{"id":51320,"date":"2026-06-01T10:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=51320"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:34:39","slug":"audacious-4-6-released-built-in-file-browser-mpc-support-ppa-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/audacious-4-6-released-built-in-file-browser-mpc-support-ppa-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Audacious 4.6 Released! Built-in File Browser &#038; .mpc Support [PPA Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-49024\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/audacious-logoicon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/audacious-logoicon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/audacious-logoicon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/audacious-logoicon-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/audacious-logoicon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/audacious-logoicon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a few weeks of Beta testing, the lightweight Audacious music player finally announced the new 4.6 version.<\/p>\n<p>The new version of this free open-source music player app features built-in file browser, macOS Now Playing, new audio format support and various bug-fixes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First, the new version <b>introduced a built-in file browser<\/b> through plugin, which can be enabled by going to File -&gt; Settings -&gt; Plugins -&gt; General.<\/p>\n<p>It allows to browse or search supported music files in your local computer, then either drag&#8217;n&#8217;drop into playlist, or use right-click menu options to play, add to (or create) playlist.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51321\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/audacious-gtkfilebrowser-700x469.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/audacious-gtkfilebrowser-700x469.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/audacious-gtkfilebrowser-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/audacious-gtkfilebrowser-768x514.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/audacious-gtkfilebrowser.webp 1013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The file browser by default starts as a separated window. For Qt UI, simply use the title bar button to marge it into the main window. While, GTK3 users may right-click below the title bar to get the menu to dock the file-manager into main window.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51205\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audacious46-gtkdock-700x573.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audacious46-gtkdock-700x573.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audacious46-gtkdock-300x246.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audacious46-gtkdock-768x629.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audacious46-gtkdock.webp 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Winamp classic interface in this release still requires windowing system features that are not supported in Wayland. So for GNOME, KDE and other desktops with Wayland session, the <b>Winamp UI is default to XWayland<\/b> compatibility mode.<\/p>\n<p>And, a toggle option is available in the <i>Advanced<\/i> settings page, allowing user to easily disable XWayland when trying to switch to GTK or QT user interface.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51185\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51185\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51185\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audacious-winamp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audacious-winamp.webp 690w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audacious-winamp-300x240.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winamp UI defaults to XWayland on Wayland session.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Audacious 4.6 also updated its UI with <b>Bitrate<\/b>, <b>File Created\/Modified<\/b> dates support in playlist, though user needs to enable them manually from Appearance settings page.<\/p>\n<p>It added the <i>Playback History plugin<\/i> for GTK UI, and a setting option to re-enable the confirm dialog for users who checked &#8220;Don&#8217;t ask again&#8221; in Remove Playlist dialog.<\/p>\n<p>It as well added support for <b>.mpc<\/b> Musepack audio file, support for all AIFF file extensions (<code>.aif<\/code>, <code>.aifc<\/code>, <code>.aiff<\/code>) and MIME types (<code>audio\/aiff<\/code> and <code>audio\/x-aiff<\/code>), and support for reading lyrics tag from Opus, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51186\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51186\" class=\"size-large wp-image-51186\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/newplaylist-columns-700x501.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/newplaylist-columns-700x501.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/newplaylist-columns-300x215.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/newplaylist-columns-768x549.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/newplaylist-columns.webp 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New playlist columns available<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For users who prefer using keyboard shortcut, the release added global hotkeys support for <code>previous\/next album<\/code> action, and support using <code>Delete<\/code> and <code>F2<\/code> keys in Playlist Manager dialog.<\/p>\n<p>And for macOS users, Audacious 4.6 added <b>macOS Now Playing plugin<\/b> for monitoring and controlling audio playback in the Control Center or Menu Bar. And, it removed the Mac Media Keys plugin.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drag&#8217;n&#8217;drop into Qt winamp UI support.<\/li>\n<li>Read ReplayGain tags with FFmpeg plugin, meaning more files support.<\/li>\n<li>Allow using <i>Previous<\/i> control to go to the last track in playlist for Repeat mode.<\/li>\n<li>Support exporting playlist via audtool CLI tool.<\/li>\n<li>Use localized music directory for Search Tool.<\/li>\n<li>Load companion .m3u\/.m3u8 with Game Console Music Decoder for subsong metadata.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are as well many bug-fixes, removal of deprecated Audacious code and APIs, and more. And, for users of 4.6 Beta, it fixed slider knob click behavior for GTK, a few crashes, and updated translations.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Audacious 4.6<\/h3>\n<p>The official release note, as well as the source tarballs are available in the software website via the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/audacious-media-player.org\/news\/64-audacious-4-6-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audacious 4.6<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Ubuntu, besides building from the source, there&#8217;s also community maintained <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/en\/apps\/org.atheme.audacious\" target=\"_blank\">Flatpak package<\/a> which runs in sandbox environment, which is however not updated at the moment of writing.<\/p>\n<p>And, I&#8217;ve built the new version into this <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/audacious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial PPA<\/a> (and synced with <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/apps\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a>) for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 26.04. <code>amdv3<\/code> support is also added.<\/p>\n<p>To add the PPA, and install Audacious 4.6 in Ubuntu, run the commands below one by one in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps\r\nsudo apt update\r\nsudo apt install audacious audacious-plugins<\/pre>\n<p>For any reason, you may purge PPA and downgrade Audacious to the stock versions by running command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n<p>Or, just remove the music player by running command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install audacious audacious-plugins-data --autoremove<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a few weeks of Beta testing, the lightweight Audacious music player finally announced the new 4.6 version. 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