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6 XMMS - an audio player for X.
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9 xmms [-h] [--help] [-n <session>] [--session=<session>] [-r] [--rew]
10 [-p] [--play] [-u] [--pause] [-s] [--stop] [-t] [--play-pause] [-f]
11 [--fwd] [-e] [--enqueue] [-S] [--toggle-shuffle] [-R] [--toggle-repeat]
12 [-A] [--toggle-advance] [-m] [--show-main-window] [-q] [--quit] [-i
13 <session id>] [--sm-client-id=<session id>] [-v] [--version] [file‐
14 name]...
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17 XMMS is the X Multimedia System. It is used to play audio and other
18 kinds of media files. By default XMMS can play MPEG audio, Ogg Vorbis,
19 RIFF wav, most module formats and a few other formats. XMMS can be
20 extended through plugins to play a number of other audio and video for‐
21 mats.
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24 XMMS accepts the following options:
25 -h, --help
27 Show summary of options.
28 -n, --session
30 Select XMMS session (Default: 0).
31 -r, --rew
33 Skip backwards in playlist.
34 -p, --play
36 Start playing current playlist.
37 -u, --pause
39 Pause current song.
40 -s, --stop
42 Stop current song.
43 -t, --play-pause
45 Pause if playing, play otherwise.
46 -f, --fwd
48 Skip forward in playlist.
49 -e, --enqueue
51 Don't clear the playlist.
52 -Q, --queue
54 Add file(s) to playlist and queue
55 -S, --toggle-shuffle[=SWITCH]
57 Toggle the 'shuffle' flag.
58 Optional argument SWITCH may be either 'on' or 'off'
60 -R, --toggle-repeat[=SWITCH]
62 Toggle the 'repeat' flag.
63 Optional argument SWITCH may be either 'on' or 'off'
65 -A, --toggle-advance[=SWITCH]
67 Toggle the 'no playlist advance' flag.
68 Optional argument SWITCH may be either 'on' or 'off'
70 -m, --show-main-window
72 Show the main window.
73 -i, --sm-client-id
75 Set session manager identification.
76 -v, --version
78 Print version number and exit.
79 -q, --quit
81 Close remote session.
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84 XMMS supports WinAmp style skins. Skins may be stored in either
85 archived (.zip, .wsz, .tgz, .tar.gz, or .tar.bz2) or unarchived format.
86 XMMS looks for skinfiles in /usr/share/xmms/Skins, ~/.xmms/Skins, and
87 locations specified by the SKINSDIR variable.
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90 Global keybindings for XMMS:
91 z Previous song
93 x Play
94 c Pause
95 v Stop
96 b Next song
97 l Play file
98 j Jump to file
99 r Toggle Repeat
100 s Toggle Shuffle
101 Shift + l Play directory
102 Control + l Play location
103 Control + p Preferences dialog
104 Control + v Visualization plugin dialog
105 Control + r Time remaining
106 Control + a Always on top
107 Control + w Winshade mode
108 Control + d Doublesize mode
109 Control + e Easy move
110 Control + j Jump to time
111 Control + z Start of list
112 Control + n No Playlist Advance
113 Control + 3 File info dialog
114 Control + Alt + w Toggle Equalizer winshade mode
115 Shift + Control + w Playlist winshade mode
116 Alt + w Hide/show mainwindow
117 Alt + e Hide/show playlistwindow
118 Alt + g Hide/show Equalizer
119 Alt + s Skin selecting window
120 Main window specific:
122 Arrow key up Volume up 2%
124 Arrow key down Volume down 2%
125 Arrow key right Skip 5 seconds forward in song
126 Arrow key left Skip 5 seconds back in song
127 Playlist window specific:
129 Arrow key up Up one step in playlist
131 Arrow key down Down one step in playlist
132 Delete Remove selected songs from playlist
133 Control + Delete Keeps the selected tracks and removes the rest
134 Q Queue/Dequeue the tracks selected
135 Shift + Q Clear the queue list
136 Alt + Q Queue manager
137 Page Up Move one page up
138 Page Down Move one page down
139 Home First page in playlist
140 End Last page in playlist
141 Enter Play selected song
142 Insert Add file dialog
143 Shift + Insert Add directory dialog
144 Alt + Insert Add url dialog
145 Equalizer shade mode specific:
147 Arrow key up Volume up 2%
149 Arrow key down Volume down 2%
150 Arrow key right Balance 4% to right
151 Arrow key left Balance 4% to left
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154 ~/.xmms/config Users xmms configuration.
155 ~/.xmms/xmms.m3u Default playlist usually loaded on startup.
157 ~/.xmms/gtkrc Users set of xmms-specific GTK config settings.
159 Options such as widget color and fonts sizes can be
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161 ~/.xmms/menurc Users set of keybindings.
163 ~/.xmms/Skins, /usr/share/xmms/Skins
165 Default locations where XMMS should look for skin‐
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167 ~/.xmms/Plugins Location of user installed plugins.
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171 SKINSDIR Colon separated list of paths where XMMS should look for
172 skinfiles.
173 TARCMD Tar command supporting GNU tar style decompression. Used
175 for unpacking gzip and bzip2 compressed skins. Default is
176 tar.
177 UNZIPCMD Command for decompressing zip files (skins). Default is
179 unzip.
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182 The webpage for XMMS is at http://www.xmms.org. Here you can find info
183 about XMMS, download the latest version, plugins, and skins.
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187Version 1.2.11 17 March 2004 XMMS(1)