Link: https://tauonmusicbox.rocks/
For podcasts and radio, you’ll need another program. But this is the closest any player has come to the Windows-only MusicBee masterpiece. Via Wine, I’ve been using MusicBee since I switched to Linux a few months ago, but it was tedious to set up.
Tauon Music Box has the best search I’ve ever seen, just type anywhere and start playback with left click or jump to song/artist/album with right click. It also has a great way to write filter and sort queries for custom libraries (the same as playlists here). F5 shows the current cover and song name in “fullscreen” with a frequency spectrum visualizer.
Screenshots from my library with custom settings:
I also consider using it to play my audiobooks, because you can separate playlists to scan separate folders and not get music and audiobooks mixed.
Does it use embedded lyrics or insist on using the internet?
Secondarily, does it offer any of the more useful tagging controls and library management features?
I keep looking for a Linux native player that can get close to musicbee. Haven’t found one yet, they all lack major features like batch file renaming and organization.
It always uses local lyrics when available, otherwise you have the option to right-click sidebar → search for lyrics (supports Genius and lyrics.ovh).
These are the options for metadata:
For actual tag management, I’ve used puddletag only. But there is some batch rename functionality in this player:
Thanks :)
Seems like it might be at least a partial answer to my preferences