edit: thanks guys! i found vinyl does everything i want: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.poupa.vinylmusicplayer/

i have a rather large music library on sd card (~250gb and well over 10k tracks) so i am looking for a player that is able to handle that. so far i been using vlc player because the last time i was looking for a player i came to the conclusion it was the best option for a library this large. most other players would hang or slow down considerably with that many files. the only other player i have used for a while was auxio and i was quite happy with it but an update broke how it handles files and now it keeps forgetting my library and has to rescan everything whenever i open the app.

my problem with vlc now is every time i add some files to the sd card it needs to rescan every single file, which takes quite a long time. i hope there is maybe a player out there which would satisfy my needs:
-is able to handle a large library
-is able to apply replay gain
-has a dark mode
-doesn’t need to rescan everything whenever i add a new album to the sd card

in case you have a recommendation for a case like that please LMK, thanks!

  • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
    1·
    11 hours ago

    Is SD card a hard requirement? Did you try internal storage and did that fix the problem?

    A “music player” here plays twp roles: filesystem handling and audio playback. Have you considered dividing the jobs to multiple applications? For example, get a playlist manager, and have it call the music player with “next track” in order.

  • paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    20 hours ago

    I don’t know about the rescan requirement you have, but Symfonium handles my very large Jellyfin music library (and supports local libraries and many other libraries as well). Has good equalizer options including volume boost and very good native theming that supports dark mode and material you. Paid app but very well worth it if you listen to lots of music on Android. I’ve been using it for years and it’s regularly updated, I’m very happy with it.

  • Seefra 1@lemmy.zip
    3·
    21 hours ago

    I have a library bigger than yours, I’ve tried many apps on f-droid an year ago and so far the only that seems to be able to handle my library at all is Music Player Go.

    It takes like 15 seconds to open, but after opening it works fine, however, it doesn’t support replay gain.

  • nastyyboi@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 day ago

    I don’t know if this supports what you want but give Phocid a try, you scan library manually (it’s not scanned every time you open the app) and it has folder view (the main reason I’m using it), so you don’t need to change the metadata. It replaced VLC for me, might work for you.

    • Auth@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      20 hours ago

      I use Phocid and its good but it has this thing that drives me insane. Default behavior is when you select a song to begin playing it as a playlist. But if you search it treats the results as a playlist. Ok fine I can long press the song and add to queue.

      But I change the default behavior to select a song being add to queue there is no option to long press and play as a playlist. Am I using it wrong or missing a way to use the app properly?

      • nastyyboi@lemmy.world
        1·
        12 hours ago

        When I long press any item it allows me to select multiple items (depending on a category it can be a song, album, artist etc), from there you get a popup and do what you want with the selection (play the selection now, create new playlist from selection, add to the curreny playlist etc.)

        I agree, the default behavior depends on which category you have selected. My usecase is pretty simple, I usually just go to a directory I want and play everything from there (usually while driving) and skip what I don’t like, so I never really thought about it.

  • Akip@piefed.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    was gonna suggest auxio but you’re already using it, now I don’t know what to do. did you try taking any steps to fix it?

    • bad1080@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      i was in contact with the dev on github(?) and he was trying to fix it but since i use a custom rom (crdroid) it’s hard to say where the problem is coming from, let alone fix it

  • Sanctus@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    I gave up on dedicated players and put Symphony on my phone. You can probably use a dedicated graphene or android device and do the same. Symphony is on F Droid.

  • Manodor@feddit.org
    62·
    1 day ago

    I use AIMP. My Library has roughly 6k files, it has replay gain and mostly when I add new files it notices it automatically and includes them in the library relatively quickly. You can also choose to manually scan for just tag or cover changes. And as a nice bonus, there are a few user made themes you can use to customize the look of the app. My only critique of the app up to date is, that the audio suffers a bit when using volume boost and that the ui requires a bit of learning how to use it.

      • Manodor@feddit.org
        3·
        1 day ago

        I also felt that way first but ultimately resigned as I couldnt find a decent alternative. Just curious, are you concerned about spyware/potentially malicious updates or do you just want to be sure/free of proprietary software?

        • bad1080@piefed.socialOPEnglish
          64·
          1 day ago

          i want nothing to do with russia as long as they commit war crimes and break the law of nations