When comparing XMMS vs VVAVE Music Player, the Slant community recommends XMMS for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for UNIX-like systems?” XMMS is ranked 38th while VVAVE Music Player is ranked 47th. The most important reason people chose XMMS is:
XMMS is able to use any Winamp skin available.
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Pros
Pro Support for Winamp themes
XMMS is able to use any Winamp skin available.
Pro Simple and familiar music player
Many users should be pretty familiar with the interface as it has been built to match that of the popular Winamp player.
Pro Open source (FOSS)
LGPL licensed.
Pro KDE/Qt-based
Looks great, uses known KDE/Qt controls and integrates with the KDE Plasma desktop (including KDE Connect, MPRIS Controls, KRunner and native notifications).
Pro Convergent
Can be used across platforms on desktop (Linux), Android and Plasma Mobile (Kirigami-based).
Pro Online streaming
You can use it to stream music. It also integrates youtube-dl. It can use your offline music to let you discover new online stream media.
Cons
Con Looks are dated and may be unappealing
XMMS is pretty long in the tooth now and it's design definitely reflects that.
Con Unstable on Wayland
If you even attempt to resize the program, it'll hang indefinitely.
