AudioPreview is a small command-line tool for Linux that can play previews of:
    * Audio Files
          o mp3, ogg, flac, rm, wma...
    * Video Files
          o avi, mpg, ogg, mkv, ...
    * Internet Streams
          o radio stations, video streams and audio streams, ...

For additional codec support install the optional dependencies
gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly, and gst-ffmpeg (for video support).
