Kaos Tunes is a simple, privacy-respecting music player written in Python. It offers a clean, minimalist graphical user interface (GUI) built with Tkinter, and supports a variety of audio formats. The player focuses on delivering a distraction-free, telemetry-free, and DRM-free music playback experience.
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Privacy-Focused
No telemetry, no tracking, no communication with third parties. Your music plays without hidden data collection. -
DRM-Free Playback
Play your music freely without restrictions or license checks. -
Cross-Platform GUI
Built using Python's Tkinter library, Kaos Tunes works on Windows, Linux, and macOS (with Python and dependencies installed). -
Supports Common Audio Formats
Playback support for MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, and more, powered by Pygame. -
Metadata Extraction
Reads song metadata (title, artist, album, year) using Mutagen. -
Album Artwork Display
Extracts and displays embedded album art or folder-based album art (e.g.,folder.jpg), with a fallback logo. -
Playlist Management
Load single music files or JSON-based playlists, save playlists, clear the queue, shuffle, and remove individual songs. -
Playback Controls
Play, pause, resume, stop, skip forward, skip backward, and loop the playlist. -
Responsive UI
Uses threading to keep the interface responsive during playback. -
User-Friendly Interface
Intuitive controls and visual feedback including currently playing song title and album art.
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Python 3.6 or later
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The following Python packages (install via pip):
Pillow(for image handling)pygame(for audio playback)mutagen(for metadata extraction)
You can install dependencies using:
pip install Pillow pygame mutagen