Play music with Chromebook

[SkinnyPete]

I have been trying to play music stored on an external SSD drive using VLC on a Chromebook, but for some reason VLC periodically loses the list of scanned files on the drive, and I have to rescan the SSD drive. Is this a Chromebook problem? Would I be better off using a Windows or Linux laptop?

In this kind of setup, how much does the processing speed and memory of the laptop affect sound quality?

 

[SkinnyPete]

I have been trying to play music stored on an external SSD drive using VLC on a Chromebook, but for some reason VLC periodically loses the list of scanned files on the drive, and I have to rescan the SSD drive. Is this a Chromebook problem? Would I be better off using a Windows or Linux laptop?

In this kind of setup, how much does the processing speed and memory of the laptop affect sound quality?

P.S. i am now trying SMPlayer on a Linux laptop to see if it works any better. I'm still wondering this is a Chromebook issue.

 

[SkinnyPete]

I think I answered my own question. The Linux laptop with SMPlayer works fine - the laptop doesn't "forget" the files on the external drive and have to rescan. I don't know if the problem I had is related to Chromebooks or VLC or just the settings on my Chromebook, but everything works fine on Linux.

 

[kolumno]

Google Music is convenient for music I buy from the Google Play Store, but annoying for music I have purchased elsewhere. They need a Chrome OS-compatible interface for uploading that music.