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foobar2000
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Lightweight
Foobar2000 has a clean, minimalistic UI, small filesize, and is light on resource usage.
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Not easy to skin
Out of the box it looks like something out of win2000. It is also very difficult to skin for the normal user.
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Functionality can be extended with components
Foobar200 has over a hundred components to choose from that add UI functionality, decoding support for various formats, etc.
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Provides little in terms of hand-holding
Advanced tasks such as skinning and installing components may be a bit intimidating for beginners because they require knowing your way around the computer, not just the player.
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Supports a wide variety of audio formats
Foobar2000 natively supports MP1, MP2, MP3, MPC, AAC, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, ALAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CD, Speex, Opus, and support for additional formats can be added with plugins.
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Outdated Plugins
Many, many plugins are outdated and not maintained for years, leading to stability issues with a lof of them. A rather complex SDK and missing sufficient documentation makes maintaining or creating new plugins unnecessarily hard. Getting to that neat GUI setup you've seen somewhere is probably impossible because of that.
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Plugins can be used to bypass Windows mixer to output a bit-exact signal
Through the use of a plugin (of which there are three popular ones), users can get bit-exact sound output straight to their DAC or soundcard. While not something every user will use, for audiophiles this is a pretty important feature.
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Locks files and folders, making it hard to manage them
Several parts of Foobar lock files and folders in a way that they cannot be file-managed (move/copy/rename/delete) easily in the program (and externally). With the waveform plugin it's even worse. Cannot delete a file until the waveform is fully scanned.
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Highly customisable
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Cumbersome start-up
Foobar2000 requires a bit of work to get it up and running.
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ReplayGain support
ReplayGain can be applied on a per album or track basis, allowing the user to set up an even volumed listening experience.
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The previous button doesn't work in random playback
You are unable to go back to a song when using random playback.
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Advanced layout
The player has a layout-editing mode that allows for a wide variety of UI setups.
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Breaks existing components every few updates
Makes it very hard to keep a customized version of Foobar running smoothly without worrying about non-working components.
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Internal search is a beast
Foobar2000 provides an extensive search to look through your library. It supports special queries to only look for certain tags and other conditions and is incredibly fast in doing so even with over 20k of songs in your library.
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Periodical unexpected shutdown
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Good quality
It was made in order to be as respectful to music as it can be.
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Not 'easy' as in plays stream services/ podcasts etc.
May be asking too much, this app is PERFECT for the 'hardcore'.
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Good compatibility with Windows Media Center IR remote controls and wireless mini-keyboards
Foobar works well with Windows Media Center IR remote controls with virtual mouse functions; also with wireless mini-keyboards.
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Can crash right after install
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Compatible with Microsoft Media Center (MMC) remote controls
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Fast monitoring of the folders
It has one of the fastest monitoring abilities. Only couple of seconds passes between adding a file into monitored folder on external NAS and it appearing in the library.
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Grouping by folder structure
Grouping files by folder structure is an important feature especially when files don't have proper tags.
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Variety of skins available
Foobar 2000 has powerful theming support. Browsing a site like DeviantArt will give you hundreds of skins (that have been made by other users) to choose from.
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Easily handles large music libraries
It has by far the best scanning of large music libraries containing couple of thousands of files.
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Built-in support for Windows Media streaming
Foobar2000 can natively play ASX/MMS/RTSP streams.
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Transcodes all supported audio formats
The converter component allows foobar2000 to convert from and to any file formats that the player is capable of playing back.
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The many add-ons (components) available
Includes dynamic range analysis, integrity checkers, equalizers, and visualizers, such as waveform, oscilloscope, spectrum, spectrogram (waterfall), peak and smoothed VU meters, and X-Y (Shpect Lissajous) displays.
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Random/Shuffle on an album basis.
I'm old enough to have a lot of music where whole albums are worth listening to. This is also essential when the composers created music where the flow from one song to the next is part of the art of the album. E.g. on Queen's ANight_at_the_Opera_, the first song -- Death_On_Two_Legs -- is a very hard rock song with very pissed off lyrics. The next is _Lazing_On_a_Sunday_Afternoon, which is a very lighthearted amusing song. The contrast is wonderful. Also many artists have one song flow into another and breaking them up by using random on a song basis really breaks the music. Plus shuffle prevents repeats until the entire playlist is done. If you want, you can select individual songs and the are shuffled as if they are the entire album. It's harder to describe than to do: configure play mode to shuffle albums If you're like me -- and I know I am: add library to list play But you can be more selective: select albums (or songs if you only like a few) do { play_the_shuffled_list(list); if (mood("not in for the current")) skip(); if (mood("change_the_list)) change_the_list(&list); } while !shuffled_off("mortal_coil"); die("happy");
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Lots of themes made by foobar users.
