How do you manage your audio?
by pinqvin from LinuxQuestions.org on (#59G5N)
I admit there is so much to discover in Linux be it the system itself, its learning curve, rich FOSS pool and - most importantly - the way it makes me quit my old Windows habits... :) Yet after a month of testing and customising the system, I still need to find a couple of apps, which would make my Linux life smoother. One of such 'a must' tools for me, as the one with a musical background, is an audio player.
During my normie years (the term I learned yesterday) :), I've become addicted to AIMP, which, unfortunately, isn't gonna be Linux-friendly in the years (?) to come. Yes, I got used to it but I'm also eager to get and learn something new, even if it requires some extra work - one of the reasons I don't want to install Wine for AIMP, btw!
So far, I've tested Audacious, Clementine, Deadbeef, Lollypop, Rhythmbox and a few CLI-based players on my Pop OS distro. I'm not saying they're bad, yet none of them seem to be complete (to a certain degree, of course). Yes, they're free and open for the talented minds smarter than me to fiddle with themes and stuff like that but most of them come with tons of features the old-f*rts like me would ever use or lack some really neat and necessary features I've listed below from the top of my head that any music fan would appreciate - most importantly the joy of listening to pure music itself!
Anyway, a descent audio player for me is the one which:
So, have a good one guys! And thanks for the tips!
Rustam
During my normie years (the term I learned yesterday) :), I've become addicted to AIMP, which, unfortunately, isn't gonna be Linux-friendly in the years (?) to come. Yes, I got used to it but I'm also eager to get and learn something new, even if it requires some extra work - one of the reasons I don't want to install Wine for AIMP, btw!
So far, I've tested Audacious, Clementine, Deadbeef, Lollypop, Rhythmbox and a few CLI-based players on my Pop OS distro. I'm not saying they're bad, yet none of them seem to be complete (to a certain degree, of course). Yes, they're free and open for the talented minds smarter than me to fiddle with themes and stuff like that but most of them come with tons of features the old-f*rts like me would ever use or lack some really neat and necessary features I've listed below from the top of my head that any music fan would appreciate - most importantly the joy of listening to pure music itself!
Anyway, a descent audio player for me is the one which:
- is lightweight and less memory-hungry. Such as Deadbeef but...
- has a customisable equaliser (EQ) !!! - the more settings the better. I mostly use FLAC, WAV and rarely MP3s.
EDIT: I heard about PulseAudio and PulseEQ somewhere, which applies the audio settings to the whole system. I'll probably go with this one, still tinkering the idea... - enables EQ profiling, when the select files play using the assigned EQ profile automatically
- can adjust bass, pitch, etc. for the select files
- has a queue manager, possibly with a drag-n-drop feature
- has a good (!) tag editor
- has customisable keyboard shortcuts, like jumping to next/prev/playing file in the playlist
- can quickly search files, incl. using the Unicode characters (English is not my mother tongue)
- can save settings in a human-readable configuration file, e.g. for later use
So, have a good one guys! And thanks for the tips!
Rustam