

Watch out for the many Linux applications described as ‘lightweight’. It is an excellent alternative for Foobar on Linux. The context menu is broken at least for me, it blanks out when trying to modify columns.ĭeaDBeef is light on resources, and the sound quality is crisp. It is fairly identical to the Linux version, but is missing a few plugins (because they're DLLs). An unofficial port of DeaDBeeF is available for Windows. Head to the SourceForge page to download the DeaDBeeF (.deb) installation package for Linux. The program is written in C and C++(GTK2 and 3 for GUI). For what it's worth, the album art works in other players.ĭeaDBeef supports MP3, FLAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, AAC, M4A, ALAC, WMA, TTA, SHN, SID, NSF, MOD, S3M, VTX, VGM, VGZ, PSF, MIDI, MPC, MPP, MP+, FFMPEG formats, DUMB, GME, LIBSNDFILE, ADPLUG audio formats. This issue on Github suggests that it may only work if the picture has been set to the correct type. Note: I couldn't get the album art to show up. To include a few here, it has a plugin that can download album art from different sources, a plugin which can play music directly from zip files, an OSD Notify plugin that can display an on-screen notification when a track is changed. The status bar below the playlist pane displays the audio properties (format, bitrate, total playtime, etc).ĭeaDBeef comes with many plugins that you can configure.

You can create and save playlists in multiple formats including DBPL, M3U, M3U8 and PLS. I may be nitpicking here but, when you have a playlist loaded and then change to a different one, the tab's name displays the older playlist's name. Set the music player to minimize to the tray from the GUI/Misc tab. Not a the fan of the DeadBeeF color scheme? Open the Preferences window and switch to the Appearance tab to change the color of the bars, the equalizer's background, the text in the tab strip, and various other elements. Toggle the Status bar, and the Equalizer from the view menu.
