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Hi, as per the title; does anyone happen to know a good foss offline music player with support for Android Auto? TIA for any suggestions!

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[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure VLC supports Android Auto.

Of course, Android Auto itself is not FOSS.

[–] Vladomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you! I'll try out VLC for playing my offline music.

Yes, unfortunately I haven't been able to find a foss alternative for Android Auto. If someone happens to know one, I am open to recommendations.

Thanks for the input!

You might try enabling developer mode in Android auto. You can then force apps to work with Android Auto.

[–] Godort@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Vladomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I'll try out VLC.

[–] EarthBoundMisfit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jellyfin works surprisingly well for me. Album art and able to browse artists, etc.

[–] Vladomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Ow cool, didn't realise I could use Jellyfin for this purpose also. Will try it out, cheers!

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Pretty sure Vinyl does this

[–] timo2@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What is Android Auto? I thought it only makes your phone act like a USB to share files right to your computer

[–] Vladomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Android Auto is the Android equivalent to Apple CarPlay. I.e., it mirrors your Android phone screen onto your car display.