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===Audio Players===
===Audio Players===


- The before mentioned Kodi and VLC are great for audio too.
* The before mentioned Kodi and VLC are great for audio too.
- <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Banshee.png" height="16"/> **[Banshee](http://banshee.fm/)** is the desktop music player I use, because it has all the functions I need and most other players lack. Unfortunately it is no longer maintained and it does have a few little issues every now and then. Since I don't need any function that would let Banshee access the internet I think the security risk is minimal.
- <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Banshee.png" height="16"/> **[Banshee](http://banshee.fm/)** is the desktop music player I use, because it has all the functions I need and most other players lack. Unfortunately it is no longer maintained and it does have a few little issues every now and then. Since I don't need any function that would let Banshee access the internet I think the security risk is minimal.
- For mobile use <img src="https://www.simplemobiletools.com/assets/images/music_player_icon.png" height="16"/> **[Simple Music Player](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.musicplayer/)** or literally any music player on F-Droid that you like and isn't marked with anti-features.
- For mobile use <img src="https://www.simplemobiletools.com/assets/images/music_player_icon.png" height="16"/> **[Simple Music Player](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.musicplayer/)** or literally any music player on F-Droid that you like and isn't marked with anti-features.
- Notable mentions: **[Lollypop](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/lollypop)**
- Notable mentions: **[Lollypop](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/lollypop)**
- If your favorite music player doesn't come with a plugin for music tagging, or you don't like it use <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/MusicBrainz_Logo_2016.svg/110px-MusicBrainz_Logo_2016.svg.png" height="16"/> **[MusicBrainz Picard](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/)**.
- If your favorite music player doesn't come with a plugin for music tagging, or you don't like it use <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/MusicBrainz_Logo_2016.svg/110px-MusicBrainz_Logo_2016.svg.png" height="16"/> **[MusicBrainz Picard](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/)**.
   - It uses the <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/MusicBrainz_Logo_2016.svg/110px-MusicBrainz_Logo_2016.svg.png" height="16"/> **[MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/)** database that I contribute to. If you want to contribute too, watch out ❗️logging in depends on Google reCaptcha (for now) and the forum is stored on the Google cloud.  
   - It uses the <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/MusicBrainz_Logo_2016.svg/110px-MusicBrainz_Logo_2016.svg.png" height="16"/> **[MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/)** database that I contribute to. If you want to contribute too, watch out ❗️logging in depends on Google reCaptcha (for now) and the forum is stored on the Google cloud.


===Music Stores/Streaming===
===Music Stores/Streaming===