mpg321 Command Examples

High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2, and 3. Mpg321 was written (sometime in 1999) to be a drop-in replacement for the (previously) non-free mpg123 player. More information: https://manned.org/mpg321.

• Play an audio source exactly n times (0 means forever):

mpg321 {{[-l|--loop]}} {{n}} {{path/to/file_a|URL}} {{path/to/file_b|URL}} {{...}}

• Play a directory recursively:

mpg321 -B {{path/to/directory}}

• Enable Basic Keys ( * or / - Increase or decrease volume, n - Skip song, m - Mute/unmute.) while playing:

mpg321 -K {{path/to/file_a|URL}} {{path/to/file_b|URL}} {{...}}

• Play files randomly until interrupted:

mpg321 {{[-Z|--random]}} {{path/to/file_a|URL}} {{path/to/file_b|URL}} {{...}}

• Shuffle the files before playing them once:

mpg321 {{[-z|--shuffle]}} {{path/to/file_a|URL}} {{path/to/file_b|URL}} {{...}}

• Play all files in the current directory and subdirectories, randomly (until interrupted), with Basic Keys enabled:

mpg321 -B {{[-Z|--random]}} -K .