In this post, You are going to learn how you can play music in termux and it will show the timing of the song as well as I will be able to play in the background. There are multiple ways to play audio files in termux a lot of them not working in 2023 and some of them just don't give the proper output to identify the timing of the file. In this method, you will be able to use your termux as a music player without putting a lot of commands.
To play music files using this tool we will install it from termux repository. In this post, I am playing music from my music folder in internal storage if you want to use the commands in this post, then you have to put some music file in your music folder.
This tool is really lightweight the size of the stool is just 4-MB and it will take 22.2 MB disk space in your phone.
Wait for 2-3 minutes and the tool will be installed. (The download will depend upon your internet speed also)
A pop-up will appear on your screen, Press on allow to grant Storage permissions to the Termux apk.
Now you are in the Music folder which is in Your internal storage, You can change that folder name or you can navigate to your music folder manually using cd command.
This will give you all the files in your Music Folder.
Random Tip: type play and type the first letter of the song name and Press tab (the button between ESC and CTRL) and it will auto-complete the name of the song.
Now you will see the timing of the song and as well as the ending time of the song.
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To play music files using this tool we will install it from termux repository. In this post, I am playing music from my music folder in internal storage if you want to use the commands in this post, then you have to put some music file in your music folder.
This tool is really lightweight the size of the stool is just 4-MB and it will take 22.2 MB disk space in your phone.
How to Play Music in Termux:
Step 1:
Use the below command to install Sox , which will help you to play music file using termux.pkg install sox -y
Wait for 2-3 minutes and the tool will be installed. (The download will depend upon your internet speed also)
Step 2:
You have to grant Storage permission in termux To access your internal storage , if you have already granted the storage permission then you Skip this step. if you Don't know basic command of termux then you must check out this post.[All Basic commands in termux]termux-setup-storage
A pop-up will appear on your screen, Press on allow to grant Storage permissions to the Termux apk.
Step 3:
Now in order to play a music file, we have to navigate to the folder where all music files are in. You can create a Music folder in your internal storage in a lot of phones it comes by default that's why I am using this path in this commandcd storage/shared/Music/
Now you are in the Music folder which is in Your internal storage, You can change that folder name or you can navigate to your music folder manually using cd command.
Step 4:
Now you are in Music folder Just type ls command to list all the files in the Music folder.ls
This will give you all the files in your Music Folder.
Step 5:
Play your music file by typing play followed with your Music file name.Random Tip: type play and type the first letter of the song name and Press tab (the button between ESC and CTRL) and it will auto-complete the name of the song.
play music-file-name
Conclusion:
It feels really different to play music using terminal this post will also help you to play the recordings if you are hacking the microphone of the victim. You can install hackers' themes in order to give it a different look.[Change Themes in Termux]. You can put multiple files in your music folder to play different songs. If you already have a folder that contains all of your favorite music then you can navigate to that folder using cd command and use play command to play the music in that folder. Leave a comment if you think anything should be included in this post and as always Stay ethical👾.
10 Comments
Hello,no sound what could be the problem?
ReplyDeleteI faced the same problem ,but in my case the my volume was low.
Deleteimportant: You cannot adjust your volume if you are in termux ,please minimize termux and then press volume up and then go in termux again and it should work fine.
Friend it works check ur phone sound
DeleteHI
DeleteThanks, you can also use play-audio that seems a minimal audio player. Sox is a heavy one with a busload full of options.
ReplyDeleteI compared play-audio and play(sox) and the bass is better with play-audio. Why is there a diff in music sound between the tools?
DeleteAre you sure? there is a sound Difference?
DeleteEvery tool uses different equalizer settings maybe
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ReplyDeleteSure.
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