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Add to SafariWhen comparing MOC - Music On Console vs Mellow Player, the Slant community recommends MOC - Music On Console for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for UNIX-like systems?” MOC - Music On Console is ranked 18th while Mellow Player is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose MOC - Music On Console is:
MOC can be run (and later controlled) totally in the background.
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Pros
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
Pro Native
It is written in Qt so it requires less resources than a web browser or an electron application.
Pro AppImage
It is available as AppImage so you can easily try it.
Cons
Con No cue
No cue sheet support.
Con QML
It written in Qt-QML which ignores all Human Interface Guidelines and make the app look like a web page.
Con Not native
It's using qt5-webengine which is not much different from electron / a webbrowser.
