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title: Decibels Audio Player
author: Wale Soyinka
contributors:
contributors: Ganna Zhyrnova
tags:
- gnome
- desktop
- audio
- flatpak
---

## A Simple, Modern Audio Player
## Introduction

**Decibels** is a modern and elegant audio player for the GNOME desktop. It is built on a philosophy of simplicity, designed to do one thing exceptionally well: play audio files.

Unlike full-featured music library applications like Rhythmbox, Decibels does not manage a collection of music. Instead, it focuses on providing a clean, straightforward experience for playing individual sound files. Its signature feature is a beautiful waveform display that allows for easy and precise navigation through the audio track.
Unlike full-featured music library applications like Rhythmbox, Decibels does not manage a music collection. Instead, it focuses on providing a clean, straightforward experience for playing individual sound files. Its signature feature is a beautiful waveform display that enables easy, precise navigation through the audio track.

This makes it the perfect tool for quickly listening to a downloaded podcast, a voice memo, or a new song without the overhead of importing files into a library.

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### 1. Enable Flathub

First, ensure you have Flatpak installed and the Flathub remote configured on your system.
First, please make sure Flatpak is installed and the Flathub remote is configured on your system.

```bash
# Install the Flatpak package
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To play a file:

1. Launch the application. You will be greeted by a clean, simple window.
1. Launch the application. A clean, simple window will greet you.
2. Click the prominent **"Open a File..."** button in the center of the window.
3. Use the file chooser to navigate to and select an audio file on your system (e.g., an `.mp3`, `.flac`, `.ogg`, or `.wav` file).
4. The file will open, and its waveform will be displayed. Playback will begin automatically.

## Key Features

While simple, Decibels has several useful features:
While simple, Decibels has several valuable features:

* **Waveform Navigation:** Instead of a simple progress bar, Decibels shows the audio's waveform. You can click anywhere on the waveform to instantly seek to that part of the track.
* **Waveform Navigation:** Instead of a simple progress bar, Decibels shows the audio's waveform. You can click anywhere on the waveform to seek to that part of the track instantly.
* **Playback Speed Control:** A control in the bottom-right corner allows you to adjust the playback speed, which is perfect for speeding up podcasts or slowing down audio for transcription.
* **Quick Skip Buttons:** Dedicated buttons allow you to jump backward or forward by 10-second intervals, making it easy to re-listen to a missed phrase.

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