Ubuntu Terminal command line play music (mp3)

There are many tools to play mp3 on the terminal command line, and some can even generate playlists. Only command-line heavy users have this requirement, let's take a look at these tools.

Sox

Sox (sound eXchange) is a Swiss Army knife that operates audio files, which can play, convert, and add effects.

To install Sox on Ubuntu:

$ sudo apt-get Install Sox Libsox-fmt-all

The Libsox-fmt-all contains decoders for MP3 and other formats.

Play Music:

$ play Crystals.mp3

Moc

The Moc (Music on Console) player is developed specifically for the terminal command line, which allows the user to select files to play through a text-based file browser.

Install MOC:

$ sudo apt-get install MOC

To open the player:

$ MOCP

Select the file to play, passing play:

The MOC player can use shortcut keys to control playback, s stop, p pause, left and right arrow backwards and fast forward.

VLC player

VLC provides a command-line tool for playing audio.

Installing VLC:

$ sudo apt-get install Vlc-nox

Start VLC:

$ vlc-i ncurses

H view Help, which lists the shortcut keys for all playback controls.

CMUs

CMUs is also a command-line based player.

Install CMUs:

$ sudo apt-get install CMUs

Start:

$ cmus

Press 5 to open the file browser, see more actions: Https://github.com/cmus/cmus/blob/master/Doc/cmus-tutorial.txt

Ubuntu Terminal command line play music (mp3)