HeyThisIsntTheYMCA comments on The state of Linux music players in 2026

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

i just want one i can use to sync [only 20 gBs] to my phone, keep my playlists updated, and listen to music. syncing to my phone wirelessly is a big plus, but i am old enough to have two boxes of cables.

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[–] bootleg@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

You can just use Syncthing for syncing.

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[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago

But then you need a player on each platform, that works with m3u files

Which is very few, and buggy.

I use "Anrimians Simple Music Player" and Gapless/G4music, but songs are randomly disappearing from playlists. Also you need to usw default directories for the files.

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[–] SinTan1729@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

I'd recommend using something like Navidrome instead of manually syncing the files.

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[–] dimjim@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

If you go with a subsonic server like navidrome, you could pair that with something like Symfonium (paid, and only available on google play unfortunately). That's what I do currently, until something better comes along (Tempus is starting to look nice!)

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