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Audacious is a media player similar to XMMS, and Winamp.

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USE flags

USE flags for media-sound/audacious Lightweight and versatile audio player

gtk	Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
qt6	Add support for the Qt 6 application and UI framework

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USE flags for media-plugins/audacious-plugins Lightweight and versatile audio player

+alsa	Add support for media-libs/alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
X	Add support for X11
aac	Enable support for MPEG-4 AAC Audio
ampache	Support controlling audacious via ampache
bs2b	Enable Bauer Bauer stereophonic-to-binaural headphone filter
cdda	Add Compact Disk Digital Audio (Standard Audio CD) support
cue	Support CUE sheets using the libcue library
ffmpeg	Enable ffmpeg/libav-based audio/video codec support
flac	Add support for FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec
fluidsynth	Support FluidSynth as MIDI synth backend
gme	Support various gaming console music formats
gtk	Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
http	Support HTTP streams through neon
jack	Add support for the JACK Audio Connection Kit
lame	Prefer using LAME libraries for MP3 encoding support
libnotify	Enable desktop notification support
libsamplerate	Build with support for converting sample rates using libsamplerate
lirc	Add support for lirc (Linux's Infra-Red Remote Control)
mms	Support for Microsoft Media Server (MMS) streams
modplug	Add libmodplug support for playing SoundTracker-style music files
mp3	Add support for reading mp3 files
opengl	Add support for OpenGL (3D graphics)
openmpt	Add support for OpenMPT
opus	Enable Opus audio codec support
pipewire	Build the PipeWire output plugin
pulseaudio	Add sound server support via media-libs/libpulse (may be PulseAudio or PipeWire)
qt6	Add support for the Qt 6 application and UI framework
scrobbler	Build with scrobbler/LastFM submission support
sdl	Add support for Simple Direct Layer (media library)
sid	Enable SID (Commodore 64 audio) file support
sndfile	Add support for libsndfile
soxr	Build with SoX Resampler support
speedpitch	Enable speed/pitch effects
streamtuner	Build the streamtuner plugin
vorbis	Add support for the OggVorbis audio codec
wavpack	Add support for wavpack audio compression tools

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Emerge

Install media-sound/audacious and media-plugins/audacious-plugins:

root #emerge --ask media-sound/audacious media-plugins/audacious-plugins

Usage

• To put Audacious in classic Winamp mode, go to View > Interface > Winamp Classic Interface.

• To insert classical Winamp EQ presets:

user $wget -O $HOME/.config/audacious/eq.preset https://gist.github.com/666threesixes666/6017524/raw/6f92831829453dd659f063299ba1bdf775a893ac/wapresets