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With lyrics support Folder play

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I use Vanilla Music. It does folder play particularly in a way I want, where it adds the songs randomly into a queue, which shows me how many songs are left, lets me manually move them around, etc.

It also seems to have a lyrics search plugin, but I don't know if that means lyrics support in the way you want.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Phonograph Plus

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Thank you, guys !

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Unfortunately not on F-Droid, but you can get it through AuroraStore, Musicolet.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Still have to find an app who can sort albums by year properly (without mess with tags also).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I noticed recently that Gramophone has a Dates tab, a list of years in increasing order that groups Songs together. So not albums exactly, but pretty cool nonetheless, it grabs a random cover for each year.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Thx for let me know, I'll check that feature. Latest Auxio release seems to sort well album years, sadly the UI is pretty boring.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I went from Spottube (which runs off Spotify) to Innertune (YouTube music) because Spottube crashed one too many times and I kept having to rebuild my library...it's not much but still.

I also like the UI and different listening modes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Symphony github link It has nice UI, very polished and have folder view and lyrics support But there's a major catch, unlike other players, you will need to keep the app open in background

Gramophone github link Also have a nice ui, but not very polished. Absolutely usable. Have folder view and lyrics support

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"nice" ui..... its Material, how do you guys Like it? whats "nice" about Material???? (serious question, pls answer.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

As an Android developer and as an user, I would prefer a standard and tested set of rules rather than reinventing everything. I know everyone have different taste, but I would trust an expert (someone who designed and defined Material rules) rather than my own judgement. Don't have an eye of a designer

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A music player which "just plays whatever is in a directory". Very handy for people having a media folder with artist folders and album subfolders. For the type of people, like myself, who focus more on tidy and disciplined storage of files instead of managing ID3 metadata etc

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait don't most players have such a feature?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It seems like a no-brainer but actually no.

Quick test would be for example if there are:

  • at the beginning of the music library a lot of "no artist name" "no album name" entries, so the foldername isn't used at all.
  • a lot of artist with their own entry with just one album and one song because the actual albumartist collaborated on one song with them and the mp3 resides in the same folder but they got split in the library.
  • if the player doesn't show music which isn't part of Playlist.

So my conclusion is their are even 3 types and corresponding mangement:

  • Folder based requires file management
  • Meta data based requires tag management
  • Playlist based requires Playlist management

Often players make combinations also I guess.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

https://www.aimp.ru/?do=download&os=android

It's not on F-Droid, but this might suit your needs!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Metro is the only music app I need in my life. Supports lyrics and folders too.

https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.muntashirakon.Music/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Use Retro Music instead. Metro is a ripoff and doesn't credit the original

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Thanks for letting me know, I had no idea.

I was able to easily switch between the two in no time (the setting export/import between the apps covered some of the work).

I forgot how bloated the bottom menu bar is with view options (For You, Songs, Artists, Albums, etc). That can easily be tweaked in the settings to show what you prefer (just folders, just artists, etc.).