I tried out most (if not all) of the music players on flathub, but I always end up going back to Rhythmbox. It’s so simple, lightweight, got just enough features (for my use case) and blends well with GTK Desktops (I mostly use Gnome and Cinnamon) and it looks so clean in my Nord theme 😆

How has your experience with Rhythmbox? do y’all got any alternative you think everybody should give a try? I personally think Elisa is a close second!

  • perishthethought@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    My only complaint with Rhythmbox is that it lets you close it while playing a song and then the ui is gone but the song keeps playing. Insanity!

  • njordomir@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’ve been a Linux user since 2005ish and a DJ since at least 2013. I’ve tried a lot of music players including Rythmbox. I settled on Clementine/Strawberry or Amorok, depending on use case. Haven’t used either of them recently.

    With that said, there is no right answer. Find one you like!

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    I really just want a media player that:

    1. Has good media library support based on tags (lots do)

    2. Has ReplayGain support (lots do)

    3. Lets me have an album art panel bigger than a thumbnail (and here is where so many options fall short, including Rhythmbox)

    Deadbeef seems to be the closest due to its good customizability, but the plugin which allows for actual media library capability is apparently Mac-only, for some unfathomable reason.

    Gonna be stuck with Foobar via Wine for a fair sight longer, I think.

    • AugustWest@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Clementine does all those things. I may have mistaken what you are asking for. Are you wanting a cover larger than a thumbnail in the “catalog” section?

  • BingBong@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Side question that may be relevant since this is for local collections. Does anyone have a recommended tool for ripping and tagging audio CDs (e.g. with musicbrainz support)?

    • skarn@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      Last time I had a PC with an optical drive, I used the built-in features of Dolphin, and using a different software for metadata. If you use KDE, it’s hard to find a good reason to do otherwise. It will usually get metadata from CDDB, but on the other hand for metadata It’s really hard to beat Picard or Beets.

      Beets will also scrape the lyrics and add them to the metadata, beside acousticbrainz goodness, multiple genres from Last.fm, and more. Picard will do most of this as well.

  • onTerryO@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I just looked up the initial release, it was in August 2001. I don’t remember the first time I used it, but it was probably 20 years ago. Still remains my favourite for the reasons you mentioned.

  • geoff@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Absolutely classic music player. The iTunes 1.0 UI pattern, which was pre-enshittification. To my eyes, I still don’t think I’ve ever seen a more overall efficient and descriptive way of browsing a local music library.

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It still can’t sort or browse by album artist, which makes it a real pain to use. You have to apply a patch and compile it from source to make it usable.