Polaris vs Timidity AE
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Polaris
Connect to your Polaris server and listen to music on the go! Key features: - Shuffle mode - Songs preloading - Offline mode
Timidity AE
Multimedia player focused on playing MIDI files. Instead of built-in Android MIDI playing features, it uses Timidity++ engine and allows specifying soundfonts and options. Included soundfont 8Rock11e seems to have non-free license "Distribute freely. Don't disassemble." Features include: * High quality MIDI file playback far superior to Android's built in Synth * Support for multiple user-set SoundFonts or patch sets * Multi-track mixer with support for per-track instrument and volume adjustment (only available for MIDI and MOD files) * Tempo, pitch, voice, and resampling controls * Create, save, and load custom instrument and volume configurations * Additional support for Amiga MOD files as well as the formats Android natively supports (mp3, ogg, flac, etc) * Export MIDI or MOD files to wav * Compressed .sfArk and .sfArk.exe SoundFont extraction * Notification with playback buttons (Honeycomb or later) * Folder and playlist based music organization * Dark and light themes
| Feature | Polaris | Timidity AE |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | GPL-2.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | Media PlayerVideo | Media PlayerVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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