When comparing mp3blaster vs Mellow Player, the Slant community recommends Mellow Player for most people. In the question“What are the best audio players for UNIX-like systems?” Mellow Player is ranked 31st while mp3blaster is ranked 46th. The most important reason people chose Mellow Player is:
It is written in Qt so it requires less resources than a web browser or an electron application.
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Pros
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.
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 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.