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Add to SafariWhen comparing yarock vs MOC - Music On Console, the Slant community recommends yarock for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for UNIX-like systems?” yarock is ranked 14th while MOC - Music On Console is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose yarock is:
Yarock's database supports multiple music collections, which can be switched between easily.
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Pros
Pro Easy to switch between different collections
Yarock's database supports multiple music collections, which can be switched between easily.
Pro 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.
Pro Multiple views
Yarock offers multiple views when browsing one's music collection, including artist, album, or track.
Pro Works as a daemon
MOC can be run (and later controlled) totally in the background.
Pro Works in console only
There's no need for X server when using MOC.
Pro Playlists
MOC handles playlists and it can play custom playlists ad-hoc. Also, after it has finished, it can resume playing the original playlist.
Pro Lightweight
MOC uses a very little resources
Cons
Con Doesn't support playlist files
Con No working packages
Almost impossible to get it to install and work.
Con 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.
Con Lacks music fingerprinting ability
This application does not have any music fingerprinting abilities such as musicbrainz, which limits the apps usefulness.
Con UI may be confusing
First-time users may find the UI un-intuitive.
Con No cue
No cue sheet support.
