audacious

An open-source audio player. Indirectly based on XMMS. See also: audtool, clementine, mpc, ncmpcpp. More information: https://audacious-media-player.org.

• Launch the GUI:

audacious

• Start a new instance and play an audio:

audacious --new-instance path/to/audio

• Enqueue a specific directory of audio files:

audacious --enqueue path/to/directory

• Start or stop playback:

audacious --play-pause

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

audacious --fwd|rew

• Stop playback:

audacious --stop

• Start in CLI mode (headless):

audacious --headless

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

audacious --quit-after-play