Roon is an advanced music player designed to bring together all of your music in one place. It allows you to access and explore your music by artist, genre, label, year, and more. With Roon, you can easily access your music library from any device or platform, and stream it to any AirPlay, Chromecast, or UPnP compatible devices. It also offers advanced features such as gapless playback, DSD support, and ReplayGain. Additionally, Roon has an in-depth search function that allows you to find music by artist, label, genre, etc. It also has a powerful recommendation engine that allows you to discover new music based on what you already like. Roon also provides access to exclusive content from select artists, labels, and industry professionals.
Discontinued No more versions since 2016. See version information: http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/
Discontinued No new releases and features since 2014. The most recent versions, 2.6.2 (stable) and 2.9.1 (development), released in February and March 2014, still work and can be downloaded from the official website.
Discontinued The project is no longer maintained. The latest version, 0.8.4, released in April 2015, can still be downloaded from the official website.
gPodder is a podcast manager, while Roon is intended for audiophiles to enjoy their music collections.
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VLC is not a professional music player. The main feature of Roon over other music players is its presentation of music, while VLC is more barebones and more versatile. VLC is a great media player in its own way, but not when one is looking for an alternative to Roon.