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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!

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[–] Manodor@feddit.org 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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.social 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Willoughby@piefed.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Might as well be on the safe side and use an American or Chinese one. /s

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago
[–] Manodor@feddit.org 6 points 6 hours ago

Well ultimately its also just a russian nerd building a nice program, but I get where you're coming from. Good luck with your search and hopefully you'll find what you're looking for.