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Audacious vs Quod Libet

Audacious

audacious-media-player.org

Quod Libet

quodlibet.readthedocs.io

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FigureAudaciousQuod Libet
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
Plans published11
Spec score · Audio Player Software8.3 (#5)8.1 (#8)
Spec score · Media Player Software8.0 (#32)8.2 (#24)
Format supportMP3,FLAC,Ogg Vorbis,Opus,AAC,M4A,WAV,WavPack,Ad-lib chiptunes,Audio CD,MIDI,Nintendo DS 2SF,PlayStation Audio PSF,MOD,XM,FFmpeg-supported formatsMP3,Ogg Vorbis,Speex,Opus,FLAC,Musepack,MOD,XM,IT,WavPack,MPEG-4 AAC,WMA,MIDI,Monkey's Audio
Free planYesYes
License modelfreefree
Network playbackYesYes
Supported platformsLinux,BSD derivatives,macOS,WindowsThe project repository describes Quod Libet as available for Linux, Windows, and macOS.
PluginsIncluded plugins can fetch lyrics and display a VU meter; version 4.6 added a file browser plugin and a macOS Now Playing plugin.The features page says Quod Libet has over 80 plugins, including integrations for Last.fm, MusicBrainz, CDDB, Sonos, and Logitech Squeezebox.
Supported systemsThe project says Audacious runs on Linux, BSD derivatives, macOS, and Windows.The downloads page provides Linux, Windows, and macOS download options.

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Audacious

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Audacious

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Quod Libet

Quod Libet is a free audio player for Linux, macOS and Windows, built with GTK+ and written in Python. It handles libraries with tens of thousands of songs and supports formats including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Opus, FLAC, Musepack, MOD, XM, IT, WavPack, MPEG-4 AAC, WMA, MIDI and Monkey’s Audio. Users can browse by tags or directories and search with regular expressions, structured boolean logic or Python expressions. Its tag editor supports Unicode, batch changes and renaming files based on tags. Playback features include Replay Gain, shuffle, a configurable queue, podcasts, Internet radio and playlist import and export in XSPF, M3U and PLS formats. Plugins include integrations for MusicBrainz, CDDB, Last.fm, Sonos and Logitech Squeezebox; the feature page lists more than 80 contributed plugins. Podcast feeds are checked every two hours, and episodes can be downloaded. Radio streams support MP3 and Ogg Vorbis; other formats may need additional GStreamer plugins, and stations cannot be added to playlists or the play queue. Playback requires GStreamer or xine-lib. Quod Libet is free software under GNU GPL version 2 or later, though alternate terms may apply to some files or modules. The listed macOS 4.6.1 disk image is marked unofficial.

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