mishaguyas 1 month ago

After my Win 7 drive crashed, I officially switched to Mint because Windows 10.... no...just....no spyware microflaccid grabage for me any more. I played around with Mint and other Linux distros for a few years before making the switch, but the drive crash forced the change. One of the programs I preferred to use in windows (even though most people hate it) was Windows Media Player. I loved WMP because I could edit album art and ID3 tags directly in it, and do it in a "Batch" instead of .....one ...file ...at ...a ....time. I searched for a long time, and went through a lot of "players" before I found "Clementine" and then "Strawberry." I've found Strawberry to be the CLOSESEST Media Player to WMP out of all I tried, and it (like WMP) allows me to edit album art and ID3 tags in batches! One thing Strawberry does that WMP won't, is allow me to change ID3 tags in almost EVERY audio file format, not just .wma and .mp3 files. I used to convert .wav files and .flac's to .mp3 just so I could fix tags, but Strawberry allows me to do it without conversion. I have only two complaints about Strawberry (flatpak/flathub version) ...first is minor and morrors what others have said... I want a DARK theme. The other which is the only reason I REMOVED TWO STARS is because the Flatpak/Flathub version takes 9:22 to start up! Yes, Nine Minutes and 22 seconds! When I install the non-"flat" version directly from their website, it takes only 22 seconds to start. Fix the "flat" version so it also starts in under a minute, and I'll give you 5 stars... for now you get 3.

dennis21424 5 months ago

I began using clementine and liked it enough to update to strawberry. Using Mint 23.3, if the music stops and the window stops responding asking to end it, change the backend from gstreamer to another. I think is an old bug because i keep getting it even when my Mint was 20 something some years ago.

Doc_Dish 5 months ago

Audio CD support does not work (see https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/topic/644/can-t-open-audio-cd). This appears to be an issue with the Flatpak distribution.

pucelev 5 months ago

But needs a Dark Theme

adamanon 5 months ago

No Dark Theme? Seriously? It's 2024.

tekola 6 months ago

Cannot Install. "package not found"

FreshMints 7 months ago

I REFUSE to use WHITE a theme. UNINSTALLED. Dark theme doesn't work with any Strawberry package.

portanav 7 months ago

Good player. I used Clementine at first, but it had some issues. Strawberry has all the same features and works without the issues I had with Clementine.

SebastJava 9 months ago

Nice, intuitive, full of great features and well working.

The_Quantum_Alpha 11 months ago

It works, it's advanced, the king of media players on Linux! Theming integrates well with the system.

Surf3r57 1 year ago

I previously was a Clemintine User, but with Strawberry, I have found a very familiar format, and an active development. This music player is awesome and handles my collections easily. I am able to create playlists and save them, yeah, I have Strawberry loaded on all of my linux machines and laptops.

Tumhalad 1 year ago

I've been using Clementine for years but following a rebuild have now moved to Strawberry as it's developement is active. The Strawberry interface and settings are easy to use. It's been an easy change and if you liked Clementine (or Amarok) you'll probably like Strawberry as well.