music in text mode

reclusivewriter · 03-15-2021, 03:47 PM

To echo some of the replies in this thread, I play music on my text terminals as well, so I have used some of the solutions already listed.

mpg123 for mp3 files, although I also use mplayer. mpg123 took some time to figure out that infinite loop is --loop -1 and not --loop 0 like in mplayer. Of course, ogg does it completely differently with -r. And then, of course mpg123 and mplayer end by hitting "q", but for ogg123 you need Ctrl-C.

Except for the occasional mp3 or ogg, my library is in flac, which ogg123 plays perfectly fine. I don't remember my objection to flac123, but it may have been that it didn't display file-tags. I have my collection as albums (mostly classical and movie scores with the occasional gothic rock thrown in) and so I use the following batch file to play random albums (an album being defined as music files in the same folder). I navigate to the top folder in a tree (for example ost or bach) and run:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
while :
do
ogg123 $(ls -1 | shuf -n 1)
sleep 2
done

I don't know if this actually helps anyone, but if it does, that's a bonus. I tried using a musicplayer like Deadbeef, but it just seemed like overkill. If my batch file ever stops working, I guess I would use MOC, as I tried it and it seemed ok, but I didn't find a way to play random albums on it. Granted I didn't look very hard, but there you have it.

(Edit: fixed the code box)

jostber · 03-15-2021, 04:40 PM

ncmpcpp with mpd gives you a ncurses player. Both are available from slackbuilds.org.

https://rybczak.net/ncmpcpp/

jr_bob_dobbs · 03-15-2021, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWJones

Wow, no mentions for a Slackware original, soma?

You know, I'd heard that name mentioned before, but because Soma was a highly addictive drug in a SF story I'd read ages ago, I ignored it.

Today, after reading this thread, I did some searching and that was a voyage of discovery, indeed. I found a cool-looking and cool website, which had other links of interest in addition to soma. Then, before going through the whole download-build-compile-etc., loop, I, on a lark typed "soma" in the console and ... I already have it? Or it's part of slackware?

I picked a station and ... wow, it works without me even having to select a sound driver. Very cool!

I feel like I'm the last to know about this?

imitis · 03-16-2021, 03:27 PM

Slackware comes with mocp (music on console) it's nice!

https://i.imgur.com/SMQ5ktR.png

JWJones · 03-17-2021, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jr_bob_dobbs

Today, after reading this thread, I did some searching and that was a voyage of discovery, indeed. I found a cool-looking and cool website, which had other links of interest in addition to soma. Then, before going through the whole download-build-compile-etc., loop, I, on a lark typed "soma" in the console and ... I already have it? Or it's part of slackware?

I picked a station and ... wow, it works without me even having to select a sound driver. Very cool!

I feel like I'm the last to know about this?

Yes, soma has been a part of Slackware for a long time, and it is exclusive to Slackware. It is my go-to for music listening in Slackware. I'm glad you discovered it and like it! That's the beauty of Slackware, there's always something more to discover.

NonNonBa · 03-18-2021, 05:10 AM

I've just realized that soma is a good example of "playing with the mplayer's slave mode".