Quod Libet
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An audio player designed around the idea that you know how to organize your music better than we do.
Name | Quod Libet |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5.0/5 2 ratings |
| Excerpt | An audio player designed around the idea that you know how to organize your music better than we do. |
| Pros | |
| Cons | |
| Reviewed version | 2.3.2 (Ubuntu 12.04) |
| Player | |
| ReplayGain | Yes options: pre-ampli and default ampli |
| Transitions | No |
| Gapless | No |
| Equalizer | Yes plugin |
| Navigator | |
| Mode de navigation | Chained lists (Grouping/Genre/Artist/Album) |
| File | Yes |
| Cover Navigator | Yes |
| Local Library | |
| Multiple folders | No |
| Watch folders | - Only startup scan (option) or manual scan |
| Statistics | playCounter, added, lastPlayed, skippedCounter, rating |
| Playlists | |
| Playlists | Yes |
| Smart | Yes |
| Dynamic | No |
| Queue | Yes |
| Tags | |
| Editor | Yes Full-featured |
| id3 version | ?? |
| Auto tag tools | Yes From path only. MusicBrainz, CDDB, cover search plugins |
| Scrobbler | |
| Last.fm | Yes plugin |
| Libre.fm | Yes plugin |
| Informations | |
| Lyrics | - Only on a separate window |
| Biography | No |
| Photos | No |
| Online sources | |
| Radio | Yes |
| Podcasts | Yes |
| Jamendo | No |
| Magnatune | No |
| Last.fm | No |
| Libre.fm | No |
| Others | |
| Other features | |
| Plugins | Yes |
| Visualisations | No |
| Karaoke | No |
| Exclusive | Regex-based search. Tag editing allows to edit all kind of tags, though not that user-friendly. |
| Global shortcuts | Gnome multimedia shortcuts |
| Ubuntu (gnome) integration | - No OSD, but appears in Volume control (plugin) |
| Other systems | |
| Windows | Yes |
| macOS | Yes |
| Technical details | |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Programming language | Python (GTK+) |
| Database | Custom, non-relational binary file (~/.quodlibet/songs) |
| Static Playlists | |
| Dynamic Playlists | |
| Smart Playlists | |
| Audio Engine | |
| id3 library | |
| Distribution | |
| Ubuntu software-center | Yes |
| Ubuntu one-click install | apt://quodlibet |
| External Information | |
| Website | google.com/... |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org/... |
| Ubuntu-fr | ubuntu-fr.org/... |
User reviews and comments
Despite a few limitations (would prefer properly dynamic playlists and easier ID3 editing) this is the best I've tried by far.