Qmmp 1.0.6 is Released, A free music playback For Ubuntu Derivative System


Qmmp 1.0.6 is released, you can Install on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) via PPA

Qmmp is an open source and cross-platform project that provides users with a dedicated and modern audio player application. It supports a wide range of audio file formats and runs well on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Features at a glance

Key features include 10-band equalizer, ReplayGain support, Libre.fm and Last.fm scrobbler, support for multiple playlists, CDDB support, built-in audio converter, support for external programs, stream browser, and album artwork support.

The application also supports skins from the Winamp 2.x and XMMS audio players, MPRIS (Media Player Remote Interfacing Specification) version 1.0 and 2.0, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), CUE sheets, lyrics, video playback via MPlayer, as well as embedded CUE.

In addition, it can automatically detect removable devices via UDisks or HAL, automatically detect charset encoding for ShoutCast metadata and CUE files, and supports the M3U, PLS and XSPF playlist formats.

Supported digital audio file formats include MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg FLAC, native FLAC, Ogg Opus, WMA, PCM WAV, MIDI, ADTS AAC, Musepack, WavePack, Audio-CD, Monkey's Audio, and a plethora of tracker modules and chiptune formats, such as VTX, AY, VGZ, GBS, VGM, GYM, SPC, HES, SAP, KSS, NSF, NSFE, MOD, S3M, XM, IT, and many others.

The program also comes with several DSP effects, such as BS2B effect, sample rate converter, LADSPA effects, extra stereo, crossfade, projectM visualization and spectrum analyzer visual effects, as well as output support for ALSA, PulseAudio, JACK, OSS4, and WaveOut.

What News on QMMP 1.0.6 :

  • added feature to change default output plugin;
  • added feature to skip unsupported files in the rgscan plugin;
  • fixed gme plugin build;
  • fixed gcc warnings;
  • fixed Russian translation;
  • updated Portuguese translation;
  • updated Chinese Simplified translation.


How to Install Qmmp 1.0.6 on Ubuntu Derivative System :

To Install/Update Qmmp 1.0.6 via PPA on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

Installation:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:forkotov02/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qmmp qmmp-plugin-pack

Qt4-based version (for Ubuntu 16.04 or higher):
sudo apt-get install qmmp-qt4 qmmp-plugin-pack-qt4

Enjoy! I hope this article adding you more clarity.