Open Source BSD MP3 Software

This is the fast and Free (LGPL license) real time MPEG Audio Layer 1, 2 and 3 decoding library and console player. It uses floating point or integer math, along with several special optimizations (3DNow, SSE, ARM, ...) to make it most efficient.

LAME is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 encoding. The goal of the LAME project is to improve the psycho acoustics, quality and speed of MP3 encoding. Note: we provide source code only!

MAD is a high-quality fixed-point MPEG audio decoder with 24-bit output. The implementation is entirely new, based on the ISO/IEC standards, and performs especially well on systems without native floating-point support.

Zina is a graphical interface to your MP3 collection, a personal jukebox, an MP3 streamer, a Podcaster. It can run on its own, embeded into an existing website, or as a Drupal/Joomla/Wordpress/etc. module.

A portable MP3/WMA/OGG/FLAC file manager for Sony players. Simply copy it on your usb player and use it wherever you are! It is an alternative to SonicStage. (Was NW-E00x Mp3 File Manager...)

"Squeezebox is the smartest way to stream MP3s and Internet radio to your stereo without loss of sound quality." (Slim Devices) SoftSqueeze is a java software implementation of the Squeezebox allowing your PC to stream the same music as your Squeezebox. The source code for Softsqueeze is now on github. https://github.com/ralph-irving/softsqueeze3 The sourceforge cvs repository marked as read-only.

Mixxx is a free and open-source DJ software that enables DJs to create professional live mixes using digital music files. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, making it accessible to DJs across all major platforms. Mixxx supports both beginners using just a laptop and experienced DJs using advanced hardware setups. Built-in BPM and key detection help DJs quickly find compatible tracks and achieve smooth transitions. With strong community-driven development, Mixxx is continuously improved by DJs and programmers from around the world. As a fully open-source project, Mixxx is and will always remain free to use.

Sonic-Rainbow is a Linux GUI DVD/VCD/Video File Player, CD Player, CD Ripper, MP3 Player, Ogg file player, Playlist Editor with HTTP CD/Album Lookup in one simple Linux KDE/Gnome/Xfce etc. application. Written by Gary Baker ( South Oz )

QUIMUP is a client for the music player daemon (MPD) written in C++ and QT6. New version 2.1.0 fixes some problems and adds two new features: 1. Album art size can be set (within limits). 2. User actions to run commands or scripts on files or directories. DEB package for Debian (12 or testing) / Kubuntu 24.04 RPM packages for Fedora (40) and openSUSE (Tumbleweed) Tarball for manual installation of the binary. Tarball with source code.

A Framework for mp3 content. Base is a database containing your music. On top there may be plugins for ripping, playing and converting music content.

Provide a user-level API (C library) for communicating with the Creative NOMAD Jukebox MP3 players and Dell DJs under Linux, *BSD and Windows. The protocol in question is colloquially known as "PDE" (Portable Digital Entertainment). It includes simple

rePear is a tool that allows using an Apple iPod audio player without iTunes. The user can manage the audio files on the iPod with a normal file manager and rePear takes care that they can be played on the device.

mpg321 is a completely Free drop-in replacement for mpg123. It has been designed to work as a drop-in replacement for mpg123, for the use of front ends, shell scripts, etc. It does all mp3 decoding using the high-quality integer-only MAD library.

Freevo is an open source HTPC media centre integrating PVR / DVR funtionality along with music, video, gaming, home automation and more. It is written in python and uses existing popular software such as mplayer, xine and vlc.

Plarpebu is a java karaoke player that runs on any architecture that can run java. It plays both midi (.mid and .kar) and mp3+cdg files. Check project web site at : http://miageprojet.unice.fr/twiki/bin/view/Fun/ScreenshotsPage for full info.

Agatha is a web based mp3 playing system that allows the home user or office group to stream music, create, manage and share play lists and control the playing of music on a remote system. Agatha needs no database.

This is Christine a Python, GTK+, GStreamer based media player. Is intended to be beautiful, useful and fat free.

A simple graphical MTP client for UNIX and UNIX like systems. It supports all MTP based devices including MP3 players, Media Players, Tablets and Mobile Phones.

The aim is to provide support for Philips' Rush portable mp3 player under linux and other OSes.

WebNap is a PHP Napster client that allows you to search and download songs from a Napster/Opennap/MyNapster or compatible servers using a web-browser.

XMMS-Shell provides a simple command line interface for controlling XMMS. One can either use the readline-enhanced interactive mode or simply specify commands from the command line (useful for shell scripts or quick manipulation).

The aim of the myPod project is to provide an platform independed application to have fun with an Apple iPod. myPod helps you to manage your music and to synchronize clips and playlists to your iPod.

AlsaPlayer is a new type of PCM player. It is heavily multi-threaded and tries to excercise the ALSA library and driver quite a bit. It has some very interesting features unique to Linux/Unix players. For the last updates and the current development, check https://github.com/alsaplayer/alsaplayer

Tools, Apps and Docs related to Final Scratch

Nomaedia is a QT based content management GUI for the Creative Nomad Jukebox. Nomaedia provides easy management of the music on all models of the Creative Nomad Jukeboxes. (This project is now continued as: http://sourceforge.net/projects/njbnavigator/ )