{"id":37800,"date":"2022-03-09T17:26:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=37800"},"modified":"2022-03-09T17:26:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:26:24","slug":"ymuse-cantata-alternative-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/03\/ymuse-cantata-alternative-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Ymuse – A Cantata Alternative MPD Client for Ubuntu \/ Fedora Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cantata has discontinued. If you’re looking for another app for Music Player Daemon, then Ymuse is a good choice for GNOME, Xfce or other GTK based desktops.<\/p>\n

Ymuse is a free open-source GTK front-end for Music Player Daemon<\/a>, written in Go programming language. It can be used as either a player for local music playback or a client to control remote MPD, while using few resource.<\/p>\n

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As a GTK app, it looks modern in Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux with GNOME. It has light \/ dark mode that follow system color scheme. Besides the basic job that MPD client does, it also has HTTP streaming support.<\/p>\n

Compare to Cantata, Ymuse has less features and does not load cover art embedded in audio file .<\/p>\n

How to Install Ymuse in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n

It’s easy to install the app via the universal Snap package. Simply search for and get it from Ubuntu Software:<\/p>\n

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Don’t like Snap? The native .deb<\/code> package as well as .rpm<\/code> package for Fedora based systems are available to download in Github page:<\/p>\n

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Download Ymuse (under ‘Assets’)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And, if you want to use Ymuse for local music playback, also install mpd<\/code> by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal and running command:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install mpd<\/pre>\n
The default settings are usually OK. But, you may edit the ‘\/etc\/mpd.conf<\/b>‘ (run sudo gedit \/etc\/mpd.conf<\/code> to edit the file) as need. See the documentation<\/a> for more. Also, change the Ymuse preferences accordingly.<\/p>\n
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How to Remove Ymuse:<\/h3>\n
To remove the snap package, use Ubuntu Software or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n
sudo snap remove ymuse<\/pre>\n
To remove the deb package, run command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt remove --autoremove ymuse<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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