<s>
Music	B-Language
On	I-Language
Console	I-Language
(	O
MOC	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
ncurses-based	O
console	B-Device
audio	O
player	O
for	O
Linux/UNIX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
powerful	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
interface	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Midnight	B-Protocol
Commander	I-Protocol
console	B-Device
file	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
ALSA	B-Application
,	O
OSS	B-Library
or	O
JACK	B-Application
outputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
file	O
formats	O
include	O
:	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
,	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
Musepack	B-Algorithm
,	O
Speex	B-Application
,	O
WAV	O
(	O
and	O
other	O
less	O
popular	O
formats	O
supported	O
by	O
libsndfile	B-Language
)	O
,	O
MOD	O
,	O
WavPack	B-Application
,	O
AAC	B-Application
,	O
SID	O
,	O
MIDI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
most	O
audio	O
formats	O
recognized	O
by	O
FFMpeg/Libav	B-Library
are	O
also	O
supported	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
MP4	O
,	O
Opus	B-Algorithm
,	O
WMA	B-Application
,	O
APE	B-Language
,	O
AC3	O
,	O
DTS	O
-	O
even	O
embedded	O
in	O
video	O
files	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	O
streams	O
(	O
Icecast	B-Application
,	O
SHOUTcast	B-Application
)	O
are	O
also	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
this	O
information	O
is	O
read	O
as	O
needed	O
from	O
tags	O
in	O
the	O
files	O
themselves	O
or	O
from	O
tags	O
cache	O
,	O
either	O
upon	O
access	O
or	O
during	O
idle	B-Algorithm
CPU	I-Algorithm
time	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
text-only	O
nature	O
consumes	O
very	O
little	O
system	O
resources	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
uses	O
an	O
output	O
buffer	O
in	O
a	O
separate	O
thread	B-Operating_System
to	O
avoid	O
skipping	O
under	O
high	O
system	O
loads	O
and	O
to	O
enable	O
gapless	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
client/server	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
is	O
similar	O
to	O
MPD	B-Language
and	O
XMMS2	O
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
those	O
players	O
,	O
the	O
MOC	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
is	O
not	O
accessible	O
over	O
a	O
network	O
,	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
an	O
open	O
API	B-Application
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
alternate	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
both	O
advantages	O
and	O
disadvantages	O
as	O
,	O
while	O
MOC	O
ca	O
n't	O
be	O
controlled	O
by	O
a	O
remote	O
graphical	O
client	O
(	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
via	O
SSH	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
securely	O
range	O
the	O
entire	O
filesystem	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
advisable	O
by	O
a	O
remotely	O
and	O
anonymously	O
accessible	O
server	O
such	O
as	O
MPD	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
binary	O
is	O
named	O
mocp	B-Language
for	O
"	O
MOC	O
Player	O
"	O
because	O
of	O
a	O
conflict	O
with	O
a	O
Qt	B-Language
utility	O
called	O
moc	O
.	O
</s>
