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Open Cubic Player provides you with a unique music playback experience.It plays your music in the UNIX terminal.It has been ported from DOS to UNIX.Open Cubic Player can be installed from the 'Synaptic Package Manager'.
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After installation,launch 'Open Cubic Player' from the 'Sound And Video' menu.
Now,select a directory containing music files from the list provided.Press 'enter' to start playback of a music file.
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The top of the playback window displays the track information.The highlight of the 'Open Cubic Player' is the spectrum analyser composed of #,*,= and some other symbols that is displayed during the music playback.
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The spectrum analyser looks good but on the other hand ,there are hardly any options available.I even could not figure out a 'pause' option.There seems to be no way of getting back to the initial directory selection menu.Configuration file can be modified by using the ALT + C combination at the initial window.
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