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MP3 player management
Users can easily send their music files to their MP3 device through the use of the right click menu when browsing their library.
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Platforms:
Windows/MacOS/Android/iOS
License:
BSD-2-Clause
Release Date:
December 31, 2019
Portable:
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GoneMAD Music Player (Trial)
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Tag editor
GoneMAD features a built in tag editor that has mass tag editing support.
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No fade
There is no fade to pause or play when starting and pausing tracks.
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Assortment of widget sizes
There are 2x1, 2x2, 4x1, 4x2, and 4x4 widgets.
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User-customizable music scanner
Rather than scanning for music automatically (and possibly including ringtones, alarms, etc. in your music library), the user can choose which file folders GoneMad Music Player checks for music and exclude folders with audio files that the user doesn't want in their library.
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Support for a large assortment of file types
GoneMAD features support for aac(mp4/m4a/m4b), mp3, ogg, flac, opus, tta, ape, wv, mpc, alac, wav, wma, adts(4.0+), and 3gp(4.0+).
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Vast assortment of options
From call handling to headset preferences there are so many options built into GoneMad that there is something for everybody.
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Excellent folder browser
GMMP's folder browser can replace filenames with the artist name and the name of the song, shuffle within a folder, repeat within a folder. It also allows you to add the entire contents of a folder to a playlist with only a few taps.
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Mellow Player
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QML
It written in Qt-QML which ignores all Human Interface Guidelines and make the app look like a web page.
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Native
It is written in Qt so it requires less resources than a web browser or an electron application.
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Not native
It's using qt5-webengine which is not much different from electron / a webbrowser.
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AppImage
It is available as AppImage so you can easily try it.
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Lisna Music Folder Tree Player
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Not feature-overloaded
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Intuitive to use
No mess with artists, album, track - just files with MP3 tags.
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Easy to switch between different play modes
Play all, play all in folder, shuffle, etc.
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No ads
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Lightweight (very small)
<200kB.
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Winyl
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The library is well organized
Winyl organizes your library by folder and not by ID3 tags. As such, your library stays organized (as long as your music folders are organized) even if you have incorrect or missing ID3 tags.
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It only shows the file name when playing tracks
Winyl cannot display the format or bitrate of the track as it plays. The user must therefore find the file in their library, select it, and go to properties.
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Looks great
Winyl has a beautiful interface with thumbnails for each album (if the art is in the ID tag). If not, you can easily add cover art. It also has a great mini player and that too has cover art.
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You can quickly and easily add music
Winyl is designed to be a fast media player with low resource usage, meaning that it takes about 20 minutes to load 67 000 files. This is a pretty good time frame in comparison to some other media players' import times. So for those with a large library, this may be a good choice.
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Album view
Shows albums, covers and tracks next to it, like Google Music.
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This program uses .cue files to split albums that are in one file
This is a convenient tool for those who may have many albums that are not yet split into separate files for each song.
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MPC-BE
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Displays preview thumbnails
Seek Bar supports thumbnail preview (like Youtube) and chapters marker.
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Supports madVR external Video renderer
madVR is a high quality video renderer (GPU assisted).
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Supports most known audio and video formats
Plays various video and audio files, and also supports H.265 (with small file size installation). The player doesn't use a lot of computer resources.
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32-bit & 64-bit support
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Built-in YouTube playback support
Can play YouTube videos out of the box. Just drag and drop the URL to the interface.
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Supports multimedia hotkeys
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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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MPV
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Integrates with streaming services
When used with youtube-dl.
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Minimal theme support
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Needs no additional codecs
Everything MPV needs to play media files is contained within which means no outside codecs are needed.
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Lack of a typical GUI can be jarring to some
The minimal interface comes at the cost of beginner-friendliness. You need to know keyboard shortcuts by heart, settings are set in text files, right-clicking won't bring up a menu, etc.
