Music
Music Player Applications
Criteria1: supports FLAC+XSPF, updates in <2y, cross-platform or on GNU/Linux
- VLC Media Player – can also play videos.
- Strawberry – music player and music collection organizer. Fork of Clementine aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. Written in C++/Qt.
- 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 ↓ |
|---|---|
| Bandcamp | 80% |
| Spotify (streaming instead of buying) | 70% |
| iTunes (single track) | 70% |
| Reverbnation | 66% |
| Google Play | 65% |
| Amazon | 53% |
| iTunes (Album) | 53% |
where to sell?
Playlists
Formats
| M3U | simply a list of files, supported by nearly all software and hardware players in existence |
|---|---|
| XSPF | XML-based, currently the cleanest format |
see also:
- Playlist Format Survey (Gonze, 2003)