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.