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If you are looking for a “old school iTunes” kind of player there’s also https://swinsian.com/ https://swinsian.com/

by dewey 1y ago

gpm 1y ago
The Readme mentions that app under "Motivation" > Motivation > I have a large collection of music files that I’ve gathered over the years, and I missed having a good offline music player on macOS. I used Swinsian (great app, by the way!), but it hasn't been updated in years. I also missed features commonly found in streaming apps; so I built Petrichor to scratch that itch and learn Swift and macOS app development along the way!
- thek3nger 1y ago
  For the people interested, Swinsian has a beta version that is actively developed. I got an update a couple of weeks ago. So it is not abandoned.
  - digital_voodoo 1y ago
    Oh, is there a way to switch to the beta channel? I love and use Swinsian, I know they're actively working on the next major version, but can't get interim ones.
    - SloopJon 1y ago
      Gemini says: pressing Option on the Swinsian menu changes the "Check For Updates..." menu option to "Check For Updates (Beta)..." I don't have specific complaints about the current version, but I'm going to give it a try. If nothing else, it's probably ARM native.
- SloopJon 1y ago
  Petrichor shows my albums as a single track. CUE sheet support is a must. I also have a hard time seeing myself using a desktop music player without an iTunes-style column-mode browser.
bigyabai 1y ago
quodlibet comes highly recommended for Windows/Linux users that want a more retro media player: https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet
Meekro 1y ago
Thanks for the recommendation! This one's the best "old school iTunes" program I've tried so far. I might stick with this one for now. I especially like how I can make smartlists with nested rules. The main thing I'm missing is volume leveling.
atoav 1y ago
A friend of mine (sound engineer) has been using VLC player for audio playback since forever. I do the same. The advantage is that you are forced to organize your music in your file system and that translates incredibly well to all other future systems. Want a special playlist? Just copy the files over and name them with a numeric prefix counting up. You can open that playlist ten years later on a different operating system. Since I tend to listen to full albums, this has been a good way of doing things.
- dewey 1y ago
  There’s a reason library based players were invented and that’s that you don’t need to batch rename files, or tag a file 3 times if it’s part of 3 different playlists.
  - atoav 1y ago
    I didn't claim there was no reason.
pwenzel 1y ago
Swinsian is 100% worth the $24.95. It's really nice to have a good system for offline music purchases.
cageface 1y ago
You could give my app a shot too: https://www.plastaq.com/minimoon https://www.plastaq.com/minimoon
- dewey 1y ago
  I always appreciate more iTunes / Music.app competitors but personally I don't like the look of Minimoon. It looks more like a Windows app and not really like a native macOS app, especially with the sidebar.

If you are looking for a “old school iTunes” kind of player there’s also https://swinsian.com/ https://swinsian.com/

by dewey 1y ago

If you are looking for a “old school iTunes” kind of player there’s also https://swinsian.com/ https://swinsian.com/

gpm 1y ago

The Readme mentions that app under "Motivation" > Motivation > I have a large collection of music files that I’ve gathered over the years, and I missed having a good offline music player on macOS. I used Swinsian (great app, by the way!), but it hasn't been updated in years. I also missed features commonly found in streaming apps; so I built Petrichor to scratch that itch and learn Swift and macOS app development along the way!

thek3nger 1y ago
For the people interested, Swinsian has a beta version that is actively developed. I got an update a couple of weeks ago. So it is not abandoned.
- digital_voodoo 1y ago
  Oh, is there a way to switch to the beta channel? I love and use Swinsian, I know they're actively working on the next major version, but can't get interim ones.
  - SloopJon 1y ago
    Gemini says: pressing Option on the Swinsian menu changes the "Check For Updates..." menu option to "Check For Updates (Beta)..." I don't have specific complaints about the current version, but I'm going to give it a try. If nothing else, it's probably ARM native.
SloopJon 1y ago
Petrichor shows my albums as a single track. CUE sheet support is a must. I also have a hard time seeing myself using a desktop music player without an iTunes-style column-mode browser.

bigyabai 1y ago

quodlibet comes highly recommended for Windows/Linux users that want a more retro media player: https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet

Meekro 1y ago

Thanks for the recommendation! This one's the best "old school iTunes" program I've tried so far. I might stick with this one for now. I especially like how I can make smartlists with nested rules. The main thing I'm missing is volume leveling.

atoav 1y ago

A friend of mine (sound engineer) has been using VLC player for audio playback since forever. I do the same. The advantage is that you are forced to organize your music in your file system and that translates incredibly well to all other future systems. Want a special playlist? Just copy the files over and name them with a numeric prefix counting up. You can open that playlist ten years later on a different operating system. Since I tend to listen to full albums, this has been a good way of doing things.

dewey 1y ago
There’s a reason library based players were invented and that’s that you don’t need to batch rename files, or tag a file 3 times if it’s part of 3 different playlists.
- atoav 1y ago
  I didn't claim there was no reason.

pwenzel 1y ago

Swinsian is 100% worth the $24.95. It's really nice to have a good system for offline music purchases.

cageface 1y ago

You could give my app a shot too: https://www.plastaq.com/minimoon https://www.plastaq.com/minimoon

dewey 1y ago
I always appreciate more iTunes / Music.app competitors but personally I don't like the look of Minimoon. It looks more like a Windows app and not really like a native macOS app, especially with the sidebar.