This chapter contains programs involved with audio file manipulation; that is to say playing, recording, ripping and the other common things which people want to do. To use much of this software, you will need to have the kernel sound drivers installed.
The mpg123 package contains a console-based MP3 player. It claims to be the fastest MP3 decoder for Unix.
Download (HTTP): http://www.mpg123.de/mpg123/mpg123-0.59r.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://alge.anart.no/pub/audio/mpg123-0.59r.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 95df59ad1651dd2346d49fafc83747e7
Download size: 155 KB
Estimated disk space required: 1.3 MB
Estimated build time: 0.08 SBU
Install mpg123 by running the following commands:
make PREFIX=/usr linux
Now, as the root user:
make PREFIX=/usr install