added mpv as mp3 player when available
authorFred T. Hamster <fred@feistymeow.org>
Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:34:36 +0000 (15:34 -0500)
committerFred T. Hamster <fred@feistymeow.org>
Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:34:36 +0000 (15:34 -0500)
also added pavucontrol note for multimedia tools.

scripts/multimedia/sound_play.sh
walrus/utilities/multimedia/multimedia_tools.txt

index a573073c6aa17bb78a2070fffe6080086228052f..3c4af32f710f33b5a8a1ae15a6ba5bab767687a2 100644 (file)
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ echo "basic play cmd is: $BASIC_PLAY_CMD"
 
 export MP3_PLAY_CMD='echo Unknown mp3 player...'
 
-if [ ! -z "$(whichable mplayer)" ]; then
+if [ ! -z "$(whichable mpv)" ]; then
+  MP3_PLAY_CMD=mpv
+elif [ ! -z "$(whichable mplayer)" ]; then
   MP3_PLAY_CMD=mplayer
 else
   echo "I don't know how to play mp3 files for this OS and sound system."
index 5efa691bb0c9d77d1bd9d1672071b702c93d4956..a06bead074d206753935fc49aeaa60146b37fe10 100644 (file)
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ audio tools
     in asunder with gnudb
     => gnudb.gnudb.org 8880
 
+-------------------------------------
+volume control and input picker tools
+-------------------------------------
+
++ pavucontrol is awesome for controlling pulse audio driver based systems.
+
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 music library manager and player
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