Tried Elisa (v22.04.1) under Windows 10 and three mainstream Linux distros (on an i5 3.4GHz with 16GB RAM) and was shocked how slow and clunky the app was. Admitted, my library contains more than 70,600 titles but having to wait 8:30 minutes each time to open the album view, only to lose all that again when switching to an artist view (artist with ONE album, again 3:10 waiting) is absolutely pathetic. Under Linux the waiting was a little shorter, however the app soon started to confuse artist entries (clicking on an artist in the list sent you to some other artist three or four entries down the list). There is no excuse for such shoddy coding, even much older apps I tested can easily (and quickly) cope with my library without problems. Buggy, klunky software is the main reason I stay away from KDE and Elisa being their default KDE muslib app confirms my point of view, and then some.
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Not lightweight, but I've fallen in love with MusicBee (https://getmusicbee.com/) and it's been my only music player for at least the last 10 years. Love everything about it. - Source: Hacker News / 18 days ago
My personal preference is Musicbee, a very elegant and flexible media player. Source: about 1 year ago
MusicBee. Granular customizations galore. Free. Source: about 1 year ago
I use the Musicolet software on the player itself (it's in the Google Play store, and there are APKs available on APKPure), and on the PC, I use the MusicBee software to organize music and create/edit playlists. Source: about 1 year ago
Seriously though, it's time to explore! Foobar2000 and MusicBee are both freeware alternatives to WMP that are well-known in the audiophile community. Source: about 1 year ago
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