Hi, looking for recommendations and or thoughts on open source software for Windows, specially for audio, video and media playback?
I’m currently using VLC for most video files, but don’t really enjoy using it for my music collection. I’ve been looking into the following so far:
- Audacious
- Kodi
- Clementine
::edit:: Forgot use case! I’m mainly looking for something to play my local MP3 collection, with metadata intact as I’ve spent years making sure it all correct thanks to mp3Tag. Playlists are a bonus, visualisations would be nice, but it’s mainly for an album at a time from my harddrive while I work or read.
Thank you!
For Context: Am in the process of replacing Office365 and Windows default apps on my personal laptop with open source due to the intrusive Copilot etc. I am also looking at the eventual move back over to a Linux OS down the line.
I’ve been using mpv to play music by running a shell/powershell script that I can add/remove songs to, but that use case requires shell literacy so it isn’t the most friendly. (You can use mpv as a GUI, but the GUI is pretty lackluster)
mpd might be better for your use case, but I’ve not used it that much and I don’t know how well it works on Windows.