Re: simple player for mp3s

[Frank <beacon videotron ca>]

On Fri, 13 May 2011 18:31:20 +0400
Andrew Savchenko <bircoph gmail com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 13 May 2011 09:49:35 -0400 Frank wrote:
> > > 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 ?
>
> Have you ever read the manual?

  Yes 
> -C, --control
>      Enable terminal control keys. By default use 's' or the
> space bar to stop/restart (pause, unpause) playback, 'f' to jump
> forward to the next song, 'b' to jump back to the beginning of the
> song, ',' to rewind, '.' to fast forward, and 'q' to quit.  Type 'h'
> for a full list of available controls.

  Guess I missed it..after reading 15 manuals.

> Also you can always use mplayer.

  It works too, but mpg123 is faster on audio.

> Best regards,
> Andrew Savchenko

Thanks

-- 
Cheers
Frank