Potamus

What is Potamus?

Potamus is a lightweight audio player with a simple interface and a focus on high-quality audio reproduction. The application was designed as a straightforward alternative to music players that rely on complex databases to manage music collections. Instead, Potamus leverages the file system for organizing and accessing music, allowing users to easily locate and play files using their preferred file manager.

Highlights

• Supports a variety of audio formats, including FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, MPEG audio, WAV, Shorten, and various module formats
• Uses the high-quality libmad decoder for MPEG audio playback, including MP3, with dithered 24-bit output
• Offers direct output through OSS or ALSA (via libao), as well as compatibility with the JACK audio server, with sample rate and format conversion as needed
• Enables 24-bit audio output and gapless playback
• Maintains a simple, lightweight interface focused on the essentials of audio playback