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What Android App do you use to play your music?

I've been using VinylMusicPlayer because it has all the features I need (supports ReplayGain and playlists auto update when they are modified externally)

But I would much rather use MetroMusicPlayer as it looks so much prettier. But I'd have to manually update all playlists and it does not support ReplayGain

I should probably mention that I have limited myself to open source applications and that I don't particularly like the look of the main recommendations unfortunately.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I run a Plex server. So I'm using plexamp on my phone.

I'm not an audiophile so I just connect to my Bluetooth enabled edifier speakers and go to town.

Edit: just realized what sub? This is... My bad.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

You've outed yourself. Run before the true audiophiles tell you about FLAC.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure plexamp supports flac, at least that's how I play my purchased flac files.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yep it absolutely does!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Lol I try to only use flac actually lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Why worry? Most of my library is FLAC, direct played from Plex because my other go to server/player (MPD/ncmpcpp) is a bit hinky to browse and curate on mobile, I've got WAY too broad a catalog to carry around, and my mood is to fickle to prepare small subsets of mobile music in advance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

what

.cd

:(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Musicolet, which has lots of nice music playing options and no network features at all (no data sharing).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yep, me too. Great search function, just the features I need and nothing else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Musicolet looks nice.

It doesn't seem to be designed for playlists that you manage from a PC for example though. Importing external playlists seemed like a pain unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

VLC. Dunno about playlists auto updating or replaygain, but it has a lot of features and they all work well. And unlike the desktop app, the mobile version actually has a good UI.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I was actually pleasantly surprised by the functionality of VLC. And it does support ReplayGain.

It's a little unfortunate that it's Now Playing screen for music feels lame.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Ditto on VLC. Although it does have some annoying things (like it starts rescanning frequently on startup). I keep my collection in flac on a giant microSD though, so it's pretty great in that context. Paired with my Sennheisers I'm a very happy man.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've been using Poweramp for years. Love the custom options: replay gain, cross over fades that you can control timing, plenty of sound control options and No limit to playlist, search within playlist. My pop list is 5K+.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A lot of people love Poweramp and keep recommending it.

I'm just not really a fan of the look

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I guess I never look at it. Just listen.

I think they have skin options.

I have tried several over the years. It's definitely the most options for customization (IMO). The settings are easy to navigate. I used one a few years back and it was a headache to find things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Depends.

I mostly use poweramp, but I do have devices that kinda suck, but work fine through a USB DAC, abd I use usb player for those, as long as they're USB c