There seems to be no Linux music player that supports reading and writing to the POPM rating tag, and making smart playlists based on both those ratings and other playlists. Or, "I really freaking miss MusicBee, man"

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  • strawberry

    :strawberry: Strawberry Music Player (by strawberrymusicplayer)

    Strawberry Music Player

  • TauonMusicBox

    The desktop music player of today! :city_sunrise:

    Finding music players that support any kind of rating is already difficult, since many devs ignore or straight up hate this feature entirely, and the most commonly used Popularimeter (POPM) standard in ID3 tags is apparently not always consistent.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • mpd

    Music Player Daemon

    MPD and all its GUIs and clients

  • deadbeef

    DeaDBeeF Player

    DeadBeef - Only possible with a plugin that is not obvious to a new user and easily misable

  • Clementine

    :tangerine: Clementine Music Player

    Clementine Music Player

  • exaile

    :notes: Cross-platform music player

    Exaile - Though apparently in tag ratings is on the roadmap

  • gmusicbrowser

    jukebox for large collections of music

    G Music Browser

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