CMus - C* Music Player 2.0.4 review

CMus is a small and fast music player using the ncurses library

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 135K Developer: Timo Hirvonen

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CMus is a small and fast music player using the ncurses library. CMus has vi-style command interface, e.g. searching using '/' or '?' and adding files to playlist ':add ~/foo.ogg'.

Here are some key features of "CMus C Music Player":
Input

FLAC
Ogg/Vorbis
MP3 (libmad)
Wav
Modules (libmodplug)

Output

ALSA
OSS
ARTS

MP3 and Ogg streaming (Shoutcast/Icecast)
WinAmp / XMMS keys "zxcvb"
Can be controlled via UNIX socket
Serial port remote controller support (irman)
Customizable colors
Nice vi-style interface with tabulator expansion
Background playlist loading
Track metadata database makes adding files to playlist very fast.
Album/artist modes. Playing within one album or artist.
Playlist is always kept sorted.
Play queue
Directory browser
Full UTF-8 support

What's New in This Release:
Software volume control was added.
Playlist filters can now be negated in the filters view.
Many bug and portability fixes were made.
The documentation was improved.