<s>
Audacious	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
audio	O
player	O
software	O
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
low	O
resource	O
use	O
,	O
high	O
audio	O
quality	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
audio	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
primarily	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
POSIX-compatible	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
limited	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audacious	B-Language
was	O
the	O
default	O
audio	O
player	O
in	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Studio	O
in	O
2011-12	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
default	O
music	O
player	O
in	O
Lubuntu	O
until	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
VLC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audacious	B-Language
began	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Beep	O
Media	O
Player	O
,	O
which	O
itself	O
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
XMMS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ariadne	O
"	O
kaniini	O
"	O
Conill	O
decided	O
to	O
fork	B-Application
Beep	O
Media	O
Player	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
development	O
team	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
stopping	O
development	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
next-generation	O
version	O
called	O
BMPx	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Audacious	B-Language
home	O
page	O
,	O
Conill	O
and	O
others	O
"	O
had	O
 [ their ] 	O
own	O
ideas	O
about	O
how	O
a	O
player	O
should	O
be	O
designed	O
,	O
which	O
 [ they ] 	O
wanted	O
to	O
try	O
in	O
a	O
production	O
environment.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
2.1	O
,	O
Audacious	B-Language
includes	O
both	O
the	O
Winamp-like	O
interface	O
known	O
from	O
previous	O
versions	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
,	O
GTK-based	O
interface	O
known	O
as	O
GTKUI	O
,	O
which	O
resembles	O
foobar2000	B-Application
to	O
some	O
extent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GTKUI	O
became	O
the	O
default	O
interface	O
in	O
Audacious	B-Language
2.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
version	O
3.0	O
,	O
Audacious	B-Language
used	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
2.x	O
toolkit	B-Library
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Partial	O
support	O
for	O
GTK3	B-Application
was	O
added	O
in	O
version	O
2.5	O
,	O
and	O
Audacious	B-Language
3.0	O
has	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
GTK3	B-Application
and	O
uses	O
it	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
dissatisfied	O
with	O
the	O
evolution	O
of	O
GTK3	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Audacious	B-Language
team	O
chose	O
to	O
revert	O
to	O
GTK2	B-Application
starting	O
with	O
the	O
3.6	O
release	O
,	O
with	O
long-term	O
plans	O
of	O
porting	O
to	O
Qt	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
website	O
has	O
HTTPS	O
enabled	O
site-wide	O
and	O
GTK3	B-Application
support	O
was	O
dropped	O
completely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
version	O
4.0	O
,	O
Audacious	B-Language
is	O
using	O
Qt	B-Language
as	O
its	O
primary	O
toolkit	B-Library
but	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
2.x	O
support	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audacious	B-Language
contains	O
built-in	O
gapless	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WAV	O
formats	O
provided	O
by	O
libsndfile	B-Language
plug-in	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIDI	O
via	O
native	O
OS	O
synthesizer	O
control	O
or	O
FluidSynth	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audacious	B-Language
owes	O
a	O
large	O
portion	O
of	O
its	O
functionality	O
to	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
including	O
all	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
features	O
are	O
available	O
via	O
third-party	O
plug-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Audacious	B-Language
core	O
classify	O
plug-ins	B-Application
as	O
follows	O
(	O
some	O
are	O
low	O
level	O
and	O
not	O
user-visible	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Decoder	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
which	O
contain	O
the	O
actual	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
used	O
for	O
decoding	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transport	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
lowlevel	O
and	O
implemented	O
by	O
the	O
VFS	O
layer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Output	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
which	O
provide	O
the	O
audio	O
system	O
backend	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visualization	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
which	O
provide	O
visualizations	O
based	O
on	O
fast	O
Fourier	O
transforms	O
of	O
the	O
wave	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Container	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
which	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
playlists	O
and	O
other	O
similar	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lowlevel	O
plug-ins	B-Application
,	O
which	O
provide	O
miscellaneous	O
services	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
core	O
and	O
are	O
not	O
categorized	O
into	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
plug-ins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Output	O
plug-ins	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Audacious	B-Language
has	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
Winamp	B-Application
2	I-Application
skins	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
version	O
1.2	O
,	O
some	O
free-form	O
skinning	O
is	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Winamp	B-Application
.wsz	O
skin	O
files	O
,	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
Zip	O
archive	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
directly	O
,	O
or	O
can	O
be	O
unarchived	O
to	O
individual	O
directories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
can	O
use	O
Windows	O
Bitmap	O
(	O
.bmp	O
)	O
graphics	O
from	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
archive	O
,	O
although	O
native	O
skins	O
for	O
Linux	O
are	O
usually	O
rendered	O
in	O
Portable	O
Network	O
Graphics	O
(	O
.png	O
)	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audacious	B-Language
1.x	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
adjust	O
the	O
RGB	O
color	O
balance	O
of	O
any	O
skin	O
,	O
effectively	O
making	O
a	O
basic	O
white	O
skin	O
equivalent	O
to	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
colorized	O
skins	O
without	O
editing	O
them	O
manually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audacious	B-Language
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
standalone	O
media	O
player	O
not	O
a	O
server	O
(	O
unlike	O
XMMS2	O
)	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
accepts	O
connections	O
from	O
client	O
software	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Conky	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Connection	O
to	O
Audacious	B-Language
for	O
remote	O
control	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
over	O
plain	O
DBus	B-Language
,	O
by	O
using	O
an	O
MPRIS-compatible	O
client	O
,	O
or	O
using	O
the	O
official	O
Audtool	O
utility	O
created	O
just	O
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
