Re: simple player for mp3s

[Frank <beacon videotron ca>]

On Fri, 13 May 2011 09:32:11 -0500
Paul Hartman <paul hartman+gentoo gmail com> wrote:

> 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).

  It works well, for me it's a toss-up between mplayer..and mpg123
Thanks
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Cheers
Frank