mpg321 is a very popular command-line mp3 player. mpg321 is used for frontends, as an mp3 player and as an mp3 to wave file decoder (primarily for use with CD-recording software.).

mpg321 is a project conceived and written by Joe Drew <hoserhead@woot.net>. It uses code from the MAD distribution by Rob Leslie; XMMS; and plaympeg from the SMPEG distribution. mpg321 is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2, as documented in the 'COPYING' file. It is now maintained by Nanakos Chrysostomos <nanakos@wired-net.gr>

More about mpg321 and its history

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News:

2012-03-25: mpg321 0.3.2-1 released

2012-02-19: mpg321 0.3.1-1 released

2011-10-16: mpg321 0.3.0-1 released

2011-09-29: mpg321 0.2.13-4 released

2011-07-24: mpg321 0.2.13-3 released

2011-04-05: mpg321 0.2.13-2 released

2011-02-20: mpg321 0.2.13-1 released

2010-07-01: mpg321 0.2.12-1 released

2010-05-24: mpg321 0.2.11-3 released

2010-03-02: mpg321 0.2.11-2 released

2002-03-24: mpg321 0.2.10 released

2002-03-10: mpg321 0.2.9 released

2001-12-04: mpg321 0.2.3 released

2001-11-24: Homepages under construction

Download:

You can download all versions of mpg321 on the Sourceforge project download page.

The latest version of mpg321 is 0.3.2-1. Highlights of this release include:

• mpg321 now supports multiprocessing buffering.Check '-b' option.
• Added '-3' or '--restart' option in man file.
• Added ALSA volume control when using output buffer.
• Added Mute/unmute into Basic Keys functionality.
• Added AudioScrobbler (last.fm) reporting and FFT support in remote mode play.
• Added HTTP proxy support with basic authentication mechanism.
• Added IPv6 support.
• Added xterm title settiing.
• mpg321 utilises the new channel mapping features provided by the libao version.
• mpg321 no longer segfaults on mp3s with an incomplete set of id3 tags.
• Fix the -k option, which was broken in 0.2.9.
• mpg321 now tries all other output devices if its default device can't be opened. If esd is using your sound card, mpg321 will now fall back on esd for output.

Full ChangeLog

This webpage was graciously created by Olli Rajala. Many thanks go to him for donating his time.