auditive

auditive (formerly audition) is an open source command-line software written in Vala using Ncurses, and designed to act as a minimalist audio player that uses Gstreamer as a backend.

auditive can play any file format supported by the Gstreamer audio codecs, it features gapless playback, it is built for fast browsing of huge folders and long playlists, and can launch players as suits or external programs.

List of controls:

Enter      open/start play
Space      pause/resume
Bkspc      stop/rewind
\          advance
|          previous
, .        back/forward 5 sec
[ ]        back/forward 60 sec
{ }        back/forward 10%
-          toggle auto-advance (>) or single play (-)
q          quit

Left       up a directory
Right      child directory
Up etc     navigate

Tab        cycle name-size-date view
Shift-Tab  sort in current view
;          most recent sort

F1         help / exit help
F2         filesystem view
F3         play list view
F4         external operations
1-4        alternative keys for F1-F4
`          debug screen
~          re-read configuration file

What is new in this release:

• playlist bug fix
• handles bad supplied pathnames fix

What is new in version 0.1.17:

• This version adds gapless playback and user customized keys (e.g. "vi" style).

Requirements:

• GStreamer
• Ncurses
• GLib2
• CMake
• GNU Make