mp3play is a simple, command line based MP3 player for
un*x-like systems. It supports setting a playlist, programming tracks,
playing tracks in random order, selecting tracks from a single artist or
disc, and various other features.
If you're of the opinion that command line programs are hard to use,
don't rule this program out straight away. It may not be pretty, but it's still
fairly easy to use...
- Program all tracks by a particular artist (U2 here), and play them randomly:
mp3> program U2
mp3> random- Program all tracks from a compilation CD of many artists, and play them sequentially:
mp3> program disc /party in the park/
mp3> play
Many more examples are possible, but hopefully these two do show that the
program is not particular difficult to use. Personally I find this quicker
and easier for performing the common operations like this than a graphical
program such as xmms.
Of course, there are quite a few features it doesn't have, yet...
- configuration file
- This could probably be added pretty easily, I've just never seen the
need for one. Program lists can be saved separately, and the current
playlist is automatically saved, and I've never needed to configure anything
else.
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- rewind/fast-forward
- These are non-trivial to add since mp3play doesn't decode the MP3s
itself. Maybe one day, but it's not a high priority.
If you're like me, and just want MP3s playing in the background while
you work, browse the web, or whatever, these may not matter to you
much.
As mentioned earlier, the software contains no MP3 decoding code - that is
handled by the command line MP3 player mpg123. FreeBSD users can find mpg123 in the ports collection as
audio/mpg123.
The code should compile out-of-the-box on FreeBSD and Linux,
just extract the tarball and run ./configure followed by
make. If you have problems compiling the code on other systems,
either let me know, and I'll see if I can help, or if you can fix the
problem yourself, send me the diffs.
To play MP3s from a remote location (by specifying a URL) on platforms other than FreeBSD you must have
the wget program installed. This is available from
any GNU mirror site; please see the
GNU FTP site list
to find your nearest mirror if you do not know the address.
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