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Minimal interface
Click to open files and get Video with sound (and passthrough of codecs like DTS etc) for a perfect cinema experience. Works okay for many files. Default window is not much more than a title bar - and if you drag/resize the window it resizes the video and leaves no empty areas. There is no visible control or display unless you use mouse/keyboard over the window. This is the best player to use unless you're going for a media center (then use MPV based Plex Media Player to display and play the Plex Server library).
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Up to date
Always up to date, rapid development.
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Extremely responsive
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Caches livestreams
Intelligently caches livestreams and enables jumping within the cached stream.
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Fast
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, Android
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MediaMonkey
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Exceptional cataloging options
You can organize music by over 40 different criteria, including common criteria such as title, artist, and album, as well as items like track volume, lyricist, and parental rating. You can even use custom labels by which to organize and you can set how you want to prioritize the criteria. Media Monkey can also rename large batches of files based on set rules.
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Not really "multi-user" friendly
Example: If you have a family, not everyone has same tastes or star ratings. You CAN achieve a somewhat multi-user experience, but it's overly complex and clunky.
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Helps remove duplicates from the library
MediaMonkey can find duplicate files and songs, helping the user to remove any unnecessary items from the library.
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Really buggy at times
Biggest annoyance: Often get database errors (data corruption?). Usually, you'll end up clicking "cancel" in some dumb cryptic error prompt and/or restart app. Android sync isn't a breeze. Multiple instances sometimes open up (due to unknown cause) can cause the corruption / database issues. You should backup often just in case.
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Can pull metadata from the web
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Accuracy of automatically pulled meta data can be spotty
In cases where a song is a part of multiple albums, or there's a re-release with slight changes (such as track numbers, bonus songs, etc.), MediaMonkey can get confused and apply wrong titles to songs based on their track numbers. It then ends up mislabeling content that has already been labeled correctly. There's also no way to manually set what album to base the auto-tagging on in order to work around this.
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Works with almost any UPnP or DLNA enabled media player
MediaMonkey can stream the library to most UPnP or DLNA enabled devices. This allows you to, for example, stream to your Blu-Ray player.
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Powerful file renaming system
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Advanced automatic auto-dj
MediaMonkey has a built-in auto-dj feature, appropriately called Party Mode, that can automatically play tracks based on set criteria.
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Can convert audio and video files
MediaMonkey can convert all common audio formats and some video formats. Supported files include .mp3, .ogg, .aac, and .flac.
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Supports most tagging formats
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Format agnostic
MediaMonkey supports everything from lossy MP3 files to lossless FLAC files.
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Has a decent companion Android app which can sync with / connect to PC server
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Can build smart playlists with automatic filters
For example: 4+ stars jazz songs Top played recent songs Best rated classic rock Unplayed recently added songs Build your own "smart" radio station, etc.
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Platforms:
Windows/Android
License:
Proprietary
Release Date:
January 10, 2020
Portable:
Yes
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Resonic
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Portable version available
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No playlists
Or not yet, at least in the forums they say they're working on it
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Clean interface
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Fast
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Lightweight
About 8 MB, and about 11 MB with the integrated Soundfont for its MIDI playback synthesizer. Native application, no dependencies (no .NET runtime).
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Has a waveform seekbar and analyzers
Has a big single-click waveform seekbar and three real-time analyzer visualizations by default.
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Pure sound
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Supports all formats
WAV, BWF, RF64, AIFF, AIFC, FLAC, APE, ALAC, WV, TTA, DSF, DFF, MP3, MP2, MP1, M4A, MP4, AAC, MPC, MP+, OGG, OPUS, SPX, WMA, WMA Pro, WMA Lossless, MP4, WMV, AVI (certain codecs), MID, RMI, KAR, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD
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WASAPI/ASIO support
High-end audio cards can be easily used to their full potential without any additional software due to WASAPI (Player and Pro) and ASIO (Pro) support.
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Most actions can be done with a single click
Most actions can be done without having to double-click. Things like navigating folders, playing files, seeking audio, changing volume are all done with a single-click.
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Platforms:
Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (32 and 64-bit)
License:
Proprietary
Release Date:
March 21, 2019
Portable:
No
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DeaDBeeF
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A lot of plugins
DeadBeef has a lot of different plugins users can use to customize the interface, controls, and options.
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shuffle mode doesn't play an entire huge playlist (over 25 days)
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Lightweight
DeadBeef uses few system resources, making it great for low end systems and for those requiring a media player that uses as few resources as possible.
