edit: thanks guys! i found vinyl does everything i want: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.poupa.vinylmusicplayer/
i have a rather large music library on sd card (~250gb and well over 10k tracks) so i am looking for a player that is able to handle that. so far i been using vlc player because the last time i was looking for a player i came to the conclusion it was the best option for a library this large. most other players would hang or slow down considerably with that many files. the only other player i have used for a while was auxio and i was quite happy with it but an update broke how it handles files and now it keeps forgetting my library and has to rescan everything whenever i open the app.
my problem with vlc now is every time i add some files to the sd card it needs to rescan every single file, which takes quite a long time. i hope there is maybe a player out there which would satisfy my needs:
-is able to handle a large library
-is able to apply replay gain
-has a dark mode
-doesn’t need to rescan everything whenever i add a new album to the sd card
in case you have a recommendation for a case like that please LMK, thanks!
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was gonna suggest auxio but you’re already using it, now I don’t know what to do. did you try taking any steps to fix it?
i was in contact with the dev on github(?) and he was trying to fix it but since i use a custom rom (crdroid) it’s hard to say where the problem is coming from, let alone fix it
I use Musicolet, I haven’t had any complaints so far.
I used Vanilla Music years ago. Not sure how it holds up, but it’s available on F-Droid.
thanks, i’ll check it out!
Foobar2k?
I don’t know if this supports what you want but give Phocid a try, you scan library manually (it’s not scanned every time you open the app) and it has folder view (the main reason I’m using it), so you don’t need to change the metadata. It replaced VLC for me, might work for you.
I use Phocid and its good but it has this thing that drives me insane. Default behavior is when you select a song to begin playing it as a playlist. But if you search it treats the results as a playlist. Ok fine I can long press the song and add to queue.
But I change the default behavior to select a song being add to queue there is no option to long press and play as a playlist. Am I using it wrong or missing a way to use the app properly?
When I long press any item it allows me to select multiple items (depending on a category it can be a song, album, artist etc), from there you get a popup and do what you want with the selection (play the selection now, create new playlist from selection, add to the curreny playlist etc.)
I agree, the default behavior depends on which category you have selected. My usecase is pretty simple, I usually just go to a directory I want and play everything from there (usually while driving) and skip what I don’t like, so I never really thought about it.
I have a library bigger than yours, I’ve tried many apps on f-droid an year ago and so far the only that seems to be able to handle my library at all is Music Player Go.
It takes like 15 seconds to open, but after opening it works fine, however, it doesn’t support replay gain.
thanks but replay gain is a must as my library is normalized. and it looks like it got removed from f-droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.iven.musicplayergo/
In VLC go to more then settings then uncheck Auto Rescan
it’s not about auto-scan, i trigger the re-scan for my new tracks to show up.
AIMP. It almost whips the llama’s ass
I gave up on dedicated players and put Symphony on my phone. You can probably use a dedicated graphene or android device and do the same. Symphony is on F Droid.
I have around 11k files on my phone’s sdcard, and while the interface is not that polished, Fossify Music Player has been able to handle my library quite ok.
thanks, i am not seeing it in the settings, how do i apply replay gain?
Is SD card a hard requirement? Did you try internal storage and did that fix the problem?
A “music player” here plays twp roles: filesystem handling and audio playback. Have you considered dividing the jobs to multiple applications? For example, get a playlist manager, and have it call the music player with “next track” in order.
what do you you as a playlist manager?
Modify playlists. Perhaps just use VLC or built-in music player for that.
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Set up a navidrome service and stream your library? I use Symphonium on android, works quite nicely but it is paid. There’s a bunch of free apps that also work with navidrome, as well.
but i have my library on my phone, why stream it?
So you don’t have to rescan every time?
But then you need to stream it every time, which is more frequently.
I mean yeah, it’s basically “build your own Spotify.” Also, you get to free up that space on your SD card, little side bonus.
I’m aware, but if you have the free space, why waste the bandwidth?
Just two different solutions to the problem, I guess.
I been using Auxio, never had problem. (50GB size)
