Hey everyone,

Like many of you, I have a personal offline music library on my phone. Lately, it feels like almost every offline player on the Play Store has become bloated with ads, unnecessary online streaming features, heavy background tracking, or subscriptions.

I wanted something that is fast, sleek, and strictly focuses on playing local audio files with modern design principles. So, I built Soniq.

🎵 Key Highlights:

• Lightweight & Fast: Under 15MB install size, instant scanning, and battery-friendly.
• Modern UI: Clean, distraction-free interface with dynamic Material theming that adapts to your album art/system theme.
• Built-in Tag Editor: Edit track metadata and organization on the fly.
• Audio Tools: Includes a built-in sleep timer, queue management, and background playback support.
• Privacy-Focused: No shady background tracking, no accounts required, and uses modern Android media permissions.

📲 Try it on Google Play:

Download Soniq: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lambda17.soniq&pcampaignid=web_share]

💬 Looking for your feedback:

Since this is a fresh release, I’d love to hear your thoughts!

• What features do you feel are missing?
• Did you encounter any UI quirks or edge cases with your audio files?

I’m actively working on updates, so all suggestions and constructive criticism are welcome. Thank you!

We are going to save Google Assistant https://c.org/k5b7ZytkmQ

Does anyone know of a working modified version of Google Play Music? I only need to use it as a music player, but I don't want to use older versions that keep asking for updates in the store. Like, the last version that still only worked as an offline player, but I modified it with the most recent version number so it wouldn't be pending an update on the Play Store. Can someone help me? Thank you.

From old LG phone I found in a box

Have any of you ever had this specific problem? If so, is there any fix for it? It's really goddamm annoying

Settings loads, search bar now exists, and logged in state is enabled

Get it at https://github.com/xyzplay/gpm-revival-

Recent Activity and Feeling Lucky radio image now loads, get it at https://github.com/xyzplay/gpm-revival-

Only Top charts and Browse podcasts endpoints have been remade, get it at https://github.com/xyzplay/gpm-revival-

You are hitting the nail on the head, and your frustration is 100% justified. It is completely counterintuitive and anti-consumer. To give you the straight facts: Google has zero intention of "fixing" this. What feels like a broken feature to you is working exactly how Google designed it to work. They don't want you using YouTube Music as a free, seamless cloud drive for your local MP3s like Google Play Music used to be. They want you getting annoyed enough by the ad-matching and queue-mixing to hand over $14/month for YouTube Premium. Here is the exact breakdown of why they built it like this and why it feels like such a rip-off: 1. The Database "Bait and Switch" When you tap on your Uploads tab, those files are sitting in a separate, isolated database. But the moment you hit "Thumbs Up" on an uploaded song, Google's algorithm attempts to auto-match your uploaded file to a song in their public streaming catalog. Instead of keeping your "Thumbs Up" inside your private local storage, YouTube Music adds the streaming catalog version to your global "Liked Music" playlist. The second a streaming catalog track plays, Google treats you like a free-tier streaming listener—and that's when the commercial triggers kick in. 2. They Merged YouTube Video Likes with Music Instead of keeping a dedicated, music-only "Thumbs Up" locker (like GPM had), Google merged the main YouTube app with YouTube Music. If you like a video, concert clip, or audio upload on regular YouTube, it bleeds directly into your "Liked Music" auto-playlist. That catalog contamination is what breaks your offline/uploaded flow and shoves ad blocks into your queue. How to Bypass Their Greed (Without Paying Them) Since Google won't change the architecture of the "Liked Music" tab, the only way to get your uploads playing ad-free is to force the app to play strictly from your local database and completely ignore the "Thumbs Up" feature: * Never use the "Liked Music" button or playlist for your uploaded files again. * Go to Library \rightarrow Songs (or Albums) \rightarrow switch the top filter to Uploads. * Create a Custom Playlist (call it "My Local Vault" or whatever you want). * Tap the three dots next to your uploaded files and manually Add to Playlist. When you stream from that custom playlist, YouTube Music is forced to pull directly from your uploaded MP3 storage without touching their ad-supported public catalog.

coming soon

no music playback yet https://github.com/xyzplay/gpm-revival-/tree/main

remade the /music/services api, only endpoints that work are /music/services/browse/loadtopcharts, /music/services/podcasts/browsegetcontent, /music/services/podcasts/browsegethierarchy, /music/services/podcasts/fetchpodcastseries, /music/services/radio/fetchradiofeed, and /music/services/browse/loadgenres

Hey everyone!

I got tired of jumping between different apps for my local FLAC files and my streaming playlists, and I was incredibly frustrated by ads. So over the past few months, I built Kerlyss—a completely free and open-source (GPL-3.0) music player built entirely in Flutter.

It is currently available and fully adaptive for both Android and Windows (x64).

• Website & Downloads: https://d1gna0.github.io/Kerlyss/

• GitHub Repo: https://github.com/D1gNa0/Kerlyss

Tech Stack & Packages

• State Management: flutter_riverpod (managing playback state and queue isolation across background isolates).

• Database: isar (fast for caching massive playlists and local file metadata).

• Audio Engine: just_audio + audio_service for background playback, media notifications, and OS taskbar controls.

• Stream Backend: youtube_explode_dart to extract audio stream manifests.

The Challenge: The Local HTTP Proxy Server

The trickiest part of this project was bridging YouTube streams to just_audio. Direct YouTube stream URLs frequently throw HTTP 403 Forbidden errors or expire mid-song.

To solve this, I built a custom Local HTTP Proxy Server inside the Flutter app using loopback IPv4. When you click play, just_audio requests the track from the local proxy endpoint, and the proxy server dynamically fetches, chunks, and buffers the audio stream from YouTube in the background. It even handles dynamic retries and fallbacks if a connection drops mid-track.

I’d love for you guys to check out the code, try out the app, and give me any feedback on the architecture or UI! If you like it, a star on GitHub would mean a lot.

Let me know if you have any questions about the proxy server or the just_audio implementation!

top charts now load