What is PiCorePlayer?
piCorePlayer is a minimalist music player application specifically designed for the Raspberry Pi. It aims to provide a smooth music playback experience while using very few system resources.
Some key features of piCorePlayer include:
- Lightweight interface for browsing local music libraries
- Support for common audio formats like MP3, FLAC, OGG, etc.
- Playback controls like play/pause, next/previous track, volume adjust
- Add online radio stations by URL
- Stream music from Soundcloud, Google Play Music, Spotify and other services
- Library auto-updates when new music files are added
- Low memory and CPU footprint to avoid slowing down the Raspberry Pi
As it is optimized for the Raspberry Pi hardware, piCorePlayer has a very small install size. It uses the MPD music player backend and a simple GTK-based user interface. The goal is to provide a fast, responsive UI even on a Raspberry Pi Zero or 1.
Some use cases for piCorePlayer include: dedicated music streamer box, audio playback software for Raspberry Pi jukebox or boombox projects, beginner-friendly player for learning Linux audio concepts.
Overall, if you want to build an audio playback device with your Raspberry Pi and don't need complex media center features, piCorePlayer is an ideal lightweight music solution.
Apple Music, Winamp, MusicBee, MediaMonkey, AIMP, foobar2000, Rhythmbox, Audacious, Clementine, Strawberry, Amarok, moOde audio player, Pi MusicBox, RuneAudio, Balena Sound, DeaDBeeF are some alternatives to PiCorePlayer.