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Guayadeque Music Player
Free and open source audio player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Guayadeque is a free and open-source audio player with database written in C++ using the WxWidgets toolkit. It uses GStreamer to manage the audio and SQLite for the music metadata database.[3]
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History
Juan Ríos started the Guayadeque development in 2008 after evaluate some Linux music players to store his large music collection and figure out that none of them could competently manage a collection this large. The first public release was in March 11, 2009.
A Qt rewrite of the program was planned in 2019,[3] but it did not end up happening. On 29 September 2023, it was announced on the Guayadeque forums that development had ceased.[4]
A continuation project was founded in 2024 by Tiago T Barrionuevo, returning Guayadeque to active development.
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Features
Guayadeque features a simple and customizable user interface with a large amount of fine-tuning options,[5] while being lightweight on system resources.[6]
It supports a wide variety of audio formats including OGG, FLAC, MP3, WAV, and it also has support for ALSA.
The program supports for last.fm, automatic cover art and lyric fetching, a smart playlist feature, VU meters, and the ability to label tracks and edit track tags using MusicBrainz.[6][7]
It also features a system tray icon allowing which allowed control of the program.[5]
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See also
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