Features

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[edit] Basic Features

All things you'd normally find in a music player plus:

• Easy to Install
• Easy to import new songs
• Easy to configure clients to servers with Avahi/Zeroconf support.
• Gapless playback (great for live albums and operas)
• Crossfading support
• Save, Load, and Manage Playlists
• Minimal hardware requirements
• Tested on many different operating systems

[edit] Support

Decoder Plugins: AudioFile, libfaad (aac and mp4), ffmpeg, FLAC, fluidsynth, libmad and libmpg123 (mp3), Musepack, OggFlac, OggTremor, OggVorbis, WavPack, libsidplay, libsndfile, wildmidi

Output Plugins: ALSA, FIFO, JACK, OSS, OSX, libao, PulseAudio, Media MVP, Shoutcast/MP3, Shoutcast/Ogg Vorbis

Metadata: APEv2, id3v1, id3v2, MP4, Vorbis

Mixers: ALSA, OSS, Software Mixing

Protocols: TCP, IPv6, and Unix Domain Sockets