugins can sometimes add complexity, but it's up to you what you do or don't want.
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Rhythmbox clone
Can't find many differences with Rhythmbox.
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Integrates with IoT / home audio
Sonos, Squeezebox, ...
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GTK app
It will need a bit more of resources in a non qt environment.
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Built-in Soundcloud support
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Plugins could be better integrated
Lyrics are not downloaded automatically in Quod Libet, while simply viewing lyrics could be made a lot more accessible. There is also little information pulled from last.fm - scrubbing works, as well as there being no artist info or suggestions for similar artists.
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Folder view
Quod Libet has multiple viewing modes, including Folder (File System) hierarchy view. The only other program to have a good folder view would be Sayonara.
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Uses quite a bit of memory
Quod Libet can use up to 130 MB.
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Customizable looks
There are a few controls that allow the user to change how the player looks.
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Fast & Small
Fully functional and takes up little space on the hard drive.
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Winamp
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RSS, Atom Podcasts, and Internet Radio streams (among other modern features) are available
Modern features are essential for power listeners nowadays, proving that Winamp (while an old app) still offers features users look for in a modern player.
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Relatively poor quality audio
Compared to other players, Winamp doesn't offer high quality audio. Reason for Winamp's lesser audio quality compared to other modern audio players is that it uses deprecated audio output interfaces (APIs). In fact since Windows Vista onward, those APIs Winamp is using (such as DirectSound, WaveOut) are emulated in software mixer for compatibility purposes further distancing the audio path from the hardware. Modern audio players support modern WASAPI audio output for direct access to the audio hardware (especially in WASAPI exclusive mode). For more info see Wikipedia's entry on DirectSound.
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A huge selection of skins are available
Winamp allows skinning the interface and there are thousands of community created skins available.
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No Major updates
There are no major updates since version 5.
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Functionality can be extended via plugins
A wide variety of DSP, input, and visualization plugins have been created by the community.
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Heavy
At the beginning it was simple to download and install, now it has so many things it became very heavy to download.
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Great search and Playlist functionality
Considerable functions to search and develop playlists.
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Cluttered interface
With all controls, skins, and options it's hard to find the basic commands.
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Good sound quality
The sound quality of Winamp is good, especially with DSP plugins like enhancer.
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HTTP streaming support
HTTP streaming is necessary for both live and on-demand content, which it can deliver without lengthy buffering or waiting periods. It is also less susceptible to network hiccups than other forms of streaming.
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Clementine
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Slow development
Very little development work has been going on for a while as of mid-2017. Nobody is responding to bug reports.
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Tag editing
Clementine features competent tag managing for all music files, be it album art or just simple text entries.
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Resource exhaustive
Clementine uses up to two orders of magnitude more CPU than VLC and takes up about 180 MB of memory, plus additional memory for spawned processes (tag-readers), while VLC uses 80 MB with no other processes.
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Intuitive and fast to set up
Clementine is easy to get up and running with lyrics, equalizer, online info, etc., within minutes after installation.
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Doesn't allow gapless playback
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Sensible UI
A fork of the 1.X line of Amarok, Clementine favours usability over design trends.
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Bit perfect output no longer configurable
Audiophiles want to play their expensive HD albums.
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Very good folder organization
Organizes your music folder based on the tags of your library.
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Too bloated by default with things like LastFM that can't be removed
When you install it, you get ton of internet radios and services plugins, that you can't remove, only turn off. There is also useless stuff like artist info that doesn't work and stuff.
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Remote app for Android
There is a very good remote app for Android. The app lets you do a lot: from the usual volume controls to checking the lyrics on your phone. You can even download the songs from Clementine onto your phone.
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Not customizable
It doesn't allow you to modify its interface by dragging toolbars around etc.
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Supports a lot of online services
Clementine includes support for services such as Ampache, Google Play Music, Spotify, and many internet radio stations such as Jamendo and Icecast. It's also possible to search all available sources (local and online) at once, as well as mixed content playlists.
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Horrible user interface and confusing layout
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Built-in equalizer for custom sound
There is a built-in equalizer with many presets from genre-specific rock, pop, and party, to experiences such as large hall and live. You can also tweak it yourself and name your own preset.
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Ugly
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Creates playlists based on past music you listened to
Clementine gathers the user's listening data to use for smart playlists. Clementine uses your listening history to play music similar to the music you play most - which typically is music you will like but maybe haven't discovered yet.
