Tauon Music Box: A modern and robust music player
In the same vein as the previous post to this one, focused on knowing what's new about the PDF Arranger application, today we will address another great application that deserves to be in our post related to some of the best free, open and free apps for Linux for this year 2023, in various categories of use. And this is none other than, "Tauon Music Box", which is an excellent and complete option for GNU/Linux users looking for a high-quality music player.
And since we already have more than 6 years that we did not explore it, nor do we make known about its characteristics and news, this is an ideal time for it. So, next, we will see what this currently offers us. modern and well optimized music player which is also packed with fabulous features.
But, before starting this present post about this cool music player called "Tauon Music Box" We recommend that you explore this other one later previous related post:
Tauon Music Box: An advanced and efficient music player
What is Tauon Music Box?
According to his Official website, Tauon Music Box (TMB) is a well-updated music player for GNU/Linux operating systems. Which allows users to play music in different formats, such as MP3, FLAC, OGG, among others. Furthermore, Tauon Music Box seamlessly integrates with most GNU/Linux file managers, making it easy to find and play music.
Tauon Music Box is a modern, convenient and optimized music player for playing your music collection. Packed with features while keeping it simple. Use drag and drop to easily import files and manage playlists. It groups albums by folder and lets you manage your music with built-in features like renaming files and folders, downloading album art, and deleting files. TMB on FlatHub
Current features of Tauon Music Box
It is currently available on GitHub latest stable version (7.6.3 dated 03/04/2023), which includes minor bug fixes and appearance changes. While, in general, it has the following characteristics:
- Its music library allows drag and drop actions to import music.
- Adds support for song lyrics, so they are easily viewable.
- It offers an efficient and intelligent use (creation and administration) of the playlists.
- Network playback from Koel or Airsonic servers, Last.fm, Listenbrainz and Maloja scrobbling.
- It has an excellent sheet support CUE and supports playing MOD tracker files.
- Allows context search through online platforms such as Genius, Bandcamp y Rate your music.
- It includes an excellent integrated audio equalizer that allows you to adjust the sound to the user's preferences.
- It allows the reproduction of music in different formats, among which are the popular ones: MP3, FLAC, OGG, among others.
- It offers a quality listening experience, thanks to features like a dimmed volume control, 24-bit FLAC support, and gapless playback.
- It has good integration with well-known GNU/Linux file managers, making it easy to find and play music content. In addition, it includes cMPRIS2 compatibility for desktop integration.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the advantages it offers, we can highlight the following 2:
- It is a free and open source tool.
- It offers excellent sound quality and a striking and complete visual interface.
Among the disadvantages it presents, we can mention the following 2:
- Despite being very beautiful and robust, it does not have all the features of other similar tools that tend to be more specialized.
- It is not fully cross-platform, that is, it is designed specifically for GNU/Linux, but it has installers for Windows, but not for macOS.
Alternatives
Although Tauon Music Box is a very useful tool for play music on GNU/Linux, There are others Similar music players that may be of interest to users. Here are 10 of these known and available alternatives:
In conclusion, "Tauon Music Box" It is undoubtedly an excellent multimedia application to play music on GNU/Linux, and even Windows. Since it offers a wide range of operations, it is easy to use and freely available. However, it is important to bear in mind that in GNU/Linux, there are many music players, both simpler and more robust or with different features, for a wide and diverse audience. So, very surely, many will be using some of the most diverse previously mentioned here on our website or others. So we invite you to tell us what is the music player you currently use, and why, via comments.
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