Five Linux music players to give your ears the ultimate music experience

Are you tired of the music player on Windows or Mac? Do you want to find a music player on Linux that can meet all your needs? If your answer is yes, then you should definitely read this article. We recommend five of the best music players on Linux for you. They are not only powerful in function and beautiful in interface, but also compatible with a variety of audio formats and network services. Whether you want to listen to local music, listen to radio stations online or download lyrics and album art, these music players make it easy. Let’s take a look!

1、 Qmmp

Qmmp is not the most feature-rich (or the most stable) Linux music player, but it is one of my favorites, which is why I put it first. I know there are better players, but I just love this one and use it the most. It does crash, and there are a lot of files it can't play, but I still love it the most regardless. Pictured above!

Qmmp is WinAMP on Linux. It's (relatively) lightweight and has a decent feature set. Since I grew up with WinAMP and I love its keyboard shortcuts, it was a surprise to me to have a player like WinAMP on Linux. For audio formats, Qmmp can play most popular formats, such as MPEG1 layer 2/3, Ogg Vorbis and Opus, native FLAC/Ogg FLAC, Musepack, WavePack, audio track modules (mod, s3m, it, xm, etc.) , ADTS AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Monkey's Audio (and other formats provided by the FFmpeg library), Midi, SID and Chiptune formats (AY, GBS, GYM, HES, KSS, NSF, NSFE, SAP, SPC, VGM, VGZ and VTX).

2、Amarok

Amarok is KDE's music player, of course you can also use it in other desktop environments. It is one of the oldest music players on Linux.

Amarok can play a large number of audio formats, but its main advantage is its rich set of plug-ins. This software comes with extensive documentation, although it has not been updated recently. Amarok is also known for its integration with various web services such as Ampache, Jamendo Service, Last.fm, Librivox, MP3tunes, Magnatune, and the OPML podcast directory.

3、Rhythmbox

Since I just mentioned Amarok and the KDE music player, let's turn to Gnome's default music player, Rhythmbox. Since it comes with Gnome, you can guess that it is a popular software. It is not only a music player, but also a music management software. It supports MP3 and OGG, as well as a dozen other file formats, and also includes Internet radio, iPod service integration, audio file playback, audio CD burning and playback, music sharing, and podcasts. All in all, it's a decent player, but that doesn't mean you'll like it best. Try it out and see if you like it. If you don't like it, take a look below.

4、 VLC

Although VLC is best known as a video player, it is also a great music player just from the fact that it supports the most codecs. Files it can't play are unlikely to be able to be opened by other players. VLC is highly customizable and has many extensions. It can run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, iOS, Android and other platforms.

What I personally don’t like about VLC is that it takes up too many resources. And I have used it to open some files, but the playback quality is far from top-notch. This software often closes for no reason when playing some files that are not difficult for other players to handle. But it probably has nothing to do with the player, it may be a problem with the file itself. Even though VLC is not among my regular programs, I still wholeheartedly recommend it.

5、 Cmus

If you love command line programs, then Cmus will be your cup of tea. You can use it to play Ogg Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Opus, Musepack, WavPack, WAV, AAC, MP4, Audio CD and all formats supported by ffmpeg (WMA, APE, MKA, TTA, SHN, etc.) and libmodplug. You can also use it to play Shoutcast or Icecast audio streams. It's not the most feature-rich music player, but it has all the basic and advanced features. Its main advantage is that it is very lightweight and its memory requirements are really small.

All of these music players are great and have their strengths. I can't say which one is the best, it's more a matter of personal preference and needs. Most of these players are either installed as default options in the distribution or can be easily found in the package manager. Just open Synaptic, Software Center, or whichever package manager you use for your distribution, search for and install them. You can also use the command line, or just double-click the installation file downloaded from the website. Which method to use is up to you.

Wait, is this the end?

No, no, I know what you are going to say. As a Chinese Linux fan, you will definitely say that I have lost the most important one: NetEase Cloud Music. If I don’t mention it, you will definitely protest.

Yes, I strongly recommend "NetEase Cloud Music" and also like domestic manufacturers for supporting open source and Linux.

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