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VLC is how I listen to music on Linux. For the longest time I have been a foobar/winamp user on Windows. But on Linux, the music player situation is atrocious
by johnchristopher 6y ago
VLC is how I listen to music on Linux.
For the longest time I have been a foobar/winamp user on Windows.
But on Linux, the music player situation is atrocious. I surrendered to VLC et voilà. It bugs me to no end that I use a video player to play music files but that's life.
It plays everything, it doesn't need an insane backend scanning framework, it doesn't randomly crashes, its controls have been consistent for years and I can easily select the output device. I hate using it to play music but I love that I can use it to play music.
Oh, and I can't wait for someone to release a VLCMedia distro with a keyboard/kiosk mode to get rid of XBMC/Kodi which has an insane amount of incoherent keybindings and defaults.
edit: I also use cvlc to create an RTSP stream from pi-0, those streams are read and converted by a pi4 to HLS files in ssh shared folder with a VPS that has an index.html file with a js player. Works flawlessly. Only downside is when wifi gets flaky. How cvlc is the easiest and fastest option to do that on a pi0 is beyond me but thank you.
- isaac21259 6y agoIf your looking for a good music player on Linux I highly recommend Lollypop. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Lollypop# https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Lollypop#
- MayeulC 6y agoAnd Elisa for the KDE alternative: https://apps.kde.org/en/elisa https://apps.kde.org/en/elisa
- johnchristopher 6y agoNo, it doesn't support enough format yet, the UI isn't practical and latest flat version crashes. I would have stick with it if I could have setup a default folder from which to start browsing files (~/médias/music rather than ~).
- johnchristopher 6y agoI am running awesome KDE these days but I'll give it a try on work's computer if it supports debian 9.
- fladd 6y agoHave you tried DeaDBeeF? https://deadbeef.sourceforge.io/ https://deadbeef.sourceforge.io/
- johnchristopher 6y agoI stumbled on the name a few days ago and as a matter of fact I still have an `apt install deadbee` in my history but no packages in repositories. Don't remember why I didn't follow through. Ah, yes, the github page had no packaged releases and I missed the sourceforge link. Thanks, I'll give it a try.
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- charlesdaniels 6y agoVLC is a great software package for sure. However, if you are seeking a Linux focused music player, I have enjoyed Exaile, having tried many different alternatives. https://exaile.org/ https://exaile.org/
- sangnoir 6y agoAmarok 1.x was the best music player I have used, subsequent versions lost the X-factor. Clementine is the spiritual successor and it captures most of what was special about Amarok.
- phil294 6y agoDid you have any negative experiences with Audacious? I have found it to be a nice, powerful yet easy to use audio player that is very fast and built with GTK (or Qt now?). Not very well known but excellent software. And as a bonus, it comes with optional old school Winamp skin :)
- ziotom78 6y agoI agree. After having tried several other players (Amarok, Banshee, Rhythmbox...) I have settled on Audacious. It's quick to start, plays every format I need, and is not as invasive as other bigger programs.
- johnchristopher 6y agoItried it but it didn't stick. Maybe I didn't like the defaults. I'll check it out again !
- johnchristopher 6y agoYeah, vertical volume bar, that's why.
- 97-109-107 6y agoMy two cents go to Cantata
- johnchristopher 6y agoNo, it needs MPD.