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GTK-App
So there is basically no integration into non-GTK desktops.
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Extremely customizable
DeaDBeef has support for title formatting scripting, like foobar2000, which allows you to customize group patterns, the converter output, the window titles, etc. to your needs. DeaDBeeF also has a Design Mode, which allows you to add new widgets to the interface and move/delete existing ones.
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Terrible GUI
stop reinventing (ugly) guis. play music and get out of my way.
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Uses GTK2 or GTK3
Users are able to choose a GTK2 or GTK3 build of the application to use within DeaDBeeF.
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Fails when opening a CUE file
Doesn't work even after 30 minutes of tweaking. Not as good as Audacious.
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ALSA plugin allows bit-perfect pipeline to DAC
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Ubuntu's sound menu buttons don't work
DeaDBeeF shows up in the sound menu; however, clicking the next/previous buttons doesn't do anything.
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Supports single-album CUE files
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Not as many options as other players
When it comes to options DeaDBeef may not have as many as other more prominent music playing applications.
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Smooth and easy
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Clunky
I've seen people showing lyrics - but I can't figure out how to make that work. It's very difficult to use the 'design' function (unlike Guayadeque) to re-arrange and design the interface beyond something like a music list and artwork...
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Offers a ReplayGain scanner out-of-the-box
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD
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MPC-HC
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Supports H.265, and has for over 5 years
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Discontinued
It's been discontinued since 2017.
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Is actively developed by clsid2 on github
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Windows only
MPC-HC supports only Windows operating systems.
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Supports frame stepping with Ctrl+Left/Right
Useful for game development frame debugging. Your average user won't need this. VLC has frame advance, but it's hidden and non-intuitive; not clear if VLC can step backwards.
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Pi Music Player
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Ads
Pi is free, but ad supported.
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Ringtone customization
Let's you set any song as your ringtone, or even cut certain sections of .mp3 files to make your own custom ringtones.
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Can't play next folder after finished playing previous one
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Multiple themes
It has both light and dark themes, among others.
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Loaded with helpful features
It has many features that add to a great user experience. Swipe to change tracks, enhanced folder view for all tracks, music equalizer settings, sleep timer, and more.
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Excellent UI
The UI is very easy to navigate and looks very clean and modern.
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Musicolet Music Player
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Free, and no ads
You can optionally support the developer and pay for pro features, but the free version isn't missing any core features.
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Not open source
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Fully customizable
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Android Auto support
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Simple way to switch play-modes
Intuitive options to decide what to do when song or "queue" ends.
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Built-in tag editor
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Plays popular audio formats and relatively obscure audio formats
Supports many audio formats natively, as well as all formats supported by the system decoder of the Android device in use.
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Respects privacy; works offline
The app doesn't include the Internet permission, so no user data can be sent to the app author.
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Has good playlist manipulation capabilities for adding and reordering songs
You can multi-select songs to add to a playlist, and you can use your finger to drag one or multiple songs to the desired position in the playlist, for example. There is also a command to insert a selection of songs into the current playlist after the current song.
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Supports the use of up to 20 playlists simultaneously (called "queues" in the app)
Also allows saving unlimited playlists for later use, and playlists can be exported as external .m3u files.
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Can display embedded song lyrics and external .lrc file lyrics, including synchronized lyrics
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Platforms:
Android
License:
Proprietary
Website:
https://krosbits.in/musicolet/
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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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Audacious
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Streamlined player not weighed down by unnecessary options
Audacious is a classic music player at heart that has not felt the need to weigh itself down with an assortment of unnecessary options. Advanced functionality can be attained through plugins available from within the program.
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No manual sorting fields
There is no option to add one's own categories to the sorting fields.
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Tons of plugins
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Updates are not very frequent
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Lightweight
My audacious uses only 18.5 MB of RAM. It has a Winamp visualization style that's very minimized and convenient.
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No bit perfect output past 24bit
Audiophiles require this, and while most users might not notice a difference, audiophiles will appreciate the improved audio quality.
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Support for Winamp themes
Audacious can switch from its GTK interface to one that matches the looks of the famous Winamp player. What's even better is that this interface supports any Winamp themes, which allows for more options.
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Buggy
For example when using Visual Studio Code and Audacious you get flicked out to the gnome login screen.
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Folder oriented player, but able to play any music container and highly configurable
Lets you play, delete and even change metadata of your music files.
