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cmus is a terminal music player. The keybinds and actions are very vim-like.
# Install cmus in Debian sudo apt install cmus
There is a man page with lots of information.
# Read cmus documentation man cmus
Or, when inside the app, press 7
to view the help tab. 1-6 are the other tabs.
7
# Add music from disk :add ~/Music
Alternatively, press 5
to view the file browser. Find the file or directory you want to add, and press a
to add it.
If you ever want to save settings, run :save
. This will happen when existing automatically.
:save
# Remove all music from list :clear
Press 1
or 2
to browse the library. View 1 is the sorted tree view. View 2 is the flat list of all songs.
To search, type /
and enter the phrase. Press n
to find next occurrence and SHIFT-n
to go backwards.
You can press x
to start the player, or use the commands like :player-play
. Remember there is auto-complete, and hotkey 7
available if you need help.
# To play, press `x`, or run commands: :player-play :player-pause :player-stop
If you find a song you want to play in the browser, just press ENTER on the song to play it.
Press e
to queue a song. It will get played next even if shuffle is on. It will get popped off the queue once it starts.
Press 4
to view the queue.
Press 3
to view the tab with playlists.
Create a playlist with :pl-create My Favorites
. Playlists are stored in .config/cmus/playlists
.
Navigate to a playlist and press space
to select it. An asterisk will appear next to it, designating it the active playlist.
In the bottom right, there are four flags: CRFS
. They stand for:
SHIFT-c
to toggle. Continues to next song after finishingr
to toggle. Repeats playlist when completes
to toggle. Randomizes next songf
to toggle. Jump your cursor to the next song when it plays, versus leaving you where you are.