When comparing Pragha Music Player vs Musique, the Slant community recommends Musique for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for UNIX-like systems?” Musique is ranked 11th while Pragha Music Player is ranked 28th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro 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.
Pro 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
Pro Can handle very large local music libraries
Pro Minimal UI
The UI for Musique is pretty minimal. By not throwing every option in the book into the application, the developers are able to keep the interface clear of any clutter.
Pro Consistent queue simplifies what's playing next
There is a queue on the right side of the player, which shows you what is coming up next. This makes it easy to add a new song or remove a song before it plays to be sure that you/your guests stay in the groove. You can also slowly transition to different genres, not to mention plan ahead and adapt as you need to.
Cons
Con 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.
Con 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.
Con No differentation between Album Artist / Track Artist
Albums are sorted via "Album Artist" but each deviating "Track Artist" creates a new album handle. Very bad when you have album tracks where the filename consists of the typical "Artist #1 feat. Artist #2" setting as each of these files creates another album entry.
Con Doesn't resume from last close
Musique won't resume from the last time the app was closed. If you had a great music queue all set up, unfortunately it won't stay there if you close the app.
Con Linux controls don't work
The Linux next/previous buttons don't do anything - you will need to open Musique in order to do anything with it (other than change the volume).