DeaDBeeF music player has recently released a new version with lots of bug fixes. This is the first update after deadbeef added the gui layout designer.

Deadbeef 0.6.1 changelog:

• fixed crash in AAC plugin when mp4 file reports 0 samples (e.g. radio rips)
• fixed libsupc++ linking issues
• fixed support for gcc<4.5
• changed description of hotkeys plugin in configure
• fixed 100% CPU load issues with certain hotkeys
• fixed opening files from command line into default playlist
• don’t allow spawning multiple instances of converter
• fixed EQ drawing past the bottom margin
• fixed progress dialog while loading playlists
• fixed M3UINF parser
• reverted MP3 bugfixes which introduced incorrect duration calculation
• fixed ungrabbing deleted global hotkeys
• added config option to help debug buffering/streaming
• ffmpeg plugin can now handle dynamic data format changes
• fixed rare buffering problem which was causing stuttering for some users
• fixed running without X and/or without GUI plugin
• fixed mp3 duration rounding bug
• fixed incorrect scroll/cursor after deleting playlists
• added support for loading plugins from ~/.local/lib{32|64}/deadbeef, depending on running deadbeef build version
• fixed bug imposing 256 byte limit on file pathes in archives
• fixed column autoresize issues
• removed libstdc++ hacks from C++ plugins
• fixed “Remove from disk” menu item not being hidden by corresponding option
• fixed applying “Pin group titles” config on startup (patch from Christian Boxdörfer)
• improved charset detection in CUE files, not longer allowing invalid utf-8 to go through
• paused network streams don’t attempt to prebuffer until played
• unpausing network streams always restarts them
• prevent loading playlists from archives (treat them like folders)
• hide the “Hotkeys” tab from preferences if hotkeys plugin is not available
• don’t build shellexecui if not building shellexec
• fixed memleak when drag-dropping pls/m3u playlists from file managers
• prevent passing non-utf8 filenames to progress dialog
• fixed crash when opening invalid VTX files
• fixed crash when opening invalid WMA files
• don’t delete replaygain info from FLACs when writing tags
• fixed really old buffer overflow bug in dnd handler (kudos to Megabaks)

Install DeadBeef:

Deb, Arch, and source packages are available at official download page.

You can also run the commands below one by one in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to install it from PPA. Supports Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10 and their derivatives.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:starws-box/deadbeef-player

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install deadbeef

customized deabeef music player in Ubuntu 13.10