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MOC - Music On Console
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Works as a daemon
MOC can be run (and later controlled) totally in the background.
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No cue
No cue sheet support.
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Works in console only
There's no need for X server when using MOC.
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Playlists
MOC handles playlists and it can play custom playlists ad-hoc. Also, after it has finished, it can resume playing the original playlist.
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Lightweight
MOC uses a very little resources
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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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cmus
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CLI only
CLI makes Cmus clean, fast and minimalist.
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No album art
cmus does not display album art
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Does not use a lot of memory
Cmus only uses about 15 MB. This is a very small and light media player, which is ideal for people with low end hardware.
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CLI only
No graphical interface is available for cmus. Everything is done through CLI (command line interface).
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Works very well with tags from MusicBrainz database
cmus will factor in additional data from the MusicBrainz database while sorting. For example sort orders for arist or album, and the original release date for an album (in the case of a re-release).
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Difficult to use
Cmus uses odd keyboard shortcuts such as "C" to pause, "E" to add songs to queue, and "4" to edit the queue.
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Good library structure
A lot of music players may act more like playlist viewers rather than a music library. cmus sorts by Artist > Year > Album.
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Can't play wavepack files
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Fast
A lot of music players will be slow when starting if they have huge libraries, but CMus starts fast no matter the library size.
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Customizable keybindings for a personal experience
You can add keybindings for just about anything - including seeking (forward/backwards 1 minute, for example) which isn't supported by all music players.
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No mouse required
cmus does not require a mouse as it runs in the terminal
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Open source extensions and scripts
On GitHub you can find the official WIKI where there are a dozen extensions and scripts from color themes to a lyrics viewer and the ability to play YouTube songs.
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Sayonara
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Looks really cool, and does have cover art
It is so flexible it respects your local theme, or can be set to a theme, very slick, independent dark mode. And yes, it does show your cover art!
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Playlist driven play back
If you install Sayonara, hook it up with your music directory, and want to have it play by clicking a music file and let you surprise yourself with its shuffle... it won't. It will play that double clicked song, but then just plain stop untill you double click that next one. To have it just play through your collection, you first have to make a playlist, and only then let Sayonara play that (randomly). No deal breaker, but certainly an non-intuitive hassle preventing "click that in my library, play and don't bother me no more".
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Closes to panel while playing...
It closes to the icon (tray) on your panel, while it keeps playing. Clicking the icon you can open it again, or pause/ stop/ play it there. Great to get it out of your way when you're working with cool sounds in the background.
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Dynamic playback
Sayonara works with a dynamic mode shuffle method, that quite often eliminates any surprises and comes with "the same" suggestions when your collection is smaller. It can be switched off though (bottom left switches, under your playlist) if you don't like it. All the options will require you to "look into it" though, since it is somewhat confusing...
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Does conky...
If you are one of those who like to close your player to panel and see what it plays in your conky? Sayonara can do that over dbus, whether you like just artist and title, a progress bar, or even the cover art in your conky.
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Sorts by the users options
Has everything you may need onboard.
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Many plugins standard
Has many plugins out of the box, e.g. internet "radio"streams, equaliser, sprectrum analyser, bookmarks, audio converter, broadcast, playlists, lyrics for the song you're playing, and more. It's the full music enjoyment experience. If you like minimalistic, Sayonara can do that too.
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License:
GPLv3
Release Date:
2011
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Open Source
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yarock
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Doesn't support playlist files
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Easy to switch between different collections
Yarock's database supports multiple music collections, which can be switched between easily.
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No working packages
Almost impossible to get it to install and work.
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Does not meddle with your tunes
If you have spent your precious time crafting your music collection the way you like it and don't want any 'jumped up alarm clocks' renaming and altering your tags, Yarock is a good choice for you.
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No ability for mass tag correction
In yarock, album covers can't be added to the files, meaning there's a lack of music fingerprint technology.
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Multiple views
Yarock offers multiple views when browsing one's music collection, including artist, album, or track.
