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Introduction Edit: wow, the coffee must have worn off hours ago, because I clipped off the link to the app's website before posting! It's www.rtfmdesign.com . doh! The body of this post below the current paragraph was originally posted to r/macapps . I'm a musician and avid listener of CDs, vinyl, and a sizable FLAC collection that encompasses a very wide range of genres. None of the existing music player/librarians for local file collections fully satisfied me so I built my own and now it's my daily driver. It's essentially a cross between Audirvana and Swinsian, but cheaper, simpler, and cleaner. I'd be honored if people tried it out. I haven't heard a peep out of my 8 beta testers in a couple of months so it seems I squashed all of the bugs and the app is stable. Thanks in advance! RTFM Player A few months ago I posted about this project to r/macapps while it was still new and in beta, and some amazing people responded who were willing to test and critique it. They helped me to take the app from a buggy and incomplete state to a polished product and I am grateful beyond words. I implemented about 90% of the features and UI/UX suggestions that were requested. Some of these improvements include optimized library scanning (70% faster than before), manual grouping of multi-disc albums, analog-style meters, floating mini player, duplicate file finder, correct speaker mapping for 5.1 sources, granular editing of included folders in libraries, light mode, increased text size, keyboard shortcuts, advanced metadata filtering, rescan watched libraries on app start, and additional themes. Everyone who helped is now listed in the app’s credits. About me: I'm Edward, a 25-year IT professional, visual artist, musician/singer/songwriter, and audiophile. I like to listen to lossless audio through a high-end, vintage stereo system, and I have a large collection of CDs that I ripped to FLAC. I typically listen to my FLAC collection from a Macbook Pro that is connected to a DAC using a USB-C to TOSLINK optical cable. I also have a USB-C compatible DAC that supports high res audio. Problem I built RTFM Player because I couldn't find another music file player for macOS that met all of the following criteria: most important: support for multiple, discrete libraries with their own artwork grid mental model and interface based on the user's own file and folder structure minimalist, modern design support for lossless FLAC, ALAC, and DSD (and all other significant lossless and lossy audio formats) bit-perfect playback via sample rate and bit depth matching and ability to take exclusive control of the audio device extended metadata editing of single tracks or multiple tracks ability to export and import the database and artwork cache for easy migration or backup lightweight on CPU and RAM, small installer (only 18 MB as of the current version) no feature bloat: the app is simply for quickly organizing, locating, and playing music

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  • 发布时间：2026/9/29 11:29:17