Package: mpg123-alsa (0.61-5)

MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player with ALSA support

Mpg123 is a fast and portable MPEG audio player for Unix. It supports MPEG 1.0/2.0 layers 1, 2 and 3 (those famous "mp3" files).

For full CD quality playback (44 kHz, 16 bit, stereo) a Pentium, SPARCstation10, DEC Alpha or similar CPU is required. Mono and/or reduced quality playback (22 kHz or 11 kHz) is even possible on 486 CPUs.

This version uses the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for sound output.

Tags: Implemented in: C, Role: Program, Scope: Application, Sound and Music: Playback, Purpose: Playing Media, Works with: Audio, Supports Format: MP3 Audio