Plait Command-line jukebox and music player front end
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Command-line jukebox and music player front end Plait (pronounced "play") is a command-line jukebox and music player front end. It understands brief, easy to type queries that pick a single song, mix queries that combine works from multiple artists, stream queries that find Shoutcast radio streams, and everything in between. A variety of filters are available to pick just the music you want to hear. In order to actually play the music it finds, Plait automatically hands off a play list to one of the supported music players (or you can use it manually with any player that supports .m3u playlists).Plait (pronounced "play") can do two things for you: find and play music from your personal music library, and find and play Shoutcast radio streams. In order to actually play the music it finds, Plait hands off a play list to one of the supported music players (iTunes, Winamp, Xmms, amaroK, mpg123, Beep Media Player, ogg123, XSPF Web Music Player, mpg321, or Plaiter).Plait uses UNIX as a compatibility layer to target Mac OS X, X Window, Windows with Cygwin, and the UNIX console.Plait includes a playlist optimizer that balances the number of cuts selected from each source, reorders cuts according to one of several patterns, and selects cuts that are suitable for the target device you specify. By repeating elements in the query you can weight the balance in favor of a particular artist.Plait works with all kinds of music players, from mpg123 to Beep Media Player. For those who use command-line players like mpg123, Plait includes a command-line front-end, Plaiter, which adds play, pause, stop and other commands, plus queuing, to mpg123 and similar programs. Plait plus mpg123 is a complete music solution for command-line junkies.Plait can generate complete web sites containing embedded MP3 playlists, complete with album art, using the XSPF Web Music Player What's New in This Release: · 1.6.2 is a security rollup which should resolve all vulnerabilities related to temp file handling. Upgrading is highly recommended.

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