Hello, I have a music library of at least 10k+ songs, and despite the fact I don't use apple music anymore, I still really like Cider. Especially because Cider is effectively the best music player available on Linux (seriously, nothing else even compares. Linux music player scene is fucking awful) It'd be really nice to be able to import local files into Cider, not just like some shitty Spotify where its all just thrown into one playlist, but actually with metadata and all that nice stuff. Is this ever planned? Thanks

pretty sure it imports your local files from itunes/apple music, if you can find a way to import it there youd be able to listen to it on cider

Bought this just to see there's no support for local files anymore? I saw a Reddit post that said it had support but apparently not anymore? Imagine making another version of the app just to not bring the features back, lol.

I'm new in cider, just bought the app and it's amazing, but was looking a way to play local files but nothing. Although version 1.5.1 had this. Don't know what would've happened.

Hello! Kai from the Cider team here,

There were several issues with the implementation for Local Files in Cider Classic. Cider 2 is a complete rewrite of the app, with improved performance and more features. Local file support is not planned at the moment, as implementing such a thing would be jank at best and client breaking at worst.

Sorry for the confusion!

A workaround is to download the Official Apple Music app from the Microsoft Store and upload local files through there, or upload them through the Apple Music app on MacOS.

It might have taken a while to get a response, but thank you for it..!

For the time being, I have resubscribed to apple music and been using this method. I think I will find local music to be a little more peace-of-mind always, but it's fine this way. I appreciate you acknowledging it at the least, even if it is not planned at the moment, I still hope in the future you get around to making it more of a general-purpose player which can support local files too.
Thank you for all the work over the years!