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kew 4.0 released (offline terminal music player and library browser) (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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New in this version:

  • New playback pipeline with improved performance and latency (built on miniaudio)

  • Real-time ASCII visualizations (via Chroma)

Free, open source, no tracking, completely offline

Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql5ZKeaX2MQ

More info: https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew https://github.com/ravachol/kew

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[–] -1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I tried it today and I didn't like it. The key configuration is very unintuitive.

Also... Isn't that visualization engine vibe coded?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    What is unintuitive? Enter to enqueue music, Space for pause, Left and Right arrow to change the track. Backspace to clear the list. Escape or q to quit.

    The thing that might throw you off might be alt+enter for enqueue + immediate play, which doesn't happen with enter if something is already playing. It's pretty easy to get used to though.

    I'm not the developer of Chroma, you'd have to ask them. I think it looks cool though. You don't need it to run kew.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    First of all, I apologize. Now that I re-read my comment it sounds a bit rude. Sorry about that.

    I was accustomed to the moc player configuration, you move like you're going through directories.

    Best of luck with your project.

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