<s>
cmus	B-Language
(	O
C*	O
Music	O
Player	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
small	O
and	O
fast	O
console	O
audio	O
player	O
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
cmus	B-Language
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
and	O
operates	O
exclusively	O
through	O
a	O
text-based	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
built	O
with	O
ncurses	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
text-only	B-Application
design	O
reduces	O
the	O
resources	O
needed	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
strong	O
choice	O
for	O
older	O
or	O
less-powerful	O
computers	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
systems	O
where	O
a	O
graphical	O
environment	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
cmus	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Timo	O
Hirvonen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
around	O
June	O
2008	O
he	O
discontinued	O
development	O
of	O
cmus	B-Language
,	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
fork	O
named	O
"	O
cmus-unofficial	O
"	O
in	O
November	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
a	O
take	O
over	O
request	O
was	O
sent	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
granted	O
after	O
a	O
90-day	O
period	O
without	O
response	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
author	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
cmus	B-Language
 '	O
interface	O
is	O
centered	O
on	O
views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Owing	O
to	O
the	O
console-orientation	O
and	O
portability	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
cmus	B-Language
is	O
controlled	O
exclusively	O
via	O
the	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commands	O
are	O
loosely	O
modeled	O
after	O
those	O
of	O
the	O
vi	B-Application
text	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
General	O
operation	O
mimics	O
being	O
in	O
command-mode	O
of	O
vi	B-Application
,	O
where	O
complex	O
commands	O
are	O
issued	O
by	O
prepending	O
them	O
with	O
a	O
colon	O
,	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
:add	O
/home/user/music	O
-dir	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
simpler	O
,	O
more	O
common	O
commands	O
are	O
bound	O
to	O
individual	O
keys	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
j/k	O
"	O
moving	O
down/up	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
x	B-Operating_System
"	O
starting	O
playback	O
,	O
and	O
searches	O
beginning	O
with	O
"	O
/	O
"	O
as	O
in	O
"	O
/the	O
beatles	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
many	O
audio	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
,	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
Musepack	B-Algorithm
,	O
WavPack	B-Application
,	O
Wav	O
,	O
MPEG-4/AAC	O
,	O
ALAC	B-Algorithm
,	O
WMA	B-Application
,	O
APE	B-Language
,	O
TTA	B-Algorithm
,	O
SHN	B-Operating_System
and	O
MOD	O
.	O
</s>
