audacious

An open-source audio player. tldr-pages

On several platforms

Several platforms

An open-source audio player. Indirectly based on XMMS.

Launch the GUI

audaciousIdentify

Start a new instance and play an audio

audacious --new-instance path/to/audioIdentify

Enqueue a specific directory of audio files

audacious --enqueue path/to/directoryIdentify

Start or stop playback

audacious --play-pauseIdentify

Skip forwards (fwd) or backwards (rew) in the playlist

audacious --fwdIdentify

Stop playback

audacious --stopIdentify

Start in CLI mode (headless)

audacious --headlessIdentify

Exit as soon as playback stops or there is nothing to playback

audacious --quit-after-playIdentify