{"id":45921,"date":"2024-03-24T16:12:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T16:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45921"},"modified":"2024-03-24T16:12:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T16:12:30","slug":"gnome-considers-decibels-core-audio-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/03\/gnome-considers-decibels-core-audio-player\/","title":{"rendered":"GNOME Considers Adding New Core Audio Player App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-45922\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-icon-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GNOME Desktop considers adding a new core application for audio playback!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Decibels, a basic free open-source audio player that is supposed to fill the gap of GNOME currently not having a Core app that is designed to open single audio files.<\/p>\n<p>The app has a stupid simple user interface that works in both Linux Desktop and Mobile devices. It features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shows the waveform of the track<\/li>\n<li>Adjust playback speed from 0.5x to 3.0x.<\/li>\n<li>Easy seek controls &#8211; pause, play, skip back\/forward 10s, volume up\/down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-light.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45923\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-light-700x468.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-light-700x468.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-light-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-light-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-light.webp 974w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As a native GNOME app, it follows system color scheme that switches between light and dark mode automatically according system color style.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-dark.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45924\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-dark-467x700.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-dark-467x700.webp 467w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-dark-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/decibels-dark.webp 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Decibels has been submitted and accepted\u00a0into <a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.gnome.org\/GNOME\/Incubator\/decibels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GNOME Incubator<\/a>. And, the incubation progress will be tracked in <a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.gnome.org\/Teams\/Releng\/AppOrganization\/-\/issues\/25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Decibels Audio Player<\/h3>\n<p>The app is available to install as <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/com.vixalien.decibels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a> that works in most Linux. Fedora 38\/39 and Linux Mint 21 can directly search for and install it from either GNOME Software or Software Manager.<\/p>\n<p>1. For <b>Debian<\/b> and <b>Ubuntu<\/b>, first press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run command to enable Flatpak support:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p>While other Linux can follow the official <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpak.org\/setup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setup guide<\/a> to enable this package format support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-39141\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-600x229.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-300x115.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy-768x294.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apt-flatpak-jammy.webp 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Next, run the single command to install the audio player as Flatpak package:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/com.vixalien.decibels.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-decibels.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45925\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-decibels-700x479.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-decibels-700x479.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-decibels-300x205.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-decibels-768x526.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/flatpak-decibels.webp 831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After installation, search for and launch it from overview screen or start menu and enjoy (log out and back in if you don&#8217;t see the app icon)!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/launch-decibels.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45926\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/launch-decibels.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/launch-decibels.webp 559w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/launch-decibels-300x152.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Decibels<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall the audio player, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data com.vixalien.decibels<\/pre>\n<p>You may also run <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to remove useless run-time libraries that can free up some disk spaces.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GNOME Desktop considers adding a new core application for audio playback! 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