Summary
We’re going to sit on the fence. Plattenalbum offers a pleasant and intuitive frontend to MPD. It displays large covers, there’s support for MPRIS, we can filter by genre, and much more. And because it’s a front-end to MPD, important features like gapless playback are automatically supported.
Providing your music collection has perfectly groomed music tags, the program functions admirably. It still doesn’t have the polish of our favorite MPD frontends. And for anyone who doesn’t have a model collection from a tag perspective, we can’t recommend Plattenalbum given the lack of a directory browser.
Most MPD frontends offer that functionality, and without it, the program may be largely unusable.
Website: github.com/SoongNoonien/plattenalbum
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Developer: Martin Wagner
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Plattenalbum is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – In Operation
Page 3 – Summary
Related Software
| Graphical MPD Clients | |
|---|---|
| Quimup | Qt-based MPD client with a lovely mini-mode |
| Cantata | Feature-rich and user friendly client offering an excellent and intuitive interface |
| Ymuse | Easy, functional, and snappy GTK front-end |
| Euphonica | MPD client with delusions of grandeur |
| Plattenalbum | GTK front-end for MPD. It’s written in Python |
| Sonata | Lightweight GTK+ music client. Small and elegant |
| CoverGrid | Unlike other clients, it concentrates on albums. |
| SkyMPC | Simple MPD client |
| xfmpc | GTK+ MPD client focusing on a low footprint |
| mpz | Music player with MPD support |
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