I only need local playback and rsyncing with my Walkman, so I’ll probably end up running those local players through their paces. I forgot to mention in that previous post that I do still use Musikcube in the Terminal for some quick playback, but I miss seeing cover art. The site claims it can be built with Homebrew on Mac as well. It was my first FreeBSD music player I used on Xfce back in the day when others seemed too complicated. I’d ideally want something cross platform after being freed from Mac/Windows only players, but… it’s also really nice.Įxaile is still around which is awesome. Swinsian, a paid macOS app that gets the closest to mimicking the design of classic iTunes. The UI is a bit different to what I’m used to, but their Mac client is still pretty fast.ĭeaDBeeF, a clever pun on hex and audio, and also a capable media player with a flexible UI. A tool for generating iTunes library XML from a Swinsian music library database. Features like automatic sample rate switching ensure you get the highest possible quality from your music files. It has wide format support including FLAC, WMA and Ogg Vorbis, and a simple but flexible interface that fits in with the rest of Mac OS X. I was unaware it even existed.įoobar2000, which is still being actively developed after all these years. Swinsian is a music player focused on playing and managing your music. Plex Music, which I was told would work well given I already use Plex as a server for shows and movies. A few of you linked to Wouter’s post over on Brainbaking which goes into detail how it works. Swinsian can be downloaded from the developer’s website. Portable VLC Media Player can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Swinsian. M1 and M2 Mac computers can run the app through Rosetta. Swinsian alternatives are mainly Audio Players but may also be Media Players or Internet Radio Services. Navidrome, an open source, self-hosted media server that even has FreeBSD install instructions. Swinsian is updated regularly but it doesn’t support Apple Silicon natively. These were the servers you all suggested: Thanks to all of you who sent in suggestions and comments in email and Mastodon, you’ve given me a lot to think about. My post about moving on from iTunes generated a ton of interest and feedback.
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