I only use vlc for video and have a couple of dedicated music players; clementine and cmus. I did find a couple of articles, you might read them, try some suggestions and come back and tell us all about it.
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/the- ... gs-for-vlc
https://ohotech.com/2013/10/improve-and ... layer.html
I read about cantata and thought of trying it but didn't do it...I don't know, just changed my mind. Maybe I do this time.whell wrote: ↑Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:27 am+1. I’ve been using Cantata for a while now for much the same reasons as you mention.Bluesguy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:56 pm Just thought to chime in and say that I use Audacious as my general-purpose, default audio player ... I like the fact that you can set it up to play midi files by accessing high-quality soundfonts if you have them. I'm a professional musician (going on 45 years now!) and my go-to audio player for gorgeous audiophile output is Cantata (MPD frontend) ... love it! Highly-configurable GUI as well as access to edit/tweak the mpd.config located at /homes/(user)/.local/share/cantata/mpd/ if you so desire ... radio stations galore including Tunein ... wow!
Also, since mpd is handling the playback duties, I repurposed an old android tablet to use as a mpd front end. I work from home and have the tablet at my desk so I can control playback while working.
Lots of options!