AudioPreview

AudioPreview is a small command-line tool for Linux that can play previews of:

• Audio Files
  • mp3, ogg, flac, rm, wma...
• Video Files
  • avi, mpg, ogg, mkv, ...
• Internet Streams
  • radio stations, video streams and audio streams, ...

It is also...

• lightweight
  • Only 66 Kb in size as a binary (or even 22Kb if debug information are stripped)
  • Uses around 8mb in memory size (compared to 53mb for Banshee!)
• extensible
  • It is based on Gstreamer framework. Using the Gstreamer plugins you can play almost any formats!
• easy to use and fast
  • Written in C.
    
  • Using the command-line, you can play a preview very quickly (e.g. audiopreview yourfile.mp3).
  • Starts playing in less than a second, even when asked to play hundreds of files!

Note: You might need to install the necessary plugins to play some formats like mp3, rm, wma, ...