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+DeaDBeeF (as in 0xDEADBEEF) is an audio player for GNU/Linux systems with X11
+(though now it also runs in plain console without X, in FreeBSD, and
+in OpenSolaris).
+
+Main features:
+
+* mp3, ogg vorbis, flac, ape, wv, wav, m4a, mpc, cd audio (and many more).
+* sid, nsf and lots of other popular chiptune formats.
+* ID3v1, ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, APEv2, xing/info tags support.
+* character set detection for non-unicode id3 tags - supports cp1251
+ and iso8859-1.
+* unicode tags are fully supported as well (both utf8 and ucs2).
+* cuesheet (.cue files) support, with charset detection
+ (utf8/cp1251/iso8859-1).
+* tracker modules like mod, s3m, it, xm, etc.
+* HVSC song length database support for sid.
+* gtk2 interface with efficient custom widgets.
+* no GNOME or KDE dependencies.
+* minimize to tray, with scrollwheel volume control.
+* drag and drop, both inside of playlist, and from filemanagers and such.
+* control playback from command line.
+* global hotkeys.
+* plugin support; bundled with lots of plugins, such as global hotkeys
+ and last.fm scrobbler; sdk is included.
+* duration calculation is as precise as possible for vbr mp3 files (with
+ and without xing/info tags).
+* was tested and works on x86, x86_64 and ppc64 architectures. should work
+ on most modern platforms.