Orpheus is a light-weight text mode menu- and window-driven audio player application for CDs, MP3, Vorbis OGG and internet stream broadcasts.

Here are some key features of "Orpheus":

Text mode user interface

· Based on the ncurses library
· Provides windows, menus and dialogs
· Configurable color schemes
· Configuration is done with dialogs

Player

· Supports MP3 (through mpg123), OGG (with ogg123), CD tracks and internet broadcasts
· Saves and loads playlists
· Provides quick access to recent lists played
· Can combine CD, MP3 and OGG tracks in the same playlist
· Edit MP3 and OGG ID tags feature
· "Repeat track", "Repeat play list" and "Random" play modes
· Play list sorting and search options
· Auto-generated currently_playing file which makes it possible to easily find out from other applications what is playing now
· Internal mixer controller
· Command line interface for controlling an already running instance of the program

Network

· CDDB information retrieval for CDs
· HTTP proxy support
· Auto-load of the Internet radio presets directory from the network

What's New in This Release:

· This release converts from utf-8 for OGG tracks and supports Internet radio.
· Broadcasts can now be added to the playlist along with the other items.
· For the initial stations directory, the presets directory from the screamer-radio project is used.