Re: simple player for mp3s

[Paul Hartman <paul hartman+gentoo gmail com>]

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Frank <beacon videotron ca> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 May 2011 09:36:39 +0400
> Andrew Savchenko <bircoph gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Thu, 12 May 2011 23:12:18 -0400 Frank McCormick wrote:
> > > I have been checking my collection of mp3s and
> > > find a need a simple player to check audio quality etc.
> > > Does anybody have any suggestions? I am running Debian
> >
> > mpg123, mpg321.
>
>  These are the first ones I tried. However I'd like to be
> able to end the playing easily, preferably with the press of an
> escape key (much like feh, which I use to preview jpgs etc).
> Maybe I'm doing something wrong but it seems mpg123 only quits with a
> double press of control-c ?

Sounds like mplayer would fit your needs, you can end playing with a
single press of escape (or enter key to move to next track if you
played *.mp3).