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From: Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net>
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Subject: Re: mpg123 question
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 23:02:25 -0400
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:12:20 -0000 (UTC), pH wrote:
>
> I gave mpg123 a command line along the lines of:
>
> mpg123 -z  pattern1* pattern2* pattern3*
>
> I had assumed it would gather all the matching pattern mp3 files from all
> three arguements and then shuffle them as it played.
>
> Instead, it processed each pattern independently...it shuffled and played 1,
> then 2, then 3.
>
> Is there a simple way to get it to do what I had hoped, suck them *all* up
> and *then* play shuffle them all?
>
> I did not see anything obvious in the man pages.

Is mpg123 still maintained?

I moved to mpv (or mplayer2 on another computer), where I created a
playlist. I assume it works for mpg123 too.

So one line per song in a text file, which is your playlist. Let's call
it "music.pls".

I recommend using absolute paths, like

/home/your_user/Music/Some_Song.mp3

in case things moving around.

Then

mpv -shuffle -vo=null --playlist=music.pls

to play.
-- 
Andreas