| Gavin W. Burris on 15 Sep 2016 05:32:13 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] FOSS Alternative to ITunes |
How 'bout that! Open source fork of Subsonic: https://github.com/Libresonic/libresonic Blog post with install instructions: https://www.itsfullofstars.de/2016/05/rip-subsonic-hello-libresonic/ On Thu 09/15/16 08:25AM EDT, Gavin W. Burris wrote: > +1 for VLC. VLC does have a playlist window with cover art. It seems to open a huge library recursively and do it well. > > If open source is not a hard requirement, but still cross platform with an open API, check out Subsonic: > http://www.subsonic.org/ > > Cheers. > > > On Wed 09/14/16 06:27PM EDT, Christopher Barry wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:48:56 -0400 > > Paul Walker <pjwalker76@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >Yeah, I can and do just use the file browser to play music. I guess the > > >features that I use Itunes for are pretty limited - browse by artist, > > >browse by album (even this doesn't really work well on itunes), see the > > >album art and song names, player controls, build playlists. > > > > vlc does all of this. > > > > > > > >I also use itunes to browse my phone but this is a separate concern - > > >I'll probably continue to use it for this. > > > > vlc can do this too. > > > > >I just make sure that my outbound firewall doesn't let itunes send my > > >selfies to apple or whatever. > > > > > >On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:32 AM, George Zipperlen < > > >George.Zipperlen@mail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Which aspect of iTunes do you need? It is one of those unfortunate > > >> monoliths with many overlapping not really compatible functions. In a > > >> manner quite opposite to the Unix software tools philosophy it has > > >> evolved from an mp3 player + file manager for external device (iPod, > > >> are they still around?) into bloatware dealing with smart phones, > > >> tablets, and the cloud, while also handling Digital Rights Management > > >> and an online marketplace. > > >> > > >> Media player: VLC Media Player with huge codec library. Open > > >> source, multi-platform. Highly recommended. > > >> > > >> Device browser: iPodDisk is the only open source tool I could > > >> find in a quick search. Haven’t tried it. I’ve played with i-FunBox > > >> (free, but not open source). Using it in sandboxed mode resulted in > > >> duplicated music tracks. I haven’t used it with ssh access to the > > >> iPhone. > > >> > > >> The flow that works best for me is to use command line or file > > >> browser to manage media files from other sources and players; import > > >> them into iTunes, and use iTunes to push to (i)devices. > > >> > > >> George Zipperlen > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > >> > On Sep 13, 2016, at 6:35 PM, Paul Walker <pjwalker76@gmail.com> > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > Anyone know a good FOSS alternative to ITunes. It is honestly one > > >> > of my > > >> least favorite pieces of software of all time. Not to mention that > > >> it is always trying to call home, which I find tiresome. > > >> > > > >> > And not to stoke anyone's paranoia :evil grin: but I also > > >> > remember > > >> seeing a wikileaks post of a leaked promotional video from a > > >> security firm that featured itunes as the central part of a trojan > > >> horse scheme (if anyone has a link to the video please share - I'll > > >> dig deeper but a quick google search failed to turn it up) > > >> > > > >> > Anyway - recommendations appreciated. > > >> > > >> ____________________________________________________________ > > >> _______________ > > >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > >> http://www.phillylinux.org > > >> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/ > > >> mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > >> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/ > > >> mailman/listinfo/plug > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Christopher > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > -- > Gavin W. Burris > Senior Project Leader for Research Computing > The Wharton School > University of Pennsylvania > Search our documentation: http://research-it.wharton.upenn.edu/about/ > Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://whr.tn/ResearchNewsletterSubscribe > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Gavin W. Burris Senior Project Leader for Research Computing The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Search our documentation: http://research-it.wharton.upenn.edu/about/ Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://whr.tn/ResearchNewsletterSubscribe ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug