====== Music ======

===== Music Player Applications =====
//Criteria[(not considered: [[https://deadbeef.sourceforge.io/|DeadBeeF]] ([[https://github.com/DeaDBeeF-Player/deadbeef/issues/638|no XSPF]]), Clementine (dead) )]: supports FLAC+XSPF, updates in <2y, cross-platform or on [[:guide:linux|GNU/Linux]]//

  * [[https://www.videolan.org/|VLC Media Player]] – can also play videos.
  * [[https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/|Strawberry]] – music player and music collection organizer. Fork of [[https://www.clementine-player.org/|Clementine]] aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. Written in [[:dev:cplusplus|C++]]/Qt.
  * [[https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io|Quod Libet]] – GTK music player

===== where to buy? =====

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/03/how-much-musicians-make-spotify-itunes-youtube

^ Service ^ approx. portion of revenue which goes to the artist ↓ |
| [[https://bandcamp.com/|Bandcamp]] | 80% |
| Spotify\\ (streaming instead of buying) | 70% |
| iTunes (single track) | 70% |
| [[https://www.reverbnation.com/|Reverbnation]] | 66% |
| [[https://play.google.com/store/music|Google Play]] | 65% |
| [[:guide:amazon|Amazon]] | 53% |
| iTunes (Album) | 53% |

==== where to sell? ====
^ Service ^ approx. portion of revenue which goes to the artist ↓ |
| [[https://cdbaby.com/|cdbaby]] | 66% |
| [[https://www.tunecore.com/|Tunecore]] | 66% |

===== Playlists =====

==== Formats ====
^ M3U | simply a list of files, supported by nearly all software and hardware players in existence |
^ [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_Shareable_Playlist_Format|XSPF]] | XML-based, currently the cleanest format |

see also:
  * [[http://gonze.com/playlists/playlist-format-survey.html|Playlist Format Survey]] (Gonze, 2003)