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Are these real program names?! Haha
But really, if it this program is good enough to keep using for decades I am going to check it out.
I called out those two programs because they're specifically trying to emulate foobar2000 on Linux. I had good experiences with Audacious and Quod Libet as well if you haven't seen those yet.
I hadnt heard of any of them, honestly. I tend to use vlc but I miss older winamp/windows media style players from the early 2000s. I will check them out, thanks for the recommendations!
A big thing foobar2000 does that apps like VLC don't is library management. foobar2000 has really powerful and intuitive tools for tagging, renaming, and moving files around. When I buy new music, I drag it to an empty playlist in foobar then it's just a few clicks to have all the files renamed following my perferred syntax, moved to the appropriate folder(s) in my library directory, replay gain calculated, and aac versions generated and ready to go to my iPhone and iPad.
This really only scratches the surface of foobar2000 though. It's built in UI editor and extensive ecosystem of plugins makes it incredibly versatile and customizable. It is basically the emacs of music players.