Decibel Audio Player
Decibel is a simplistic and functional music player for the
GNOME desktop.
Decibel is a GTK+ audio player which aims at being very
straightforward to use by means of a very clean and user
friendly interface. It focuses on just playing audio without all the
fluff
that is usually included.
Decibel Audio Player is built around a highly modular
structure that lets the user disable completely the features s/he does
not need. Decibel Audio Player is written in Python, but
still starts faster and uses less RAM and CPU than Rhythmbox.
This software uses GStreamer (a pipeline-based multimedia
framework) to read audio files. It is especially targeted at
Gnome and will follow as closely as possible the Gnome HIG.
Features include:
- Extremely fast startup time
- Low RAM usage
- Low CPU usage
- Features are implemented as modules which can be enabled /
disabled
- Modules include:
- Audio CD - Allows playing of CDs
- Audioscrobbler - Submits played music to Last.fm
- Covers - Retrieves and displays album art from the hard
disc or Last.fm
- Desktop Notification - Alerts the user to the name and
artist of a newly playing song
- Equalizer - Tune 10 levels of the frequency bands
- File Explorer - Allows for exploring music based around
folder structure
- Instant Messagenger Status - Updates the online status
based on the currently played song
- Library - Allows for exploring music based on artist and
then album
- Replay Gain - Automatically normalize the volume across
the tracks
- Status File - Saves playing status to a file for use by
an external program
- Status Icon - Adds an item to the notification area.
- Twitter - Update the status of a Twitter account based on
what the user is listening to
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Last Updated Thursday, February 09 2012 @ 02:40 PM EST
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