What Music Player?

GOSExplorer

I haven't installed it on my new Pixel 8 pro yet, but one good one that I use for local files is Musicolet. It doesn't do any network connections or anything. To put new music on my phone for Musicolet to play, I just use Syncthing.

MarsTrue

GOSExplorer seconding this. I must have tried a few dozen music players and this is the most sane. it also looks great and has a lot of options

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.krosbits.musicolet

for streaming I use this
https://telegra.ph/murglar-en-05-12

James186

Thanks for the replies, I'm currently giving Retro Music a go. It doesn't seem to have been updated in a while though??

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James186 If you said what it is that you are looking for in an app, we might have a better idea what to suggest. +1 for SicMu, folder based player.

Eagle_Owl

James186
No, not Retro Music! This is the older one with Google crap.
Please use Metro, this is the successor and really FOSS (no Google crap).

Unfortunately only to obtain via F-Droid, not on GitHub (only source code).
But here is the link: https://f-droid.org/de/packages/io.github.muntashirakon.Music/

I am using Obtainium to get all Open Source apps directly from the developers, most via GitHub, but apps only offered on F-Droid, I obtain from there (but also by using the great app Obtainium).

Reference (Side Of Burritos): https://sideofburritos.com/blog/obtainium-overview/

fid02

Poweramp

SoulKeeper

Metro music player.

GeneralVerdacht

https://github.com/AkaneTan/Gramophone

Pixelated

I have Auxio and Symphony installed and really like the UI of them both, but they both lack gapless playback. I've been using Vinyl as my go to and it has everything I want and need to play FLAC files comfortably. It has a tack editor, album art grabber, and you could even add lyrics along with a myriad of other things. Auxio and Symphony also play FLAC but the lack of gapless playback is quite a bummer.

Viewpoint0232

I would recommend Musicolet (proprietary but the best imo) or Auxio (free) or Vanilla (free).

graphie

I like Simple Music Player (found on F-Droid).

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.musicplayer/

MarsTrue

graphie don't use that. it was bought by a literal spyware company. use this instead

https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Music-Player

graphie

MarsTrue Seriously? Okay, thank you.

MarsTrue

graphie https://www.androidauthority.com/simple-mobile-tools-acquisition-3391041/

huberto

While phonograph already was mentioned, I'd recommend my favourite incarnation/fork of it:
https://github.com/VinylMusicPlayer/VinylMusicPlayer
(Available on f-droid)
Only pre-set I adjust is to disable auto-downloading images (before copying collection to the phone (and lyrics)), since all my FLACs are well tagged (including embedded cover art). At least earlier versions tended to overwrite my correct cover art with inaccurate online images.

chock-a-block

huberto I use Vinyl Music Player as well, such a good simple app

User2288

Anyone know a music player that properly plays 41khz and 90+khz files and not go through the 48khz resampling? Or how one and avoid the 48khz limitation?

F0SSIL

MusicPlayerGO is the best one for playing local files

James186

Eagle_Owl

Thanks for the heads up. I guess I should look up Obtanium as well.

raccoondad

James186 newpipe personally, all the music I want is on Youtube so it makes sense to just use that

MarsTrue

raccoondad I used to use that. I find this to be better
https://grayjay.app/