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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[–] nastyyboi@lemmy.world 2 points 14 minutes 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.

[–] isgleas@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 2 minutes ago)

I have around 11k files on my phone's sdcard, and while the interface is not that polished, Fossify Music Player has been able to handle my library quite ok.

[–] iza@lemmy.zip 3 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

I used Vanilla Music years ago. Not sure how it holds up, but it's available on F-Droid.

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 2 points 49 minutes ago

thanks, i'll check it out!

[–] Akip@piefed.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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.social 2 points 1 hour 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

[–] Manodor@feddit.org 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

thanks but i'd rather not have russian proprietary software on my phone

[–] Manodor@feddit.org 3 points 2 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 2 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 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

or israeli

[–] Manodor@feddit.org 4 points 1 hour 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.

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Set up a navidrome service and stream your library? I use Symphonium on android, works quite nicely but it is paid. There's a bunch of free apps that also work with navidrome, as well.

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

but i have my library on my phone, why stream it?

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 minutes ago

So you don't have to rescan every time?

[–] sicilian@lemmychan.org 2 points 2 hours ago

Foobar2k?