How to get a nice waveform display with the MPV media player on Linux.

Play a music file in your terminal with a nice visualization, using this one-liner. This is very nice way to get a simple animation whilst playing a music file. MPV does support a massive amount of playing options, and using a visualization while playing music is another hidden feature. mpv –config=no –quiet –vo=tct –lavfi-complex='[aid1]asplit[ao][a1];[a1]avectorscope=r=25:m=lissajous_xy:bc=200:gc=100:rc=75:bf=5:gf=3:rf=1:zoom=2[vo]’ https://www.gnu.org/music/markushaist-free-software-song.oggmpv … Read more