Music player Audacious 4.6 adds built-in file browser, Xwayland improvements, and more

Audacious 4.6 has been released as the latest version of this open source and lightweight audio player. This update introduces a new file browser plugin, a “Now Playing” plugin for macOS, and a “Port playback history” plugin targeting GTK users. These additions expand how users can manage and interact with media across platforms. Addressing display configurations, Xwayland is now enabled solely for the Winamp interface, with users able to manage this via a new setting. Following this, playlist management sees useful changes: playlists can now be sorted by bitrate, and users have the option to reenact deletion confirmations for greater control. Expanding audio format support, Audacious 4.6 can play Musepack SV8 files and now recognizes all AIFF extensions and corresponding MIME types. Users working from the terminal will appreciate new playlist export capabilities via the command-line tool audtool. Building on metadata improvements, the player now reads file creation and modification da...