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Category: Multimedia

Video

18 Best Free and Open Source Media Players

April 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Multimedia, Roundup

A media player is software that lets you watch video and listen to music on your computer. We cover the best free and open source options.

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Podcast

13 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Podcast Tools

April 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup, TUI

Podcasting lets listeners automatically receive the latest episodes of their chosen programmes as soon as they are released.

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Television

Daikhan – video and music player

April 24, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Daikhan is billed as a media player for the modern desktop.

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Music

Linux Show Player is a cue player designed for stage productions

April 24, 2025 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia

Linux Show Player, LiSP for short, is a free cue player, primarily intended for sound-playback during stage productions.

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poddl is a cross platform command line podcast downloader

April 21, 2025 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews

poddl is a command line podcast downloader for batch downloading all, individual, or a range of podcast episodes from an RSS feed.

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Television

Media Player Classic Qute Theater is a clone of Media Player Classic

April 21, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Media Player Classic Qute Theater uses libmpv’s powerful media presentation framework to play video instead of DirectShow.

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Music Festival

tap v0.5.1 – audio player for the terminal

April 16, 2025 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

tap is a terminal-based music player that lets you jump to any album with fuzzy-finder shortcuts. There’s a new release out!

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Radio

Software-Defined Radio: 9 Best Free Tools for Linux

April 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia, Roundup

This roundup looks at the finest software-defined radio tools for Linux including apps that let you listen to DAB and DAB+ broadcasts.

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Podcast

16 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Podcast Tools

April 15, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 16 high quality open source GUI podcast tools. They offer an excellent way to manage and download podcasts.

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Internet Radio

PinePods is a Rust-based podcast management system

April 14, 2025 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

PinePods is a Rust-based podcast management system that supports multiple users and relies on a central database

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