Hi, hope I can ask here. I’ve been using vlc for android as my music player but it really struggles after 5k local songs surprisingly so I’m looking for an alternative. The main problem I have is that after switching to the user account that has my local media, vlc refreshes and clears my playlist and I’m at the point where it’s becoming a bit frustrating. I already tried the majority of music player apps on fdroid but they all have issues with the metadata (no album art, unknown genre, etc…). Any help?

Edit: If it matters for troubleshooting, I’m running grapheneos and use vlc on a seperate user profile where my local media is located.

Edit #2: Phonograph plus seems like my best option rn but feel free to give more options to help others

  • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    11 months ago

    Auxio is kind of a beast. It does an initial cache on load and periodically, but then handles everything blazing fast after that. And it is the only app of recent times that’s both open source and has the layout I want (old Google Play Music/Zune/iTunes Mobile layout).

  • Quintus@lemmy.ml
    7·
    11 months ago

    I personally use Phonograph Plus although it has it’s own share of issues. The best one in my opinion was Vinyl Music Player but it had some issues with SD cards.

    • Extras@lemmy.todayOP
      3·
      11 months ago

      Yeah vinyl music player looked promising but it did suffer reading my metadata sadly. I’ll look into phonograph plus, appreciate it

    • Extras@lemmy.todayOP
      2·
      11 months ago

      Alrighty just tried phonograph plus and it checked every box thanks again. Storage scope was messing with the genre metadata for some reason but since its on another profile I’ll just grant it permission

    • Extras@lemmy.todayOP
      3·
      11 months ago

      Yeah was gonna use the non google service version but since the licensing is kinda strict it would be my last resort

      • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        Focusing on just the player, it’s a great option.

        • One time payment for advanced features, no subscription.
        • Extremely customizable; visually, the audio output, how shuffle works (totally random, or favor less recently songs)
        • Sync - I just directly sync my PC media and playlist folders to my phone, told poweramp where the folder is, and it just works.
        • EQ settings, per device. Bluetooth headphones have a different curve than the bluetooth car. You could do per song if you’re ever so inclined.
        • support for high fidelity audio if your device supports it. -Android Auto Support -“driving mode” support (when using maps on phone) -support for internet radio stations.
        • Extras@lemmy.todayOP
          1·
          11 months ago

          Oh yeah im not clowning on it. I actually paid and used it back when I was on vanilla android honestly great app.

  • ikiru@lemmy.ml
    4·
    11 months ago

    Have you tried Retro Music?

    I like it and got it in an attempt to move on to something more aesthetically pleasing than VLC, but I just ended up going back to VLC.

  • HowShouldIKnow@lemm.ee
    3·
    11 months ago

    When choosing a music player I went with an favorite from my dial-up days, Foobar2000. It’s pretty no frills… and I couldn’t find Winamp.

    • mranderson17@infosec.pub
      5·
      11 months ago

      I’ll be honest, I did not expect to ever hear another person mention Foobar2000 ever again. And now to learn they have an android app!!! Hmm, may have to use that for a bit just for nostalgia sake.

  • unfnknblvbl@beehaw.org
    31·
    11 months ago

    I use AIMP. It’s available for PC also. It’s like what Winamp would be had development continued, and it’s pretty great

    Edit: I’m pretty sure it’s not open source, but that’s very low on my personal list of priorities, tbh

  • stifle867@programming.dev
    1·
    11 months ago

    UPDATE: Sorry, this app is not open source. I completely didn’t notice the community. 100% my mistake. I have removed the comment but for reference the recommendation was for Musicolet.

  • MasterBuilder@lemmy.one
    1·
    11 months ago

    I don’t know how well it scales, but I find Metro to be rather good. Find it of f-droid. I like that it randomizes the playlist rather than gets the list of songs and applies randomization to the play order. It also shows lyrics at a touch, if they’re in the metadata, and apparently recognizes lyric synchronization if it is there.