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Installing and configuring the C* Music Player on Slackware 13.37 

Installation 

Get, compile and install those packages from Slackbuilds (http://slackbuilds.org/), 

cmus    # compile at last

faad2

ffmpeg

libmp4v2

libmpcdec

Configuration 

Edit the configuration system-wide. Change the key bindings (I don't want the arrow keys to seek, I prefer the '<' and '>'), 

cd /usr/share/cmus/

vi rc

change, 

bind common left seek -5 ==> bind common < seek -5

bind common right seek +5 ==> bind common > seek +5

add, 

bind common right win-toggle

Note. to the same within CMus, 

:unbind common left

:unbind common right

:bind -f common < seek -5

:bind -f common > seek +5

:bind -f common right win-toggle

Note. those changes only take effect at cmus's first start, as it copies its own rc file to '~/.cmus/autosave'. 

Usage 

Go to the browser tab, 

5

select the folder you want to add to the library, 

a

Go to the main window, 

1

select an artist and album, 

SPACE

To clear the library, 

2 (library)

:clear

Here's a reminder of some basic commands, 

ENTER    play

c    pause / play

v    stop

+ / -    volume control

/    search

:q    quit

References 

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/audio/cmus/ 

http://www.mmuer.info/cmus.html 

http://tuxarena.blogspot.fr/2009/04/cmus-review-great-ncurses-music-player.html