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vlc sucks for music because it doesn't have gapless playback, and not everyone wants to use a streaming service.
My music player suggestions for local playback on Linux. Please note that you could pick any of these no matter the desktop environment if you do not care about consistently in look and feel. In that case I suggest to go with Strawberry.
I'd add Quod Libet as another solid GTK pick, though I'm happily using it on KDE.
Quod Libet was one I tried. Doesn't quite scratch the itch MusicBee gives me, but still solid nonetheless. Tauon Music Box is a gorgeous looking player that's similar.
Not to mention, Apple Music is so much better than Spotify for my needs and Cider isn't cutting it for me right now. Once they're not as reliant on MusicKit, I might give it a go again.
What's your issue with Cider, if you don't mind me asking?
When I've used it, gapless playback being non-existent due to it basically being a frontend to the web client/MusicKit for web. I listen to a lot of albums in full nowadays, so that can really hurt the experience. It's a shame because everything else about it is great. I am aware that the Cider devs are trying to find ways of handling that without reliance on the web client/API, which might enable gapless but also stuff like lossless if you got AM for that.
Edit: I should mention that Cider has a new client that's paid but still supports Linux (specifically with AppImage, .deb and .rpm packages), and my experience was with Cider Classic.
Edit 2: I bought Cider 2 and so far it's working well. You sacrifice lossless and maybe some gapless playback still, but it's a mild loss vs. so far a huge gain in usability.
Huh, I've been using gapless playback on Spotify so much, it's become natural. Yeah, that's a must have.
When you mean gapless do you mean the last and first second are mixed together? I think audacious does that. It's the player I use.
Pretty sure you are talking about audio fading, gapless is different. Gapless playback just means audio playback won't stop when a new song plays. Without it, the audio sounds like it briefly pauses between tracks.