Cmus

Features

Terminal Players - Runs entirely in a terminal window to play local music files without a graphical interface.
Terminal Music Controllers - Controls music playback entirely from the terminal using keyboard shortcuts and commands.
Incremental Search - Provides real-time incremental search for tracks and commands as the user types.
Gapless Playbacks - Plays consecutive audio files with no audible silence or pause between tracks.
Cue Sheet Playbacks - Parses CUE sheet files to split album images into logical tracks with correct timing.
Gapless Playbacks - Plays consecutive audio files with no audible silence or pause between tracks.
Terminal-Based Interfaces - Renders the entire music player interface using ncurses in a terminal window.
Vi-Style Searchers - Locates tracks and commands using incremental search patterns inspired by the Vi editor.
Directory Browsing - Navigates the filesystem tree to locate and add audio files to the library.
Flat-File Library Indexes - Maintains a flat-file library index parsed into memory for fast filtering and searching.
Command Line Completions - Suggests command completions as the user types in a command-line mode.
Keyboard Shortcut Mappers - Assigns any keyboard shortcut to any command, including parameterized actions like seeking.
ReplayGain Normalizations - Adjusts playback volume per track or album based on stored ReplayGain loudness metadata.
ReplayGain Normalizations - Applies ReplayGain metadata to adjust playback volume per track or album for consistent listening.
Play Queue Orderings - Arranges upcoming tracks in a user-defined sequence that plays after the current selection.
Streaming Clients - Streams audio from internet radio servers as if they were local files.
Internet Radio Streams - Plays live audio streams from internet radio stations as if they were local files.
Input Event Loops - Processes user input and internal events through a central dispatch loop.
Plugin-Based Architectures - Loads input and output plugins as shared libraries at runtime for format and backend extensibility.
Real-time Prefix Filtering - Refines the visible track list in real time by typing filter criteria without reloading.
Tabbed Interfaces - Organises the interface into independent tab views for library, playlist, and file browser.
Data Processing - Cross-platform command-line audio player.
Music Players - Lightweight and fast console-based music player.

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