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Goes crazy with CPU and RAM
Takes its toll on your system's CPU and RAM.
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Built-in format conversion
Users can format any of their music files to a different format with Clementine's built-in format conversion tool.
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Default settings aren't great
Although this is subjective, you might have to do some tweaking before you like it.
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Can display song lyrics
Fetches lyrics from several lyric providers.
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Ugly ressource hog with no features and buggy without hotfix
And yet Nr. 1 recommended because of nerds being accustomed.
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Looks good and is really responsive
Unlike some other players in this list, Clementine doesn't seem to go unresponsive in the Ubuntu 16.04 system and looks really good with options for Visualization too.
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Slow to start in Gnome/Cinnamon
It takes about the same time to start as an IDE or Photoshop.
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Decent library management
Clementine allows the user to move and organize audio files easily. Some examples include the following: It's easy to find a specific album song (find artist, select album, select song). It's easy to add songs to a playlist and queue the songs. It's easy to rename files from their metadata (artist, album, song number, etc). It's easy to add cover images. There are options to find duplicates, untagged songs, etc.
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Not a lot of documentation
Clementine does not offer a lot of documentation, which can make discovering its features a bit difficult.
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Buggy
Clementine is probably the most fully featured music player for Linux, however it has its own issues. It crashes and experiences occasional memory leaks that can slow down your system.
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Database regularly messes up
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Sometimes messes up taskbar
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Last.fm support is broken
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Cannot choose which tag profile to use
I use Tag2 (ID3:2.4) which doesn't seem to be the default tag used and I can't see a way to choose this.
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No way to search on filename
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2016-19-04
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VLC
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Free, open source, and cross-platform
VLC is licensed under the CC-SA v3.0+ and available on Windows, OSX, and Linux with source code available here.
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Not really meant to be a music player
VLC is made to be a video player. Therefore, it won't carry out actions such as managing your music library.
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Simple to setup and use
VLC is an incredibly robust application but very simple on the surface. It makes playing music simple, yet still manages to give the user all the tools he/she wants in a music player.
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Lacks libraries and advanced music player features
VLC is a media player first and foremost. There is no library management (aside from playlists), limited usage of tags, and no rating system. VLC is best at playing a file directly from a folder, but falls behind when it comes to helping you manage or find good songs in your music library.
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Very versatile and easy to use
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Absence of personalization
VLC Player has only one basic interface in white or black, and overall personalization opportunities are quite narrow. Unfortunately, you're pretty much stuck to the default look.
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Doesn't require additional codecs
Everything VLC needs to play media files is contained within which means no outside codecs are needed. This makes it one of the most hassle-free music players as it can play virtually anything as soon as it's installed.
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Contains some insignificant but irritating flaws
Despite all keyboard shortcuts, the width of the picture can't be controlled by trackpad. Besides that, the VLC start-up window doesn’t open at the same place or the same width at which it was previously closed.
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Tons of advanced settings
Besides basic configurations, video player has an extensive amount of adjustable settings.
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Doesn't manage your music library for you
You organize your music into folders any way you want. Want to play an album? Drag and drop. No tags, no confusion, no fluff. Easy.
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Can be almost completely keyboard-driven
VLC includes keyboard shortcuts for most actions. The video player can be controlled with simple and customizable keyboard commands.
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Surprisingly Lightest on Resources
Yes. Lightest. Even better than the ones known to be light. Both when playing music, only a single song or when playing a video. Either in terms of Ram and Cpu. Compared with almost all, including the ones from Windows like mpc-hc .. or light ones from Linux like Alsa Player, Audacious, SmPlayer .
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Can play every format video available (as of 2017)
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Includes Blu-Ray playback support
Blu-Ray playback support was added on July 13th, 2014. It allows playing back DRM-free Blu-Rays with the help of libbluray, libaacs and libbdplus.
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Supports a GUI interface and an ncurses terminal interface
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Can easily stream music across your home network from any device on the network
Using sftp/ssh music (and videos) can be streamed from any server on the network to any device running VLC. VLC can also be used as a webcam for streaming and snapshots. Amazing all in one package
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Large amount of extensions
VLC has a large amount of extensions.
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Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, ChromeOS, AppleTV
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Musique
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Can handle very large local music libraries
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No differentation between Album Artist / Track Artist
Albums are sorted via "Album Artist" but each deviating "Track Artist" creates a new album handle. Very bad when you have album tracks where the filename consists of the typical "Artist #1 feat. Artist #2" setting as each of these files creates another album entry.
