Audience
Users requiring an open-source solution to play music and audio files
About Audacious
Audacious is an open-source audio player. A descendant of XMMS, Audacious plays your music how you want it, without stealing away your computer’s resources from other tasks. Drag and drop folders and individual song files, search for artists and albums in your entire music library, or create and edit your own custom playlists. Listen to CDs or stream music from the Internet. Tweak the sound with the graphical equalizer or change the dynamic range with audio effects. Enjoy the modern Qt-themed interface or change things up with Winamp Classic skins. Use the plugins included with Audacious to fetch lyrics for your music, display a VU meter, and more. The new release includes several small improvements that have been made over the past year. This release brings the Qt UI to Windows and includes a variety of community contributions. Audacious runs on Linux, on BSD derivatives, and on Microsoft Windows.
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Starting Price:
Free
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Free Version available.
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Audacious
Founded: 2001
United States
audacious-media-player.org
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