audacious

Lightweight audio player with plugin support

TLDR

Start Audacious

$ audacious

Play specific files

$ audacious [file1.mp3] [file2.mp3]

Enqueue files

$ audacious -e [file.mp3]

Start headless (without GUI)

$ audacious -H

Show current song

$ audacious -t

SYNOPSIS

audacious [-e] [-H] [options] [files]

audacious is a lightweight, GTK-based audio player focusing on low resource usage and high audio quality. It supports numerous formats through plugins and features a Winamp-classic interface mode.
The player emphasizes customization through skins and plugins while maintaining simplicity.

PARAMETERS

-e, --enqueue

Add files to playlist without playing

-H, --headless

Run without GUI

-t, --show-main-window

Show main window

-p, --play

Start playback

-u, --pause

Pause playback

-s, --stop

Stop playback

-f, --fwd

Skip forward

-r, --rew

Skip backward

--shuffle

Toggle shuffle

--repeat

Toggle repeat

-m, --show-jump-box

Show jump to file dialog

CONFIGURATION

~/.config/audacious/config

Main configuration file for player settings and preferences.

~/.config/audacious/plugin-registry

Registry of installed plugins and their enabled state.

CAVEATS

Plugin availability varies by distribution. Some formats require additional codecs. GTK2 version (legacy) differs from GTK3/Qt versions.

HISTORY

Audacious was forked from Beep Media Player (itself a fork of XMMS) in 2005. It continues the Winamp-like interface tradition on Linux.