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The easiest player for multiple types of files
It plays dts, aac multichannel, etc.
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Compatibility with most media formats
It's able to reproduce most of media formats without external plugins.
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Multiple audio codec compatible
AIMP supports a huge list of audio formats and several playlist types.
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Not open source
AIMP is not libre / open source software, so development is closed and lead by the AIMP staff only.
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Useful audio library
AIMP can play, manage, and filter music stored in the whole computer or specified folders. It is able to read metadata from music files' tags and perform real-time searching out of it.
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Buggy, bloated and obfuscated options
Seems to hang when adding a large number of files.
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Internal updater
AIMP updates using its built-in updater, so you don't have to visit AIMP's website and download the whole installer every time a new version is available.
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Cluttered and confusing interface
The interface is very busy and not intuitive so it can take awhile to become familiar with it. The skins don't conform to specific design standards so they often have different behaviors. You can read more about it here.
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Lightweight skinning
Even with lots of skinning options, AIMP is lightweight and works on the smallest computer.
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AIMP "Help" only in Russian and English
AIMP's "Help" included in the software itself is only available in Russian and English.
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18 band equalizer + 22 presets + preamp
AIMP has an 18 band equalizer (which is manually customizable), plus 22 presets by default [user can add his/her custom presets]. It also includes a +15/-15 dB preamplification.
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Russian content
Supporting this is also supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Multiple other features
AIMP has many more features including: dither, anticlipping, customizable hotkeys/shortcuts, customizable player's user agent string, access to Favorites audio files and playlists, rating for tracks, tracklist export, optional temporary information bar with track info every time a track begins, volume normalization, ReplayGain support, volume fading between tracks, and more.
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BEWARE FRAUD, MALWARE, TROJAN, BACKDOOR
Download only from the actual aimp site
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Mini Player support
AIMP can be maximized, restored, sent to the tray, or switched to Mini Player for your convenience.
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Among the best audio quality for Windows audio players
AIMP uses the BASS library, which provides one of the best audio quality of all currently available music players for Windows.
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Multiple playlist management
AIMP can manage multiple playlists by a tab system, similar to web browsers.
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Tag Editor + Audio Converter can carry out a multitude of tasks
AIMP has two tools for further music management. Tag Editor lets you add album art to audio files, fix metadata to individual files or to all files included in a folder, rename filenames, complete tags from filenames and viceversa, and more. Audio Converter lets you convert an audio file into another format (for instance, from FLAC to M4A). You can choose quality parameters, renaming of files, and output paths for converted files. Audio conversion supports multiple core encoding, so if your CPU has four cores, you can convert audio using 1, 2, 3, or 4 cores.
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Supports audiophile-level playback quality
Other music players usually require separate plugins for this, but AIMP comes by default with the modern WASAPI (Windows Audio Session API) audio output support thus providing purest sound output unadultered by the Windows mixer (in WASAPI Exclusive mode) out of the box.
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Delete files from player
Simple and good working ability to delete files right away from the player.
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Multiple languages available
AIMP is available in 36 languages, including: Russian, English, Arabic, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Argentina), Spanish (Spain), French, German, Italian, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), and more.
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Built-in scheduler
AIMP has a scheduler which lets you stop playback, close the program, or turn off your computer at a specified time/period.
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Waveform seekbar
AIMP's seekbar features a waveform display of the entire audio file for easier navigation within the sound file. For example you can easily see where are the silences which is especially useful for podcasts and talked content.
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Icon sets available for download
The user can download icon sets for different audio formats.
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Allows for radio capture
AIMP can grab internet radios' audios and save them to drive, in real-time. You can save the streaming in its original format, or choose the codec manually [AAC, OGG Vorbis, OPUS, etc] and its bit rate. You can even save its CUE log and split files, if desired.
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DSP manager allows for sound effects
AIMP has a digital sound processor manager which lets you apply sound effects to the output audio in real-time. These effects include: echo, reverberation, Flanger, Chorus, bass, enhancer, speed, tempo, and pitch. It also has a voice remover feature for stereo audio files.
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Support for several WinAmp's plugins
AIMP supports several plugins originally designed for WinAmp. However, it also supports new plugins designed for AIMP itself. From visual plugins to extra codec support, YouTube playlists playback, Soundcloud playback, or spectrum analysing, these are a selection of supported plugins.
