fast media

player recorder converter

fast media player, recorder, converter

OVERVIEW

fmedia is a fast media player/recorder/converter for Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD. It provides smooth playback and recording even if devices are very slow. It's highly customizable and can be easily extended with additional plugins. Its low CPU & memory consumption saves energy when running on a notebook's battery. Play or convert audio files, record new audio tracks from microphone, save songs from Internet radio, and much more! fmedia is free and open-source project, and you can use it as a standalone application or as a library for your own software. fmedia can read: .mp3, .ogg (Vorbis/Opus), .opus, .mp4/.m4a/.mov (AAC/ALAC/MPEG), .mka/.mkv/.webm (AAC/ALAC/MPEG/Vorbis/Opus/PCM), .caf (AAC/ALAC/PCM), .avi (AAC/MPEG/PCM), .aac, .mpc, .flac, .ape, .wv, .wav; .m3u, .pls, .cue. fmedia can write: .mp3, .ogg, .opus, .m4a (AAC), .flac, .wav, .aac (--stream-copy only). You'll find more detailed information about fmedia in README file inside the package.

ARTICLES

• Audio API Quick Start Guide: Playing and Recording Sound on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and macOS (Apr 2022)
• Architecture of fmedia (Apr 14, 2018)
• Audio Formats Comparison (upd. Mar 27, 2017)
• How To Easily Record Sound On Windows And Linux (upd. Feb 13, 2018)
• How To Convert Audio Files (upd. Dec 11, 2016)

DOWNLOAD

Choose fmedia package for your OS and CPU:

Self-contained. fmedia uses modified versions of 3rd party libraries: libALAC, libfdk-aac, libFLAC, libMAC, libmp3lame, libmpg123, libmpc, libogg, libopus, libsoxr, libvorbisenc, libvorbis, libwavpack, libDynamicAudioNormalizer. Everything is inside the package, so no additional dependencies are required to be installed on your system.

Portable. No installation, just uncompress the package anywhere you want!

Open-source. You can download the sourcecode from here: https://github.com/stsaz/fmedia

CHANGES

fmedia v1.28 - Jun 20, 2022

 + TUI: new commands:
    E: Remove "dead" items from playlist
    L: Save current playlist to the system's temporary directory
    r: "Choose random track" setting: on/off
    x: Remove the track from playlist and play next track
 * UI: react faster to seek requests
 * GUI: use separate language files
 + GUI: Italian language
 - GUI: "List->Read Meta Tags" didn't work
 * Windows: minimum required version is now Vista
 * .mp3 --stream-copy: improve seeking accuracy
 * .cue: support for all containers (except .avi and .caf)

Jul 1, 2022 Update:
Rebuilt fmedia Linux x86-64 package - now it runs on older Linux without glibc-2.3x.

fmedia (Android) v0.3 - Mar 15, 2020

 + Record audio button
 + setting: Show 'Record' Button
 + setting: Directory for Recordings
 + save/restore playlist scroll position

INSTALL ON WINDOWS

1. Unpack archive to the directory of your choice, e.g. to "C:\Program Files\fmedia"

   • Right click on fmedia package file (e.g. fmedia-1.0-win-x64.zip) in Explorer
   • Choose "Extract All..." in the popup menu
   • Follow the Wizard steps

2. Optionally, run the following command from console (cmd.exe):

   "C:\Program Files\fmedia\fmedia.exe" --install

   This command will:

   • add fmedia directory into user's environment
   • create a desktop shortcut to fmedia-gui.exe

3. Run fmedia-gui.exe to open graphical interface; or execute commands via fmedia.exe from console (cmd.exe).

INSTALL ON LINUX

1. Unpack archive to the directory of your choice, e.g. to /usr/local/fmedia-1:

   tar Jxf ./fmedia-1.0-linux-amd64.tar.xz -C /usr/local

2. Optionally, create a symbolic link:

   ln -s /usr/local/fmedia-1/fmedia /usr/local/bin/fmedia

INSTALL ON ANDROID

1. Enable "Allow installation from unknown sources" option in your phone's settings (you can disable it again after installation)
2. Download .apk file to your phone's storage and execute it
3. Click Install button and wait a couple seconds

FEATURES

fmedia consists of many different modules that are joined together in a chain (or conveyer) to get things done. After the user issues a command to fmedia, the core module builds the chain of modules needed to perform the task and then starts the conveyer. The processing moves back and forth between the modules until the job is done.

Here's the diagram that describes fmedia's abilities:

USE-CASES

Note the difference between UNIX and Windows terminals when you use special characters and spaces:

• Use single quotes ('') on Linux (sh, bash), e.g.:

  fmedia './my file.ogg' fmedia file.wav -o '$filename.ogg'

• Use double quotes ("") on Windows (cmd.exe), e.g.:

  fmedia "./my file.ogg"

PLAY

Play files, directories, Internet-radio streams

fmedia ./file.ogg ./*.mp3
fmedia ./Music
fmedia http://radio-stream:80/

Play (mix) multiple streams simultaneously

fmedia --mix ./file1.ogg ./file2.ogg

Play wav file with a corrupted header

fmedia ./file.raw --fseek=44

CONVERT

Convert with parameters

fmedia ./file.ogg --out=./file.wav --format=int16
fmedia ./file.wav --out=./file.ogg --vorbis.quality=7.0
fmedia ./file.wav --out=./file.mp3 --mpeg-quality=0 --rate=48000

Convert all .wav files from the current directory to .ogg

fmedia ./*.wav --out=.ogg

Convert file and override meta info

fmedia ./file.flac --out=.ogg --meta='artist=Artist Name;comment=My Comment'

Extract several tracks from .cue file

fmedia ./album.flac.cue --track=3,7,13 --out='$tracknumber. $artist - $title.flac'

Split audio file

fmedia ./file.wav --seek=00:35 --until=01:35 --out=./file-1.wav

Cut compressed audio without re-encoding

fmedia ./file.ogg --out=./out.ogg --seek=1:00 --until=2:00 --stream-copy

Copy left channel's audio from a stereo source

fmedia ./stereo.ogg -o left.wav --channels=left

Change sound volume in an audio file

fmedia --gain=5.0 ./file.wav --out=./file-loud.wav

RECORD

Capture audio from the default audio input device until stopped

fmedia --record --out=rec.flac

Record with the specific audio format

fmedia --record -o rec.wav --format=int24 --channels=mono --rate=48000

Record for 60 seconds then stop

fmedia --record --out=rec.flac --until=60

Record while playing

fmedia ./file.ogg --record --out=./rec.wav

Live output

fmedia --record

Record audio from Internet radio (without re-encoding)

fmedia http://radio-stream:80/ -o ./radio.mp3 --stream-copy

Play AND record audio from Internet radio into separate files (without re-encoding)

fmedia http://radio-stream:80/ --out-copy -o './$time. $artist - $title.mp3' --stream-copy

OTHER FUNCTIONS

Print audio meta info

fmedia --info ./file.mp3

Print audio meta info and all tags

fmedia --info --tags ./file.mp3

Show PCM information

fmedia input.ogg --pcm-peaks

Create a playlist file from directory:

fmedia ./Music -o music.m3u8

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