cantata VS audacious

Hi, I wanted to start using MPD but sadly I just saw that Cantata has stopped the development. Is there any valid alternative as a qt gui client? I see that most gui alternatives are gtk based and since I'm using KDE I'd prefer a qt one. Thank you.

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For now I stay with Cantata as it once was Kubuntu's default player: https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata (archived). Not in active development but still available in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS repos and therefore I assume also in Debian. Don't think however it has the modern looks you want.

Unfortunately though, the Cantata repository on GitHub has been archived: https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata

Cantata is a very good option in my opinion. And I learned recently about ymuse, which is another MPD client and could be interesting to check out. Just in case you'd like to migrate to a native alternative in the future.

I usually just use mpv since it's the simplest and most flexible. You might be looking for something like Audacious though, which is great too

Audacious is a more popular media player app that supports Winamp skins and a media library.

This may interest you,and it is Qt,plus can be used with MPD. https://audacious-media-player.org/

the new version of audacious has a vu meter and its also available to windows https://audacious-media-player.org/

Audacious audio player.

Find a GUI player you like (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_applications#Graphical_13 for a non-exhaustive list; ISTR Audacious being mentioned as a Winamp clone) and add it to your autostart items (see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Autostarting#On_desktop_environment_startup).

Yes, Winamp works well on Linux through wine, I have been using it for a long time myself. Although recently I have also been using audacious, which runs more smoothly and is better integrated with Linux (as it is a native application) and it also has support for Winamp skins, so it's a fairly good drop-in replacement (as long as you're not relying on some esoteric plugins or file formats).

im not the parent commenter but i highly recommend audacious for linux and windows. plays every audio format you have, doesn’t enforce a specific music library folder structure, and supports winamp skins(!) https://audacious-media-player.org/

Effectively succeeded by Audacious:

https://audacious-media-player.org/

... which is under active development/maintenance.