When comparing Nightingale vs mp3blaster, the Slant community recommends mp3blaster for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for UNIX-like systems?” mp3blaster is ranked 46th while Nightingale is ranked 48th. The most important reason people chose mp3blaster is:
Absolutely beats the quality from SMPlayer with mpv in the background.
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Pros
Pro Nice Coverflow add-on
Pro Good library organization
Pro Highly customizable
Pro Skinnable
Pro Awesome sound quality!
Absolutely beats the quality from SMPlayer with mpv in the background.
Pro Robust playlist support
mp3blaster has great playlist support, especially when compared to other terminal music players as many don't have playlist support at all.
Pro Shrotcut keys shown at the top of the app
mp3blaster, by default shows the shortcut keys at the top of the player, making it easy to see how to control the app.
Cons
Con Basically Abandoned
There hasn't been an update since 2016 as far as I can tell. The forum's dead, and the las blog update was in 2015.