Ask Slashdot: Best FLOSS iTunes Replacement In 2013? 317
First time accepted submitter cs80 writes "I've been looking high and low for a decent, open-source, cross-platform audio player that can import an existing iTunes library and sort my files based on their ID3 tags. Nightingale, with its iTunes-like interface, would have been the obvious answer, but its file organization feature was pulled for being too buggy. What open-source audio player did you migrate to after dumping iTunes?"
Foobar 2000 (Score:3, Interesting)
It's annoying, and a bit weird, but it works and can play FLAC. It's also gotten better than it used to be, I don't worry nearly as much about losing all my playlists now. Which is good because there's not really a central "library" where you can just look at everything : (
Honestly though, I'm not sure there's such a thing as truly "good" music software. Just one you know how to use so you stick with it.
Clementine Player (Score:5, Interesting)
... is what I went to after ditching iTunes. In addition to getting the podcast(s) I subscribe to, it plays Grooveshark and Digitally Imported in the same playlists as my local files.
Quodlibet (Score:2, Interesting)
quodlibet has excellent searching and tag editing
Never used iTunes (Score:4, Interesting)
I've never used iTunes. I just use folders and store everything by /Artist/Album. It's easy enough to right click the folder and select "play in VLC".