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6 Bongo is a buffer-oriented media player for Emacs, contemporary with and
7 comparable to <pkg>app-emacs/emms</pkg>.
9 Notable features of Bongo include
10 * separate playlist and library buffers (each of which you may have any
11 number — even zero of both is okay if you don’t need playlist
13 * hierarchical buffers with collapsable sections for each artist and album,
14 * familiar Emacs bindings for editing Bongo buffers (edit playlists much
15 like you would regular text),
16 * a nice visual seeking interface doubling as a progress meter (hit ‘s’),
17 * a visual audio volume control (<pkg>app-emacs/volume</pkg>, which is
18 actually a stand-alone package),
19 * built-in support for playing and retrieving information about audio CDs,
20 * built-in support for submitting information to Last.fm using
22 * the ability to perform arbitrary actions (stopping playback is a simple
23 example) once playback reaches certain points in the playlist, using
24 so-called “action tracks”,
25 * an XMMS-like keymap for XMMS refugees,
26 * zero-configuration, out-of-the-box rock’n’roll action.
28 Bongo currently comes with backends for VLC, mpg321, ogg123, speexdec,
29 TiMidity and MikMod. All backends support pausing and resuming, but only VLC
30 and mpg321 support interactive seeking. Defining your own non-interactive
31 backends is very simple.