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Minimal UI
The UI for Musique is pretty minimal. By not throwing every option in the book into the application, the developers are able to keep the interface clear of any clutter.
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Doesn't resume from last close
Musique won't resume from the last time the app was closed. If you had a great music queue all set up, unfortunately it won't stay there if you close the app.
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Consistent queue simplifies what's playing next
There is a queue on the right side of the player, which shows you what is coming up next. This makes it easy to add a new song or remove a song before it plays to be sure that you/your guests stay in the groove. You can also slowly transition to different genres, not to mention plan ahead and adapt as you need to.
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Linux controls don't work
The Linux next/previous buttons don't do anything - you will need to open Musique in order to do anything with it (other than change the volume).
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Vox
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Interface can be confusing and unintuitive
Playlists and collections are sometimes interchangeable. Many interactions do not have the option to play music and the app is very centred around it's Loop subscription.
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Supports external DACs & HiRes audio
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Collections and Playlists not good enough. Too simple.
When you have a big library you need a little more than just a bunch of names gathered. Adding folders to a collection put all files in a column and that's it. No sign of which album the song is from, cover etc... you have to play the file in order to see more info... Too simple.
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WAV support
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Premium cost for basic functions like EQ
They upgraded to a "premium" model. Try and find an old version 2.8.x if you want a usable player.
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Very high-quality playback
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Miss-reads iTunes databases
Reads compilations as multiple seperate albums. Creating a unique album for each artist in the compilation.
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YouTube playlist/channel support
Youtube URLs can be directly pasted to Vox.
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Buggy and hangs often
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SoundCloud integration
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Cloud storage has hefty monthly fee
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Last.fm scrobbling
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Uses almost as much CPU and memory as iTunes
While the interface is cleaner, the code is not.
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GUI too small for HI Res screens
Not resizable and everything looks tiny including covers and texts.
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iTunes
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Heavyweight
With each update, iTunes appears to get bigger and bigger, though adding little more value, especially for the user who just wants to listen to and organize music.
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Can create a playlist based on rules
There is a feature included in iTunes called Smart Playlists that allows the user to create playlists based on criteria such as BPM, Genre, Artist, Album, Plays, Rating, etc.
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Unfortunately required to fully manage iPods
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Can automatically create playlists based on a chosen song
There is a feature called Genius included in iTunes that allows the user to select a song and create a playlist based on that song. It will analyze the music library and choose songs similar in tone to the one chosen.
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Buggy iTunes app
Immediately after the worldwide launch of Apple Music, a new version of iTunes was released (12.2). Many users have reported issues with this release, such as music lists getting mixed up, music having wrong metadata, etc.
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Syncs across devices
Synchronization of playback information, podcast subscriptions, and settings is possible in iTunes. It can also automatically download purchases made on other devices.
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Duplicates media files
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Airplay support
Streaming audio to all Airplay enabled devices within WiFi range is permitted by iTunes. It's also possible to select more than one device to play a song at the same time.
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Album organization can be fragmented
Songs purchased from the same album at different times will be added as separate albums.
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Can auto-import CDs
The user can set up iTunes in such a way that media (from CDs) can be automatically imported once a CD is inserted. This also comes with customizable import settings (bitrate, codec). Additionally, iTunes can automatically fetch track names from the Internet.
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Authorization limit
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Built-in parental controls
iTunes parental controls can be used to deny access to certain parts of iTunes such as podcasts, internet radio, store, or shared libraries, as well as restricting access to media that has a certain rating or warnings.
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Can autopull information about songs
Track names and album artwork can be automatically obtained by iTunes.
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Sleek interface
The interface of iTunes presents a flat, clean design with playback controls at the top-left, search at the top-right, and a row of ways to categorize available media beneath that. It can also be minimized to take up much less space. The minimized interface is called the Mini Player and it can be set to display on top of all other windows. It's possible to show iTunes on top of all other windows when playing movies as well.
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iTunes store has a huge selection of media
The iTunes store offers a huge catalog of videos, songs, and podcasts.
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Advanced podcast management
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iCloud integration
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Internet radio
A music streaming service called Radio is available in iTunes. It creates stations based on chosen genres, songs, or artists and requires Apple ID for access.
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Ability to add RSS feeds
The ability to add RSS feeds in iTunes keeps the user informed of the latest web content.
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