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> The correct way to deal with this is to move this directory tree onto my phone (either via network transfer or attaching a USB filesystem) and then browse tho

> The correct way to deal with this is to move this directory tree onto my phone (either via network transfer or attaching a USB filesystem) and then browse those files with a music player app. Anyone familiar with iDevices knows that every piece of the simple, standard workflow I just described is totally impossible. On the contrary, any number of apps support precisely this. - https://readdle.com/documents https://readdle.com/documents (not just music) - https://www.everappz.com/evermusic https://www.everappz.com/evermusic - https://brushedtype.co/doppler/ https://brushedtype.co/doppler/ - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sony-music-center/id724406878 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sony-music-center/id724406878 (if you use Sony headphones) - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mrmc-touch/id1062986407 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mrmc-touch/id1062986407 There's no point in listing all of them. Having ripped some 20,000 CD tracks a couple decades ago, I use several such apps. As a user of such apps, I'd argue with "correct" though, given Apple Match with iCloud One combo and last year's update supporting high resolution / lossless. Over time, I have come to use those apps less than Apple Match, which mirrors my rips using tracks from Apple's library where they have them, or uploads mine where they don't, giving me more seamless access across all devices, spoken access from Siri on HomePods, etc. Match was a debacle at launch, is now almost never wrong on even the most obscure tracks.

brewdad 5y ago
I've had good luck with flacbox https://www.everappz.com/flacbox https://www.everappz.com/flacbox It supports FLAC obviously but also Opus. For my phone, I've ripped my FLAC files to Opus and can carry my entire music collection wherever I go. I used their import tool to build the same folder structure that I have on my NAS. I have iTunes installed on my Windows machine (no Macs at home) but I try to avoid it if at all possible.
- sneak 5y ago
  This app uploads your identifiers and activity to the developer without consent. There's a growing trend these days of making every single player app into spyware, and it's sad. I won't use reader apps or player apps that read or play local files that are going to transmit my activity off device for no reason that benefits me.
jrm4 5y ago
From this Linux (formerly Windows from a looong time ago) guy this looks dreadfully silly and annoying. Files and folders, y'all.
- Terretta 5y ago
  All those players work from files and folders. That was the point.
  - jrm4 5y ago
    Sure, I'd say I was also commenting on the idea that "Files and Folders" as anything other than an extremely obvious default (and even perhaps requires help on a forum) is again, terrible and silly.

brewdad 5y ago

I've had good luck with flacbox https://www.everappz.com/flacbox https://www.everappz.com/flacbox It supports FLAC obviously but also Opus. For my phone, I've ripped my FLAC files to Opus and can carry my entire music collection wherever I go. I used their import tool to build the same folder structure that I have on my NAS. I have iTunes installed on my Windows machine (no Macs at home) but I try to avoid it if at all possible.

sneak 5y ago
This app uploads your identifiers and activity to the developer without consent. There's a growing trend these days of making every single player app into spyware, and it's sad. I won't use reader apps or player apps that read or play local files that are going to transmit my activity off device for no reason that benefits me.

jrm4 5y ago

From this Linux (formerly Windows from a looong time ago) guy this looks dreadfully silly and annoying. Files and folders, y'all.

Terretta 5y ago
All those players work from files and folders. That was the point.
- jrm4 5y ago
  Sure, I'd say I was also commenting on the idea that "Files and Folders" as anything other than an extremely obvious default (and even perhaps requires help on a forum) is again, terrible and silly.