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Phiola

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phiola is a fast audio player, recorder, converter for Windows, Linux & Android. Its low CPU consumption conserves the notebook/phone battery. You can issue commands to phiola via its CLI, TUI, GUI, system pipe and SDK interfaces.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • F-Droid
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  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Dark Mode
  2.  Ad-free
  3.  Lossless Audio
  4.  Audio Recording
  5.  Audio Conversion

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Phiola information

  • Developed by

    Simon Zolin
  • Licensing

    Open Source (BSD-2-Clause) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.5
  • Alternatives

    70 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Category

Audio & Music

GitHub repository

  •  139 Stars
  •  7 Forks
  •  14 Open Issues
  •   Updated Feb 1, 2025 
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Phiola, and it has gotten 10 likes

Phiola was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on Nov 21, 2023 and this page was last updated Dec 5, 2023.

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This is made by the same genius that made the excellent fmedia audio player/recorder/converter, that I've used for years. I'm a bit confused if this is a successor to fmedia or an alternative. I see it has the ability to pipe audio into specific programs, which fmedia doesn't have if I'm not mistaken. So there seems to be some differences.

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What is Phiola?

phiola is a fast audio player, recorder, converter for Windows, Linux & Android. Its low CPU consumption conserves the notebook/phone battery. You can issue commands to phiola via its CLI, TUI, GUI, system pipe and SDK interfaces. Its fast startup time allows using it from custom scripts on a "play-and-exit" or "record-and-exit" basis. It's completely portable (all codecs are bundled) - you can run it directly from a read-only flash drive. It's a free and open-source project, and you can use it as a standalone application or as a library for your own software.

Features:

  • Play audio: .mp3, .ogg(Vorbis/Opus), .mp4/.mov(AAC/ALAC/MPEG), .mkv/.webm(AAC/ALAC/MPEG/Vorbis/Opus/PCM), .caf(AAC/ALAC/PCM), .avi(AAC/MPEG/PCM), .aac, .mpc; .flac, .ape, .wv, .wav. Note: on Android phiola can play only what your Android supports!
  • Record audio: .m4a(AAC), .ogg, .opus; .flac, .wav
  • Convert audio
  • Input: file, directory, HTTP/HTTPS URL, console (stdin), playlists: .m3u, .pls, .cue
  • List available audio devices
  • Command Line Interface for Desktop OS
  • Terminal/Console UI for interaction at runtime
  • GUI for Windows, Linux, Android
  • Instant startup time: very short initial delay until the audio starts playing (e.g. Linux/PulseAudio: TUI: ~25ms, GUI: ~50ms)
  • Fast (low footprint): keeps your CPU, memory & disk I/O at absolute minimum; spends 99% of time inside codec algorithms