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Easy to use
Handsome design
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Platforms:
Windows, Android
Release Date:
January 13, 2020
Windows Versions Supported:
Vista/7/8/8.1/10 (64-bit)
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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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When track ends, next alphabetical track plays automatically, even when playlist empty
This app will continue to play unrequested music until you press the stop button.
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Beautiful
Can play FLAC too.
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Doesn't support Album titles that are shared among different artists
"Greatest Hits", for example, will be treated as a single, huge album with different artists' tracks and a single album cover that will be wrong for most.
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Light, easy to use and looks good
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Fetch artist biography or lyrics
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Play by folder possible
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Can use your Windows 10 theme
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2 visualizer to choose from
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Can display lyrics
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Miniplayer mode
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Built-in equalizer
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Customizable look and feel
MusicBee can be skinned which can significantly change the appearance of a player. To apply a skin, it must first be downloaded, moved to the appropriate folder, and after restarting MusicBee, it can be applied. A collection of skins can be found here. It's also possible to customize the layout by choosing which panels to display.
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Extremely buggy
Crashes and freezes a lot.
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Can autofill information on songs
MusicBee can automatically identify songs based on their sound signature and use that information to pull metadata about the song (such as tags, artwork, and lyrics).
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The UPnP plugin is still buggy
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Simple interface
MusicBee offers a very straight-forward and easy-to-use interface. 
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No shuffle play
Does have an option for shuffle play but this randomizes the songs, which means repeats.
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Remarkably responsive interface with small to medium numbers of files
Your media library is stored in a flat file rather than a traditional database, limiting its ability to manage truly massive collections of audio files, but offering far reduced processing overhead for small to medium-large collections.
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Does not handle large numbers of files very well
When opening a large number of files, the interface slows down, album view blocks, process blocks disk every now and then on updates.
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Portable version is available
A version of MusicBee can be used without having to be installed. It can be kept on an external device and run from that.
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Doesn't integrate with system media playback interface
Yes it does - Read the manual, check or ask for help at the forum to find out how to use Musicbee.
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Functionality can be extended via plugins
A collection of plugins can be found here. These plugins extend the uses of the app from iOS support, last.fm support, to streaming services support.
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Installs pictures that are irrelevant to the artist being played
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Auto-playlist creation with powerful rules
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MP3 and AAC transcoding requires installing separate encoders
Due to licensing reasons, MP3 and AAC encoders don't come bundled with the software and have to be installed separately.
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Lots of ways to organize media
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Plays same tracks repetitively , even when marked for skipping
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Synchronized lyrics
In addition to automatically pulling lyrics for songs, MusicBee can synchronise music playback with lyrics.
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WASAPI/ASIO support
High-end audio cards can be easily used to their full potential without any additional software due to WASAPI and ASIO support.
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Can convert media
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Good podcast support
MusicBee allows the user to subscribe to and auto-download podcasts.
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Waveform seekbar
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Integrates with Last.fm
MusicBee allows scrobbling with Last.fm.
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Supports Winamp visualizers
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MiniLyrics integration
Not only does it allow MiniLyrics to search for and add synchronized lyrics to your music files, but the MiniLyrics window can be docked in MusicBee over its own lyrics panel so you can edit them and see them displayed along with whatever you're playing.
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Vast library capabilities - handles a massive collection of music with ease
Current file count exceeds 500,000+. Updates the library faster than other similar feature rich players whilst being fully capable of playback, id tag editing, even visualiser generation simultaneously, limited only by the power of your PC. If your experience is different you likely don't have a capable machine.
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Runs well under WINE in Linux environments
There are detailed instructions in the community forum describing how to create a suitable WINE prefix in which to install MusicBee with nearly all the features operating as they do in Windows. There is also support for Linux using CrossOver by CodeWeavers, who offer an automated installer to accomplish the same result on nearly all major Linux distributions as well as Google's ChromeOS.
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Does it all better than any other app .... still
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Media library
Has media library support that can displays all available tags plus custom tags.
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iOS sync support
There is a plugin available that allows users to sync their iOS devices (including music ad podcasts).
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Ability to lock down access to settings
It's possible to lock down access to settings while still having access to the player. This is great for parties, allowing guests to browse and play music without worrying if they will mess something up.
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Supports seeing time on seek
MusicBee tells you the time you are seeking to on mouseover on the seek bar.
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Platforms:
Windows
License:
All rights reserved
Release Date:
February 19, 2023
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Yes
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