When I switched from Windows to Mac to learn code, I missed using the audio player I had. It was a small app called Billy (https://www.sheepfriends.com/index-page=billy.html), and it was this freeware audio player that honestly didn't do much other than the basics.
Anyway, now that I'm on a Mac I use something called Vox (https://vox.rocks/), but am curious what you all use!
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Im a big fan of MPD musicpd.org , clicking the image will take you my always on 24/7 MPD instance running on an old raspberry pi model B the audio is mostly tech talks etc.
Any clementine lovers here?
For some reason, I almost only listen to music from my phone with Vanilla Music, and podcasts with Antena Pod. Otherwise I use vynils.
I use SoundCloud as my music source of choice.
For a long time, I used SoundMate (non-free) which brings soundCloud as a native app to the Mac.
I tend to get stuck in my ways and forget to checkout alternatives once I settle on something.
However, whenever I get a new macbook, I use it as a fresh start to re-evaluate configurations, processes, tools, etc.
With my last update, I decided to try a fresh search for native sound cloud support. This time I discovered SoundCleod which is 1) free and 2) A little bit better in some ways than SoundMate.
SoundCleod hasn't had a new release in awhile, but the latest stable release is working fine for me so far.
music players is a struggle for me, I've tried Rhythmbox, Lollypop, Amarok and a bunch of others, but Clementine seems to be the most flexible and with at least somewhat pleasant UI without being limiting.
ncmpcpp with mpd.
I mostly use Spotify (and sometimes, YouTube) these days but IINA is my go to media player on macOS, and VLC on Linux/Windows.
At home I used to use mpc to connect to a box under the sofa.
At work I play specific things through Google Play Music or Bandcamp.
I use soma.fm's web-player, too, though I used to use some tray streaming app I can't remember.
Last, I use reddit.musicplayer.io to play tracks from various Reddit subs. This is a really great piece of work. It's open-source and has some bugs I'd like to help fix sometime, but you know how it is...
In short, I don't use an app, all my music/talk is done through the browser these days.
I mostly stream my music using Spotify (or less frequently on YouTube) while working or learning.
If it's not on Spotify or YouTube I'll use QuickTime Player.
I use MediaMonkey for music and Foobar 2000 for podcasts. I add notes to the comment tags for podcasts and Foobar lets me see them in the main playlist interface. Also the global hotkeys make it easy to pause/skip back and forward without switching to the app.
Can we get some love for command line players? For example cmus and I also recommend mps-youtube for easy youtube listening from your terminal. For the macOS folks out there if you liked Winamp this player is pretty cool :) github.com/maculateConception/aura...
check out open cubic player ,after mpd && ncmpcpp its truly a tihng of beauty in CLI
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On Ubuntu & derivatives, I use Lollypop
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I use Spotify/Tidal mostly 😄 (And Quicktime to answer the actual question)
I forgot I'm in the minority as someone who doesn't stream music 😅
Spotify and VLC. Both great (bah, Spotify if is not premium is total crap).
I tend to stream Spotify (or less frequently, YouTube) while developing or doing college work now, simply for the recommendations. Any other time I use Google Play Music as I have a huge library on it. The only reason I avoid GPM while working is because I don't like to keep switching tracks and changing up my playlist order to avoid distracting songs. Occasionally I'll use AIMP for anything I'd like to hear in FLAC, but that's often when I'm not doing much else, or if I already have it open.