cmus — C* Music Player
cmus is a small, fast, and powerful console music player for Linux and *BSD. It supports almost all common file formats, SHOUTcast/Icecast streaming, and multiple output plugins. cmus features multiple media library views, a playqueue, a directory browser, powerful filters, and vi-style search and keybindings. It also features gapless playback, ReplayGain, Unicode support, and customizable color schemes.
| Tags | multimedia Sound/Audio Players MP3 Console |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPLv2 |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux BSD Windows Cygwin OS X |
| Implementation | C |
Last announcement
GitHub migration 29 Dec 2012 11:09
Source code of cmus is now hosted on GitHub — https://github.com/cmus Git pull URL is now https://github.com/cmus/cmus.git Please update your bookmarks and git config files!
Recent releases
- 15 May 2014 12:36
Release Notes: The main features include display of all tracks when an artist is selected in the tree view, and JACK output and Opus input plugins. «Night» and «Solarized» color schemes are added. The ReplayGain implementation is closer to the spec.
- 15 May 2014 11:44
Release Notes: This is a maintenance release that contains a lot of accumulated bugfixes since 2.5.0. Everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
- 07 Nov 2012 10:53
Release Notes: The main features in this release are CUE sheet support, cdio input plugin, support for WavPack correction files, and a new «zenburn» color scheme. Tab completion, tag parsing, and compilation handling have been improved.
- 30 Nov 2011 10:03
Release Notes: This is a maintenance release; compared to 2.4.2, it mostly fixes several build and stability issues caused by external library changes. Everyone is encouraged to upgrade, as usual.
- 24 Jul 2011 11:38
Release Notes: This maintenance release contains several important bug and build fixes; everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
Recent comments
Re: flac tags
> Flac reads tags just fine for me.
I mean "the flac plugin" of course :)
Re: flac tags
> Not reading flac tags here. Using
> version 2.2.0-1 Ubuntu package. Is it
> just me?
>
> btw, this is a great program. I
> installed it on my server when I was
> upgrading my desktop and couldn't use
> Amarok. That was two weeks ago, and I
> haven't reinstalled Amarok yet :) Five
> stars!
Flac reads tags just fine for me. There was a compatibility issue with some versions of the flac library which I fixed. Try this snapshot:
cmus.tar.gz
I blogged it
Hey there, just wanted to let you know that you've been blogged! I just posted part 1 of what I hope will be a 2 or 3 part series on getting started with cmus. Check it out! (http://guerrillatech.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/spotlight-application-rock-better-faster-harder-with-cmus-part-1-of/)
Re: flac tags
Durr... I mean ten stars! If it was out of five, it would be five stars! Yeah...
:)
-p.
flac tags
Not reading flac tags here. Using version 2.2.0-1 Ubuntu package. Is it just me?
btw, this is a great program. I installed it on my server when I was upgrading my desktop and couldn't use Amarok. That was two weeks ago, and I haven't reinstalled Amarok yet :) Five stars!