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Lacks music fingerprinting ability
This application does not have any music fingerprinting abilities such as musicbrainz, which limits the apps usefulness.
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UI may be confusing
First-time users may find the UI un-intuitive.
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Platforms:
Linux
License:
GPL v3
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Free
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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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Ocenaudio
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Free and cross-platform
Ocenaudio is available for free on Windows, OSX and Linux.
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VST plugins
Supports VST plugins.
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Great UI
Simple and Intuitive UI.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
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Mopidy
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Capable of streaming music from cloud services via extensions
Extensions permit the streaming of music from cloud services such as Spotify, SoundCloud, and Google Play Music.
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Many front-ends
MPD clients and HTTP extensions/clients can connect to your Mopidy server. Front-ends range from web front-ends, mobile applications, to even console clients.
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Available as a Docker file
Mopidly's Docker file can be found here allowing for quick setup.
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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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Exaile
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A lot of built-in plugins
Exaile comes pre-loaded with a lot of plugins so users can customize the application how they see fit.
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Can't handle CUE files
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Can handle large libraries
Exaile utilizes a SQLite database to store information. As such, it can handle large music libraries.
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Smart Playlists
Has the ability to configure dynamic playlists based on various criteria.
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Trimmed down interface
Exaile excels for being a simple-to-use music player that is not filled with a lot of guff.
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Equalizer
Exaile has a built-in equalizer.
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Pragha Music Player
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Lightweight
Pragha skips heavy features that slow it down, and the result is a very fast music player that always feels responsive even when handling large libraries.
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Very basic
By design, Pragha is a basic app without any 'bells and whistles' features. It's functional, but don't expect it to do anything over and above the minimal.
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Useful UI for your collection
If you love sorting your music folders manually, Pragha allows for a solution with access to your media library "as is". This allows for custom sorting, such as when songs were released so you can easily jump between time periods
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Collection needs to be re-updated after adding new music
Pragha is unable to automatically add new items to your music collection unless a re-scan of all files is done, even when only adding single files.
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Kodi
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Can install on several devices
Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Xbox, Apple TV (jailbroken), and more.
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You may have to jailbreak some devices
This is only for things like a Fire stick, but Android TV boxes etc. should be fine.
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Lots of plugins available
Like PlutoTV, Curiosity Stream, and YouTube. 3rd party repositories, such as the SlyGuy Repository, contain more plugins like Disney+, Paramount+, Hulu, and Netflix.
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Terrible navigation
Menus over menus with dozens of submenus.
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Free
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Not Client/Server Capable
While most solutions provide a client/server setup the KODI developers REFUSE to adopt this approach forcing individual setups for every device.
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Open source
Completely FOSS, licensed under GPL 2.0
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Poorly optimized
Often not a fluid experience on low-end devices.
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Great customization/multiple skins
You can change navigation flow and other aspects of Kodi with the plethora of customization options and skins.
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No official AAA addons for streaming services
It does not have any official AAA addons and fully relies on the community which result in often broken packages/addons.
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Can play many different file formats
It supports Blu-ray Discs, CDs, DVDs, USB Flash Drives, local Hard Disk Drives, AirPlay, network file shares, basically every video, audio, and image format available, subtitle files, and even retro game console ROMs.
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Platforms:
Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, AndroidTV, iOS, tvOS
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Music Player Daemon
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Multiple frontends available
MPD is a music player server that requires a separate client for user interaction. There are many frontends available, with the most popular being ncmpcpp.
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Not a music player, only a music server
You know how you need your browser (Firefox, Chrome, etc.) to access web pages? The browser is what YOU touch, see, and interface with, but in order for it to give you anything it must connect to a server that "serves" appropriate content. mpd is the server in this analogy, NOT the thing you actually use. The front-ends that are available for mpd, now those are music players.
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Features provide a good music experience
While mostly bare-bones, Music Player Daemon does include a few features which help make it perform well. Buffer support ensures that your music continues to play without interruption even when your system is under an extremely heavy (but temporary) load, gapless playback starts loading a song just before it's needed so that it's ready to play the instant the last song ends. Meanwhile, crossfading allows your songs to blend into one another for continuous playback.
