%general-entities; ]> mpg123 The mpg123 package contains a console-based MP3 player. It claims to be the fastest MP3 decoder for Unix. &lfs121_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &mpg123-md5sum; Download size: &mpg123-size; Estimated disk space required: &mpg123-buildsize; Estimated build time: &mpg123-time; mpg123 Dependencies Recommended Optional , , JACK, OpenAL and PortAudio Install mpg123 by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directory mpg123, mpg123-id3dump, mpg123-strip, and out123 libmpg123.so, libout123.so, and libsyn123.so /usr/lib/mpg123 Short Descriptions mpg123 is used for playing MP3 files via the console mpg123 mpg123-id3dump is a tool to dump ID3 meta data from MPEG audio files using libmpg123 mpg123-id3dump mpg123-strip extracts only MPEG frames from a stream using libmpg123 (stdin to stdout) mpg123-strip out123 plays raw PCM audio to an output device out123 libmpg123.so contains the mpg123 API functions libmpg123.so libout123.so contains the out123 API functions libout123.so libsyn123.so contains some audio signal synthesis and format conversion functions libsyn123.so