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Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Audacious 3 7 Released Available In PPA
Audacious 3 7 Released Available In PPA
Firstly, Id like to apologise for the lack of updates lately! Ill try to post as often before, as long as there are interesting things to write about. Because I still have some catching up to do with various PPA packages that need updating (minor updates, not worthy of an article for the most part), I wont post old news that I didnt get to post during this inactive period, especially since youre probably already familiar with them anyway.
Now back to Audacious. The latest Audacious, which, in case youre not familiar with, is a fast, lightweight audio players, ships with various Qt interface improvements, including plugins which have been ported to Qt, such as the Winamp Classic Interface, the Playlist Manager, Search Tool and Status icon, and more.
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Heres a list of the most important changes in Audacious 3.7:
- GTK interface only:
- Internet streams can be recorded while playing via a simple record button;
- the playlist export window displays supported formats in a drop-down list;
- a new, unified window has been added for managing equalizer presets;
- the user interface automatically adjusts to be more usable on high-resolution screens;
- playlists can be shuffled by whole albums rather than single tracks.
- Qt interface only:
- the Qt interface can be customized with several new appearance settings;
- the following plugins have been ported to Qt: Winamp Classic Interface, Playlist Manager, Search Tool and Status Icon;
- various small fixes and improvements, such as a visualizer in the info bar, to bring the interface closer to feature-parity with the GTK+ interface;
- an "Edit Lyrics" option has been added to the LyricWiki plugin, which opens the edit page for the current song;
- guessing of missing tag fields can be disabled;
- decoding and playback of standard input is possible with e.g. "cat file.mp3 | audacious -";
- in dual GTK and Qt builds, incompatible plugins are hidden to avoid confusion;
- most audtool commands now apply to the playlist which is playing, even if it is in the background;
- bug fixes.
A complete changelog can be found HERE.
Install Audacious 3.7 in Ubuntu or Linux Mint
As usual, the latest Audacious is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA. The PPA provide Audacious build with GTK2 and Qt interfaces (I cant also enable the GTK3 interface because it requires separate builds).
To install Audacious 3.7 in Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04 or 15.10 / Linux Mint 17.x and derivatives, use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install audaciousOnce installed, select Audacious from the Dash / menu to launch the GTK2 interface or "Audacious Qt Interface" for the Qt interface.
Available link for download
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Audacious 3 7 Beta 1 Available In PPA
Audacious 3 7 Beta 1 Available In PPA
Audacious 3.7 beta 1 was released recently and is available in the WebUpd8 Unrelease/Backports PPA. The new beta version brings various new features such as playlist shuffle by album, record Internet streams and more, along with Qt interface improvements and bug fixes.
For those not familiar with Audacious, this is a fast, lightweight audio player thats focused on high audio quality and low system resource usage.
The application ships with plugins for pretty much everything youd need, like effects, visualisation, desktop integration and much more, along with multiple interfaces: GTK2, GTK3 (not available in our PPA since it requires building a different source; might be discontinued once the Qt interface is fully ready), Qt and Winamp2-like interface which supports Winamp 2 skins.
Heres Audacious 3.7 beta 1 using the GTK2, Qt and Winamp interfaces:
Changes in Audacious 3.7 beta 1:
- playlists can be shuffled by whole albums rather than single tracks
- an "Edit Lyrics" option has been added to the LyricWiki plugin, which opens the edit page for the current song;
- guessing of missing tag fields can now be disabled;
- decoding and playback of standard input is now possible with e.g. cat file.mp3 | audacious -;
- GTK interface only:
- Internet streams can be recorded while playing via a simple record button;
- the playlist export window displays supported formats in a drop-down list;
- a new, unified window has been added for managing equalizer presets;
- the user interface automatically adjusts to be more usable on high-resolution screens;
- Qt interface improvements:
- the Qt interface can be customized with several new appearance setting;
- various small fixes and improvements, such as a visualizer in the info bar, to bring the interface closer to feature-parity with the GTK+ interface;
- plugins ported to Qt:
- Winamp Classic Interface;
- Playlist Manager;
- Search Tool;
- Status Icon;
- in dual GTK and Qt builds (such as the ones available in the WebUpd8 PPA), incompatible plugins are hidden to avoid confusion;
- various bug fixes.
Install Audacious 3.7 beta 1 in Ubuntu or Linux Mint
Audacious 3.7 beta 1 is available in the WebUpd8 Unreleased/Backports PPA for Ubuntu 15.10, 15.04 and 14.04 (and Linux Mint 17.x) and derivatives. Note that the Audacious packages in our PPAs (both this and the stable packages) are built with GTK2 and Qt interfaces and to use them, select "Audacious" from the menu for the GTK2 interface and "Audacious Qt Interface" for the Qt interface.
To add the PPA and install Audacious 3.7 beta 1, use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install audaciousKeep in mind that Audacious 3.7 is in beta, so you may encounter issues or incomplete features!
If youd like to use the latest stable Audacious instead of the beta, see THIS article.
Available link for download
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