DeaDBeeF: an excellent multiplatform music player

DeaDBeeF is an audio player available for GNU Linux, Android and other operating systems Unix-like. DeaDBeeF is free and open source software, except for Android.

DeaDBeeF is a full featured music player and uses very little RAM. In addition, it has a layout mode that allows you to customize the user interface in the personalized way.

Features

Between DeaDBeeF's main functionalities include:

• Support for MP3, FLAC, APE, TTA, Vorbis, WAV Pack, Muse pack, AAC, ALAC, WMA, WAV, DTS, Audio CD, many forms of game console music and plug-in files. TAK and Opus are supported through ffmpeg / libav.
• Cuesheet support, both in built-in format and in external files. Support iso.wv.
• Windows-1251 and ISO 8859-1 character encodings are supported in addition to UTF-8.
• The program has no dependencies on GNOME, KDE, or gstreamer.
• Plug-in architecture.
• Play without pauses.
• Custom systemd notifications (OSD).
• Read and write support for M3U and PLS format playlists.
• Network playback of podcasts using SHOUTcast, Icecast, MMS, HTTP and FTP.
• Customizable global keyboard shortcuts.
• Tag support (read and write) for ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2, Vorbis comments, iTunes.
• Mass labeling and flexible labeling (custom labels).
• High quality resampling.
• Perfect output in certain settings.
• Sound output through ALSA, PulseAudio and OSS.
• Scrobbling to last.fm, libre.fm, or any GNU FM server.
• Massive transcoder.
• ReplayGain support.
• Multi-channel playback.
• 18-band equalizer.
• Simple command line user interface as well as graphical user interface implemented in GTK + (version 2 or 3). The GUI is completely customizable.
• Playing files directly from Zip files

Supports tagging files with custom fields, including editing custom fields added by other taggers or players

Multi-channel playback, support for integer 8, 16, 24, 32 and floating 32-bit sound output

DeadBeef has many different plugins that users can use to customize the interface, controls, and options.

DeaDBeef supports title format scripts such as foobar2000, which allows you to customize group patterns, converter output, window titles, etc. according to your needs. DeaDBeeF It also has a Design Mode, which allows you to add new widgets to the interface and move / remove existing ones.

It gives you many ways to create playlists and put them in different folders or files.

If you're DJing with the player, one of its best features is that it eliminates silence between tracks so your audience never has to wait for you to catch up.

As you configure your playlists, you can also create a variety of presets using the player's 10-band EQ.

How to install DeadBeef on Ubuntu and derivatives?

If you want to install this music player on your systems, you must follow the instructions that we share below.

To perform the installation we must add the application repository in our system, which we can do by opening a terminal with Ctrl + Alt + T and executing the following commands in it.

First we add the repository with:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:starws-box/deadbeef-player

We give enter to accept, now we are going to update the list of repositories and applications with:

sudo apt-get update

And finally we proceed to install the player with the following command:

sudo apt-get install deadbeef

Ready with it, we will have installed this music player in our system, which is now ready to be used. You simply have to run it from your application menu.

How to uninstall DeadBeef on Ubuntu and derivatives?

To completely remove this player from your system You must open a terminal with Ctrl + Alt + T and execute the following commands in it.

First we are going to remove the repository from the system with:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:starws-box/deadbeef-player -r

Done this now we will proceed to eliminate the application with:

sudo apt-get remove deadbeef*

And voila with it, it will have been uninstalled from your system.