Qmmp is a popular open-source, cross-platform multimedia player, similar to Winamp and written in Qt. It has support for popular multimedia file formats, including MPEG1 layer 2/3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Opus, Native FLAC/Ogg FLAC, Musepack, WavePack, WMA, Midi.
Main features:
- XMMS and Winamp 2.x skins support
- 10-band equalizer
- MP3, Vorbis, AAC, AAC+ streams support
- video playback via Mplayer
- lyrics (using lyrics.wikia.com)
- cover art
- CUE sheet support
- embedded CUE support (for FLAC and WavPack)
- multiple playlists
- playlist formats: m3u, pls, xspf
- ReplayGain support
- Last.fm/Libre.fm scrobbler
- audio formats conveter
- external programs execution on track change
- ReplayGain scanner
The latest version available is Qmmp 0.8.6, which has been released yesterday, coming with the below changes:
- added *.med files support;
- added s3m, stm and xm extensions to desktop files;
- updated Japanese translation;
- improved global hotkey settings;
- fixed main window activation;
- fixed minimizing throw taskbar under windows;
- fixed some skins parsing;
- fixed config directory path;
- fixed text scroller colors;
- fixed home page;
- fixed details dialog form;
- fixed documentation;
- fixed support of keyboards with single play/pause button.
Installation instructions:
The latest Qmmp builds are available via some third party PPA, so installing the software on Ubuntu should be a piece of cake. You just need to add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the qmmp and qmmp-plugin-pack packages:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:forkotov02/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install qmmp qmmp-plugin-pack
Optional, to remove qmmp and qmmp-plugin-pack, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove qmmp qmmp-plugin-pack
The instructions should work on all the supported Ubuntu systems and their derivatives: Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Peppermint 6, Peppermint 5, LXLE 14.04 and Linux Lite 2.