From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Oct 19 07:31:48 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2F56C172EE for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:31:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6722@twc.com) Received: from dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (dnvrco-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.73.232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com", Issuer "dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 798DEF35 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:31:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6722@twc.com) Received: from [74.134.208.22] ([74.134.208.22:40773] helo=localhost) by dnvrco-omsmta03 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.9.48312 r(Core:3.6.9.0)) with ESMTP id BB/59-05440-26127085; Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:31:46 +0000 Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:31:41 +0000 Message-ID: From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a curses-based mp3 player available in FreeBSD ? References: <20161018162059.GB36473@vps.markoturk.info> <20161019025302.54794ac2@KoggyBSD.org> X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.64.88:25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:31:48 -0000 > I already saw a few people reply and point out that an MP3 Player and > the EQ are not the same thing, so I won't go into that part, but I also > didn't see anyone mention "MP3Blaster" which I'm Honestly not sure if > that is still in the Ports Collection or not. > I first discovered MP3Blaster on Slackware Linux, and I've Loved it > ever since. > It's a full screen Application, it's got a "TUI" or "Text User > Interface", which is a term I've never personally used before, but I > saw it used on Wikipedia to describe the ASCII looking Interfaces that > Applications have with no actual GUI involved. > Anyway, MP3Blaster is great; It's got the ability to make and use > Playlists, it can play Music in a variety of formats, and I have used > it quite a lot for playing Music without X loaded. > Like I said, this Application was one I found on Slackware, but I know > I saw it on BSD as well at some point, so I'd VERY much recommend that > you check into that one. > I'm pretty sure if you just Googled MP3Blaster on Google Images, you > should have no problems finding images showing how it looks. The Play > List capabilities are good, the Interface is nice looking, and it works > great. > There's also a bunch of other stuff you can find in the Ports > Collection that also plays Music without needing X, and although MPG123 > or MPG321 are pretty well known, there's also others. Also there's > OGG123 or something along those lines, but yea, just check into that > and poke around, you should be able to find at least a few. > -Allen I just checked, and MP3blaster is in both FreeBSD ports and NetBSD pkgsrc. In both cases, the category is audio. Tom