Subj : processing power required..
To   : August Abolins
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Mon Aug 24 2026 04:45 am

Hej August!

> Just curious what progams/apps you operate on your souped-up linux
> machine.

<Esc>:read !mpg123 --longhelp | expand
High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layers 1, 2 and 3
        version 1.33.7; written and copyright by Michael Hipp and others
        free software (LGPL) without any warranty but with best wishes

usage: mpg123 [option(s)] [file(s) | URL(s) | -]

input options

 -k <n> --skip <n>         skip n frames at beginning
        --skip-id3v2       skip ID3v2 tags without parsing
 -n     --frames <n>       play only <n> frames of every stream
        --fuzzy            Enable fuzzy seeks (guessing byte offsets or using 
approximate seek points from Xing TOC)
 -y     --no-resync        DISABLES resync on error (--resync is deprecated)
 -F     --no-frankenstein  disable support for Frankenstein streams
 -p <f> --proxy <f>        override proxy environemnt variable for plain HTTP
        --network <b>      select network backend, available: auto internal 
wget curl
                           (auto meaning internal code for plain HTTP and the
                           first external option for HTTPS)
 -u     --auth             set auth values for HTTP access
        --auth-file        set auth values for HTTP access from given file
        --ignore-mime      ignore HTTP MIME types (content-type)
        --no-seekbuffer    disable seek buffer
 -@ <f> --list <f>         play songs in playlist <f> (plain list, m3u, pls 
(shoutcast))
 -l <n> --listentry <n>    play nth title in playlist; show whole playlist for 
n < 0
        --continue         playlist continuation mode (see man page)
        --loop <n>         loop track(s) <n> times, < 0 means infinite loop 
(not with --random!)
        --keep-open        (--remote mode only) keep loaded file open after 
reaching end
        --timeout <n>      Timeout in seconds before declaring a stream dead 
(if <= 0, wait forever)
 -z     --shuffle          shuffle song-list before playing
 -Z     --random           full random play
        --no-icy-meta      Do not accept ICY meta data
 -i     --index            index / scan through the track before playback
        --index-size <n>   change size of frame index
        --preframes  <n>   number of frames to decode in advance after seeking 
(to keep layer 3 bit reservoir happy)
        --resync-limit <n> Set number of bytes to search for valid MPEG data; 
<0 means search whole stream.
        --streamdump <f>   Dump a copy of input data (as read by libmpg123) to 
given file.
        --icy-interval <n> Enforce ICY interval in bytes
                              (if > 0, for playing a stream dump).
        --ignore-streamlength Ignore header info about length of MPEG streams.

output/processing options

 -o <o> --output <o>       select audio output module
        --list-modules     list the available modules
        --list-devices     list the available output devices for given output 
module
 -a <d> --audiodevice <d>  select audio device (depending on chosen module)
 -s     --stdout           write raw audio to stdout (host native format)
 -O <f> --outfile <f>      write raw audio to given file (- is stdout)
 -w <f> --wav <f>          write samples as WAV file in <f> (- is stdout)
        --au <f>           write samples as Sun AU file in <f> (- is stdout)
        --cdr <f>          write samples as raw CD audio file in <f> (- is 
stdout)
        --reopen           force close/open on audiodevice
        --cpu <string>     set cpu optimization
        --test-cpu         list optimizations possible with cpu and exit
        --list-cpu         list builtin optimizations and exit
 -g     --gain             [DEPRECATED] set audio hardware output gain
 -f <n> --scale <n>        scale output samples (soft gain - based on 32768), 
default=32768)
        --rva-mix,
        --rva-radio        use RVA2/ReplayGain values for mix/radio mode
        --rva-album,
        --rva-audiophile   use RVA2/ReplayGain values for album/audiophile mode
 -0     --left --single0   play only left channel
 -1     --right --single1  play only right channel
 -m     --mono --mix       mix stereo to mono
        --stereo           duplicate mono channel
 -r     --rate             force a specific audio output rate
        --resample <s>     choose resampling mode for forced rate:
                           NtoM, dirty, fine (default)
 -2     --2to1             2:1 downsampling
 -4     --4to1             4:1 downsampling
        --pitch <value>    set pitch (speedup/down, 0 is neutral; 0.05 is 5%)
        --8bit             force 8 bit output
        --float            force floating point output (internal precision)
 -e <c> --encoding <c>     force a specific encoding (s16 u16 s32 u32 s24 u24 
f32 s8 u8 ulaw alaw)
 -d n   --doublespeed n    play only every nth frame
 -h n   --halfspeed   n    play every frame n times
        --equalizer   f    scales freq. bands acrd. to given file
        --gapless          remove padding/junk on mp3s (best with Lame tag)
                           This is on by default when libmpg123 supports it.
        --no-gapless       disable gapless mode, not remove padding/junk
        --no-infoframe     disable parsing of Xing/Lame/VBR/Info frame
 -D n   --delay n          insert a delay of n seconds before each track
 -o h   --headphones       (aix/hp/sun) output on headphones
 -o s   --speaker          (aix/hp/sun) output on speaker
 -o l   --lineout          (aix/hp/sun) output to lineout
 -b <n> --buffer <n>       set play buffer ("output cache")
        --preload <value>  fraction of buffer to fill before playback
        --smooth           keep buffer over track boundaries
        --devbuffer <s>    set device buffer in seconds; <= 0 means default

misc options

 -t     --test             only decode, no output (benchmark)
 -c     --check            count and display clipped samples
 -v[*]  --verbose          increase verboselevel
 -q     --quiet            quiet mode
 -C     --control          enable terminal control keys (else auto detect)
        --no-control       disable terminal control keys (disable auto detect)
        --no-visual        disable visual enhancements in output (hide cursor,
                           reverse video), alternative to TERM=dumb
        --ctrlusr1 <c>     control key (characer) to map to SIGUSR1
                           (default is for stop/start)
        --ctrlusr2 <c>     control key (characer) to map to SIGUSR2
                           (default is for next track)
        --title            set terminal title to filename
        --presetloop <s>   preset loop interval in (fractional) seconds
        --name <n>         set instance name (used in various places)
        --long-tag         spacy id3 display with every item on a separate line
        --lyrics           show lyrics (from ID3v2 USLT frame)
        --utf8             Regardless of environment, print metadata in UTF-8.
 -R     --remote           generic remote interface
        --remote-err       force use of stderr for generic remote interface
        --fifo <path>      open a FIFO at <path> for commands instead of stdin
        --aggressive       tries to get higher priority (nice)
 -T     --realtime         tries to get realtime priority
 -?     --help             give compact help
        --longhelp         give this long help listing
        --version          give name / version string
        --libversion       give version info on mpg123 libraries

See the manpage mpg123(1) for more information.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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