#9

Have they figured out a way to show album art in VLC yet?

#10

quodlibet as i sugested previously also works on winderz

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#11

I don’t think so (I looked in preferences a while back and couldn’t find anything)

#12

You’ve got to be willing to get fiddly, but I use beets for ingesting and managing files, and a subsonic server on an old mac mini for playback…

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#13

I used this as an alternative for iTunes on my Mac. Used the demo and liked it, but not enough to buy it, and then I got on that Spotify train, and now don’t really use any local music management.

My poor archive.org tracks…

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#14

That looks nice. Reminds me of Foobar, which was my go-to for music playback when I was a Windows user.

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#15

I use it on my phone and it does.

#16

thanks for all the suggestions! i think i am going to try out vox for a month. i like the lossless cloud thing a lot. i like having my full library stream-able (i do a lot of listening in the car) and i want to get rid of spotify… although i buy quite a bit of music (mostly bandcamp of late) i can never quite feel okay with spotify.

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#17

20 characters of mpd + ncmpcpp

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#18

i’ve been using foobar recently, seems alright. bit messy maybe.

#19

I also use spotify for my general consumption needs, for windows id reccomend VLC, the default audio player in win10 is bad and VLC allows you to manage your songs better, you’ll just have to do good folder sorting to have everything accessible. If you need mobile access you can always set up a plex server, not that hard to do.

#20

I started using Korg’s AudioGate app on my iPhone to deal with hires files, and it’s worked out well.

Ii haven’t tried the Mac version, but it might be worth a look.

#21

I use Swinsian.
It’s like iTunes circa 2002 before all the nonsense was added.
I like it. NB - it doesn’t rip, I use Max.

#22

+1 for Swinsian
great librarian system…

#23

For general music listening I just use Amazon Music (have a prime account so it is free).

I still like getting CD’s, and having the music automatically added to my library is very convenient.

I know it’s Amazon and all (boo hiss etc…:grinning:)… but it just works so effortlessly.

#24

Not gonna lie, I miss having a zune just because I thought their desktop program was pretty good.

#25

3 days in i am quite liking Vox. the ability to sync my existing library with my phone is cool. and the interface is super simple (i.e. doable whilst driving).

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#26

This past weekend, I set up a plex server for my music with an old laptop I’m not really using anymore.

I also have file sharing turned on so that I can move audio files I download from the mac I use day to day into my plex music library folder. There’s a setting in plex that auto-watches this folder and auto-updates the player.

So far, I am impressed with the audio quality, as well as the UI/UX of the player app. It kind of feels like if the newer-style iTunes worked well, hah.

I have yet to pay for the premium version (which allows you to stream on your phone). I may, though I am fine with sticking with spotify/bandcamp for on-the-go listening.

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#27

Another tool for the toolbox:
http://beets.io

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#28

I just moved from streaming services to Musicbee to manage my local library but also considering Mopidy + Covergrid for an everyday usage.
For me the importance lies with the interface, I love to be able swipe through album covers, my brain cannot deal with text lines and I don’t like to pick and choose songs individually.