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DeaDBeeF – A modular audio player for Unix-like systems

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Re: DeaDBeeF – A modular audio player for Unix-like systems

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Post by eertami »

dlkmp wrote: post #25
Toutouxc wrote: post #5

I used to be a huge foobar2000 fan with a huge FLAC library. A bit later I got used to iTunes, because there was no good foobar2000 alternative on macOS, and I dialed back the library. Then I said fuck it and moved all the way over to Spotify, trading music quality (and UI) for discoverability. And I don't see myself going back.

My story is basically the same (except iTunes was mpd in my case) but I'm seriously considering moving back because of the music quality. I don't consider myself anything close to "audiophile" but the dynamic range of streamed music (at least for spotify) makes for a terrible experience when played at rather high volume over speakers. The difference to CD-ripped mp3 is immense. Messing with the few options offered by…

Spotify have announced "Spotify HiFi" (currently without an exact release date or pricing information) for 2021, which will offer lossless streaming[1].

Anecdotally though Spotify's "Very High" quality works well for me and honestly in 99% of cases it is indistinguishable. My setup sure isn't the greatest, but I have a dedicated DAC, a headphone amp, and speaker amp with some reputable headphones and bookshelf speakers. I keep CD sourced FLAC files on a local disk but I never really play them anymore.

Maybe if I had large floorstanding speakers in the 1000$+ category there'd be a lot more cases where Spotify falls short - where the HiFi offering or local FLAC would have a strong case - but I certainly recognize it is a niche case.

[1]: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2021-02-22/five-things-to-know-...

Re: DeaDBeeF – A modular audio player for Unix-like systems

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Post by pjc50 »

grinchygrinch wrote: post #37

I sigh every time someone says deadbeef is great alternative to foobar2000. The greatest thing about foobar2000 is media library which deadbeef doesn't even have. Actually, no other player on the planet can compete with foobar's media library. I'm not sure what kind of magic it uses, but the second I put new files in directories where my music is, foobar2000 sees it and I can access it in foobar. Sometimes, I listen…

> I'm not sure what kind of magic it uses, but the second I put new files in directories where my music is, foobar2000 sees it

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/obtain... ; the Linux equivalent is "inotify".

> I press 'o' on a track and it opens a file explorer in the location where the track is located and it also selects it

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13680415/how-to-open-exp...

On Linux, you'd have to do some kind of GNOME integration I am not familiar with. The Windows shell integration is a very handy API, although you have to do the usual digging for explanations and examples.

Re: DeaDBeeF – A modular audio player for Unix-like systems

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Post by amlib »

grinchygrinch wrote: post #37

I sigh every time someone says deadbeef is great alternative to foobar2000. The greatest thing about foobar2000 is media library which deadbeef doesn't even have. Actually, no other player on the planet can compete with foobar's media library. I'm not sure what kind of magic it uses, but the second I put new files in directories where my music is, foobar2000 sees it and I can access it in foobar. Sometimes, I listen…

Closest thing to foobar2000 is Clementine, an Amarok 1 fork...

The media library features are almost as good, if not for a nasty bug where using the filter in the library "tree view" can lock the app for many seconds for no reason. The normal search window/panel is not affected and is always instantaneous tough.

I've tested dozens of media players on linux, most choke on my huge library, but clementine is perfectly capable. It also has the same feature of adding new files automatically via inotify, along every other functionality you specified in your post!

It also seems to be lacking maintainers.. it has been on the same run of rc releases for years now! That means that bugs have creeped up unfortunately, but honestly, nothing better for people who really cares for their oversized music library.

Re: DeaDBeeF – A modular audio player for Unix-like systems

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Post by misterS »

amlib wrote: post #43
grinchygrinch wrote: post #37

I sigh every time someone says deadbeef is great alternative to foobar2000. The greatest thing about foobar2000 is media library which deadbeef doesn't even have. Actually, no other player on the planet can compete with foobar's media library. I'm not sure what kind of magic it uses, but the second I put new files in directories where my music is, foobar2000 sees it and I can access it in foobar. Sometimes, I listen…

Closest thing to foobar2000 is Clementine, an Amarok 1 fork... The media library features are almost as good, if not for a nasty bug where using the filter in the library "tree view" can lock the app for many seconds for no reason. The normal search window/panel is not affected and is always instantaneous tough. I've tested dozens of media players on linux, most choke on my huge library, but clementine is perfectly c…

There's https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/, a fork of Clementine, apparently created due to Clementine's inactivity. I've used it on and off on MacOS, but had some nasty locks which crashed the application.

But speaking of Clementine: I'm amazed that development seems to have picked up again, commits are happening on Github ( https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine) Last time I checked the repo it was silent.

Re: DeaDBeeF – A modular audio player for Unix-like systems

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Post by marcodiego »

benrbray wrote: post #35
mikeyjk wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your music taste sounds appealing to me, out of curiosity would you have some bands/artists you'd recommend off the cuff?

Sure, I only very recently started expanding my music horizons, but here are some I picked randomly from my library. Lately I'm into desert blues / enka / math rock / city pop. Tinariwen - Sastanàqqàm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vACZA9dGvV4) Mdou Moctar - Tarhatazed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZvPoE0EH1o) 椎名林檎 – 人生は夢だらけ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDnLHd2Ei3Y) Tatsuro Yamashita - LOVE SPACE (https://w…

Classic forró and "japanese math rock" that is what I'd call eclecticism.

Re: DeaDBeeF – A modular audio player for Unix-like systems

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Post by brnt »

amlib wrote: post #43
grinchygrinch wrote: post #37

I sigh every time someone says deadbeef is great alternative to foobar2000. The greatest thing about foobar2000 is media library which deadbeef doesn't even have. Actually, no other player on the planet can compete with foobar's media library. I'm not sure what kind of magic it uses, but the second I put new files in directories where my music is, foobar2000 sees it and I can access it in foobar. Sometimes, I listen…

Closest thing to foobar2000 is Clementine, an Amarok 1 fork... The media library features are almost as good, if not for a nasty bug where using the filter in the library "tree view" can lock the app for many seconds for no reason. The normal search window/panel is not affected and is always instantaneous tough. I've tested dozens of media players on linux, most choke on my huge library, but clementine is perfectly c…

Actually, the closest thing in media library regard is Quodlibet, and its under active development.
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