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It pains me to say it, but music apps on Linux are abysmal. The last one that wasn't completely crap was Amazon 1.4.

gdrift 6y ago
MPD on linux + Android MPD client as the the GUI works well for me.
jraph 6y ago
Clementine [1] is pretty cool. It does everything I need: - cross-fading between songs - a real queue that is separate from the playlist so you can program what plays next and in which order easily (CTRL+D to add / remove, and a advanced window can show the queue) - a remote control with an Android app - stop after this song - a giant search / filter bar. It does not has to have the focus to start searching, just type when Clementine is the active window - MPRIS integration (obviously) - several playlists open at the same time - the mood bar It also has: - tag editing - integration with many online services - a library handling that does not get in the way but full-featured anyway - support for removable media It's awesome. It could use some pretty some improvement for its look, but it is pretty decent and does the job. It's a fork and a continuation of Amarok 1.4. [1] https://clementine-player.org/ https://clementine-player.org/
- aojdwhsd 6y ago
  I really like Strawberry [1], a fork of Clementine. "It is a fork of Clementine released in 2018 aimed at music collectors and audiophiles." [1] https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry
- notyourwork 6y ago
  +1 When I ran linux everywhere, Clementine was my goto player. This was over 5 years ago, I'm sure its only gotten better.
  - psychometry 6y ago
    According to their website, the most recent release is from 2016.
    - jraph 6y ago
      Distributions actually ship more recent versions from the git repository. I'm currently running a release tagged as version 1.4 rc2 (openSUSE Tumbleweed). The project is still alive, it somehow has an issue releasing a version but the player is stable.
HeadsUpHigh 6y ago
There are a million music apps for linux. What exactly are you looking for?
- tobyhinloopen 6y ago
  That’s the problem: a million apps, but none of them are decent
  - psychometry 6y ago
    Yeah, none of them even have the feature set of iTunes from 10 years ago.
lmedinas 6y ago
Audacious is still top notch imo.
bigbubba 6y ago
I use mpv. It's primarily meant as a video player but it works well for music too and even as an image viewer (alternative to 'feh') There is a pretty active community of people writing scripts for mpv (Lua or JS) and it's generally really nice for users with a hacker ethos. I consider it the Emacs of multimedia. (I wouldn't recommend it for casual users, I tell family members to use VLC.)
fivre 6y ago
deadbeef (https://github.com/DeaDBeeF-Player/deadbeef https://github.com/DeaDBeeF-Player/deadbeef) tries to be a foobar2k clone of sorts, and while it's nowhere close (foobar2k is just really damn good), it's alright for what it is: a basic GUI playlist manager that plays on-disk music. The bare-bones experience is kind of nice, to be honest, as my listening habits don't really need much functionality beyond "load a folder of music, respond to media key inputs, and scrobble to last.fm".
jeegsy 6y ago
*Amarok

MPD on linux + Android MPD client as the the GUI works well for me.

Clementine [1] is pretty cool. It does everything I need: - cross-fading between songs - a real queue that is separate from the playlist so you can program what plays next and in which order easily (CTRL+D to add / remove, and a advanced window can show the queue) - a remote control with an Android app - stop after this song - a giant search / filter bar. It does not has to have the focus to start searching, just type when Clementine is the active window - MPRIS integration (obviously) - several playlists open at the same time - the mood bar It also has: - tag editing - integration with many online services - a library handling that does not get in the way but full-featured anyway - support for removable media It's awesome. It could use some pretty some improvement for its look, but it is pretty decent and does the job. It's a fork and a continuation of Amarok 1.4. [1] https://clementine-player.org/ https://clementine-player.org/

aojdwhsd 6y ago
I really like Strawberry [1], a fork of Clementine. "It is a fork of Clementine released in 2018 aimed at music collectors and audiophiles." [1] https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry
notyourwork 6y ago
+1 When I ran linux everywhere, Clementine was my goto player. This was over 5 years ago, I'm sure its only gotten better.
- psychometry 6y ago
  According to their website, the most recent release is from 2016.
  - jraph 6y ago
    Distributions actually ship more recent versions from the git repository. I'm currently running a release tagged as version 1.4 rc2 (openSUSE Tumbleweed). The project is still alive, it somehow has an issue releasing a version but the player is stable.

HeadsUpHigh 6y ago

There are a million music apps for linux. What exactly are you looking for?

tobyhinloopen 6y ago
That’s the problem: a million apps, but none of them are decent
- psychometry 6y ago
  Yeah, none of them even have the feature set of iTunes from 10 years ago.

lmedinas 6y ago

Audacious is still top notch imo.

bigbubba 6y ago

I use mpv. It's primarily meant as a video player but it works well for music too and even as an image viewer (alternative to 'feh') There is a pretty active community of people writing scripts for mpv (Lua or JS) and it's generally really nice for users with a hacker ethos. I consider it the Emacs of multimedia. (I wouldn't recommend it for casual users, I tell family members to use VLC.)

fivre 6y ago

deadbeef (https://github.com/DeaDBeeF-Player/deadbeef https://github.com/DeaDBeeF-Player/deadbeef) tries to be a foobar2k clone of sorts, and while it's nowhere close (foobar2k is just really damn good), it's alright for what it is: a basic GUI playlist manager that plays on-disk music. The bare-bones experience is kind of nice, to be honest, as my listening habits don't really need much functionality beyond "load a folder of music, respond to media key inputs, and scrobble to last.fm".

jeegsy 6y ago

*Amarok