Linux @lemmy.ml adrianhooves @lemmy.today 1 wk. ago

in most gnu/linux distributions that use xfce or gnome, why is the default music/audio player rhythmbox??

i like rhythmbox a lot and it's so great to use it as a music player but most of my music files don't even have any metadata it's just "song-name-author.opus" so it's a lot for me which is why i would use vlc instead yea!!! but anyway ummm why does xfce or gnome use rhythmbox??

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most of my music files don't even have any metadata

How can you live that way?
- i just liike it to be simple yep
  
  That's fair. Though "simple" for me is actually having meticulously sorted and tagged media. That way it displays reliably and beautifully in most any player.
have you tried strawberry ?
- Exactly. Use strawberry, that's the best audio player.
- Love strawberry. Have have followed the family line from Amarok to Clementine to Strawberry
  
  Hijack, but clementine used to have a "remote" available on fdroid where I could manage clementine on my pc from an android phone connected to the same local wifi. Is there anything analogous for strawberry?
Probably because it's long standing and fully featured. It's been going since 2001 after all.
Do yourself a favor and download MusicBrainz Picard.
If you want useless default apps, look no further than the Gnome Terminal.
- ??? But I use it???
  
  Nothing wrong with it. I use kitty these days but when I used gnome I had no problem with gnome terminal for one off jobs and some variation of the quake terminal type apps for things I wanted to be ongoing in the background. My usage style has changed a lot since then but I'd happily use it again if I went back.
Foobar2000 works fine.
- .....in wine.
Uh, what was it in Artix again? One of the tools i usually uninstall on initial setup since i use mpv for music.

Btw, could you guys please stop shipping xfburn with the distro? Optical media gets rare nowadays.

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