Description:

        play is a curses front-end for various audio players, based on
        cplay. It aims to provide a power-user-friendly interface with
        simple filelist and playlist control. play is written in
        Python and can use either pyncurses or the standard curses
        module.

Usage:

        play [-nrRv] [ file | dir | playlist | url ] ...

        When in doubt, press 'h' for a friendly help page.

Miscellaneous:

        In order for either mp3info (ID3) or ogginfo to work, both
        corresponding python modules have to be installed. However,
        quick support for MP3 tags can be added by getting 'ID3.py'
        from the id3-py project: http://id3-py.sourceforge.net/

        A playlist can contain URLs, but the playlist itself will have
        to be local. For mpeg streaming splay is recommended.

        It is also possible to pipe a playlist to play, as stdin will
        be reopened on startup unless it is attached to a tty.

        Remote control is available through /tmp/play-control-$USER.

Authors:

        play is being maintained by Adrian C. After waiting over 2
        years for cplay's home, and code, to resurface it was finally
        forked. This exceptional software, originally written by Ulf
        Betlehem, should not be forgotten.

        In March of 2011 a cplay branch was found on GitHub, published
        by Tomi Pievilainen, with some interesting patches on top of
        the original cplay. Very much like play includes. From this
        code MPlayer support was added to play.