Comments on: Command Line Audio: Simple as mpg123 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: theunixfreak http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-750633 theunixfreak Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:18:51 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-750633 You cannot convert text to speach using mpg123, for that purpose, use a good speech synthesis engine like festival or eSpeak You cannot convert text to speach using mpg123, for that purpose, use a good
speech synthesis engine like festival or eSpeak

]]> By: toto http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-69389 toto Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:02:01 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-69389 I want to convert text to speech with mpg123. Can I use this program and how to use that? THank you for your answer :) I want to convert text to speech with mpg123. Can I use this program and how to use that?
THank you for your answer :)

]]> By: killerb http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-9878 killerb Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:33:43 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-9878 Beside cmus I can definitely recommend MOC (<a href="http://moc.daper.net/" title="MOC" rel="nofollow">Music On Console</a>) It is designed to be powerful and easy to use, with a command structure and window layout similar to the Midnight Commander console file manager. Supported file formats are: mp3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Musepack, Speex, WAVE, AIFF, AU (and other less popular formats supported by libsndfile. Cheers Beside cmus I can definitely recommend MOC (Music On Console)
It is designed to be powerful and easy to use, with a command structure and window layout similar to the Midnight Commander console file manager.
Supported file formats are: mp3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Musepack, Speex, WAVE, AIFF, AU (and other less popular formats supported by libsndfile.

Cheers

]]> By: bob mccarty http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-9436 bob mccarty Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:54:01 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-9436 cmus is not limited to mp3 files and just as easy to use. cmus is not limited to mp3 files and just as easy to use.

]]> By: leamanc http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-8626 leamanc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-8626 <p>I first fell in love with mpg123 when I got Ubuntu 5.x or 6.x (I forget which) up and running on a 400 MHz G4 Cube. Remember, this was a lifetime ago in Linux terms; PowerPC has never been a great platform for desktop Linux; and Ubuntu (although the best Linux option for my Cube) was nowhere near as smooth as it is now.</p> <p>On this setup, even bare-bones music players like Rhythmbox had a hard time keeping up with playing audio files of any kind if I wanted to do anything else with the computer. Skipping, stuttering, and other annoyances were the norm.</p> <p>On a whim, I searched Synaptic for a command-line MP3 player, and found mpg123. It was great! It played my music in the background, the interface was super-easy to learn, and being a CLI app, it was scriptable! I wrote all kinds of quick-and-dirty bash scripts to start music playing when I sat down at the computer, did cool things like build playlists from text files, set up a shuffle mode, etc. It was good geeky fun, but the best part was I had music while browsing in Firefox on that creaky old box. :-)</p> <p>Sadly, I haven't used mpg123 since I retired the Cube, but I will always have fond memories of it. </p> I first fell in love with mpg123 when I got Ubuntu 5.x or 6.x (I forget which) up and running on a 400 MHz G4 Cube. Remember, this was a lifetime ago in Linux terms; PowerPC has never been a great platform for desktop Linux; and Ubuntu (although the best Linux option for my Cube) was nowhere near as smooth as it is now.

On this setup, even bare-bones music players like Rhythmbox had a hard time keeping up with playing audio files of any kind if I wanted to do anything else with the computer. Skipping, stuttering, and other annoyances were the norm.

On a whim, I searched Synaptic for a command-line MP3 player, and found mpg123. It was great! It played my music in the background, the interface was super-easy to learn, and being a CLI app, it was scriptable! I wrote all kinds of quick-and-dirty bash scripts to start music playing when I sat down at the computer, did cool things like build playlists from text files, set up a shuffle mode, etc. It was good geeky fun, but the best part was I had music while browsing in Firefox on that creaky old box. :-)

Sadly, I haven’t used mpg123 since I retired the Cube, but I will always have fond memories of it.

]]> By: shreedhan http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-8627 shreedhan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-8627 <p>How is this different from mplayer in command line ? </p> How is this different from mplayer in command line ?

]]> By: gillbates http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-8628 gillbates Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7838/#comment-8628 <p>At my previous work, we installed a PHP web-based mp3 jukebox on our development server. The backend used mpg123, I think. </p> At my previous work, we installed a PHP web-based mp3 jukebox on our development server. The backend used mpg123, I think.

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