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May not conform to how you organise your library
MPD expects you to have all your music in a single folder (music_directory) and use symbolic links to retrieve other resources.
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Easy to use with various outputs
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Poor tagging support
Does not support enough tag types.
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Requires a refresh every time you add music
MPD won't automatically refresh it's library - if you add music to your music folder, you will have to manually tell MPD to refresh or else it won't add the new music.
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MPlayer
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Needs no additional codecs
Everything MPlayer needs to play media files is contained within which means no outside codecs are needed.
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Not much documentation on the use and configuration
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Easy shortcut keys
Quick skip ahead buttons and other shortcut keys.
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Contrary to review, some media that play well in vlc does not play in mplayer
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No bugs , no lag in the video display
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Doesn't support directory playback
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Works via CLI and has multiple frontends to choose from
Some of the more popular frontends include Deepin Media Player, GNOME MPlayer, KPlayer, KMPlayer, Rosa Media Player, SMPlayer and Xt7-Player.
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Lacks a built-in visualizer
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Multiple forks
Some of the more popular forks include MPlayer2 and mpv.
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Nice theme available to choose from
Also, the video window is separate from the main window making it less cluttered while playing audio
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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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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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AIMP
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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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qmmp
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Offers some skinning options
Qmmp allows the user to drastically change its look via skins. It can use Winamp and Xmms skins, as well as a list of 12 skins made specifically for qmmp that can be found here.
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Interface is not particularly intuitive
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Small single-window interface
Unlike more popular players that draw a huge window taking up the entire screen, with tons of knobs and menus popping out in new windows, qmmp gives you a single tiny window (that looks pretty much the same as Winamp used to look) with the basic controls and the playlist. The rest is available through a menu.
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Lightweight and supports almost all formats
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Plugin based
You can extend it with plugins.
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Qt-App
No matter what OS or desktop you use Qmmp will integrate well
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Clean and simple interface
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Depends on libaries
It depends on libaries instead of big fat toolkits like gstreamer.
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integrated file browser
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Supports cue sheets
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Guayadeque
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Starts fast
Most other players start rather slowly. This one is written in C++, and the end result is excellent speed.
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Development seems to stall since 2016
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Doesn't use much memory
Once installed, Guyadeque only uses about 15 MBs.
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Sidebar lists multiple artists as one artist
A song with multiple artists labeled like "Artist 1; Artist 2; Artist 3" will not be displayed under all three artists, but rather under an artist labeled as "Artist 1; Artist 2; Artist 3." This makes actions as simple as queuing up an album with multiple artists a huge pain.
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Well-implemented auto playlist
After music has finished playing, Guadayeque will play a similar type of music.
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Songs with differing artists in an album are displayed as separate albums
Suppose Album 1 by Album Artist A has a lot of songs by Artist A, with one song that features Artist B. Album 1 will get fractured across different artists in the sidebar.
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Handles large music databases very well
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Interface is too busy
There's a lot shown on each of Guayeque's screens, and the more important buttons (play/pause and skip buttons) are small and hidden in the top left corner. Most users use music players in the background, meaning they will be switching back and forth with whatever else they're doing. As such, having larger buttons in a more prime location would be preferable.
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Lots of niceties / options / integration
Last.fm shows your profile in the software and also displays info about the artist. Lyrics are downloaded automatically when you want to see them. Cross-fading between songs keeps music constantly coming, which is very important when using music to block out ambient sounds. VU (volume unit) Meters give you something to look at while the music is playing.
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Sometimes freezes and crashes
This can happen if you change some settings i.e. add or remove tabs etc.
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Smart play
It automatically make a playlist song-by-song you hear from your music file. It finds similar songs. So, as you listen to a song an endless playlist with similar songs is about to happen..
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Clean appearance
Guayadeque has a clean yet customizable appearance.
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