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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] [-f] [--fwd] [-e]
11 [--enqueue] [-m] [--show-main-window] [-v] [--version] [filename]...
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14 XMMS is the X Multimedia System. It is used to play audio and other
15 kinds of media files. By default XMMS can play MPEG audio, Ogg Vorbis,
16 RIFF wav, most module formats, and a few other formats. XMMS can be
17 extended through plugins to play a number of other audio and video for‐
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21 XMMS accepts the following options:
22 -h, --help
24 Show summary of options.
25 -n, --session
27 Select XMMS session (Default: 0).
28 -r, --rew
30 Skip backwards in playlist.
31 -p, --play
33 Start playing current playlist.
34 -u, --pause
36 Pause current song.
37 -s, --stop
39 Stop current song.
40 -t, --play-pause
42 Pause if playing, play otherwise.
43 -f, --fwd
45 Skip forward in playlist.
46 -e, --enqueue
48 Don't clear the playlist.
49 -m, --show-main-window
51 Show the main window.
52 -v, --version
54 Print version number and exit.
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57 XMMS supports WinAmp style skins. Skins may be stored in either
58 archived (.zip, .wsz, .tgz, .tar.gz, or .tar.bz2) or unarchived format.
59 XMMS looks for skinfiles in /usr/share/xmms/Skins, ~/.xmms/Skins, and
60 locations specified by the SKINSDIR variable.
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63 Global keybindings for XMMS:
64 z Previous song
66 x Play
67 c Pause
68 v Stop
69 b Next song
70 l Play file
71 j Jump to file
72 r Toggle Repeat
73 s Toggle Shuffle
74 Shift + l Play directory
75 Control + l Play location
76 Control + p Preferences dialog
77 Control + v Visualization plugin dialog
78 Control + r Time remaining
79 Control + a Always on top
80 Control + w Winshade mode
81 Control + d Doublesize mode
82 Control + e Easy move
83 Control + j Jump to time
84 Control + z Start of list
85 Control + n No Playlist Advance
86 Control + 3 File info dialog
87 Control + Alt + w Toggle Equalizer winshade mode
88 Shift + Control + w Playlist winshade mode
89 Alt + w Hide/show mainwindow
90 Alt + e Hide/show playlistwindow
91 Alt + g Hide/show Equalizer
92 Alt + s Skin selecting window
93 Main window specific:
95 Arrow key up Volume up 2%
97 Arrow key down Volume down 2%
98 Arrow key right Skip 5 seconds forward in song
99 Arrow key left Skip 5 seconds back in song
100 Playlist window specific:
102 Arrow key up Up one step in playlist
104 Arrow key down Down one step in playlist
105 Delete Remove selected songs from playlist
106 Page Up Move one page up
107 Page Down Move one page down
108 Home First page in playlist
109 End Last page in playlist
110 Enter Play selected song
111 Insert Add file dialog
112 Shift + Insert Add directory dialog
113 Alt + Insert Add url dialog
114 Equalizer shade mode specific:
116 Arrow key up Volume up 2%
118 Arrow key down Volume down 2%
119 Arrow key right Balance 4% to right
120 Arrow key left Balance 4% to left
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123 ~/.xmms/config Users xmms configuration.
124 ~/.xmms/xmms.m3u Default playlist usually loaded on startup.
126 ~/.xmms/gtkrc Users set of xmms-specific GTK config settings.
128 Options such as widget color and fonts sizes can be
129 set here.
130 ~/.xmms/menurc Users set of keybindings.
132 ~/.xmms/Skins, /usr/share/xmms/Skins
134 Default locations where XMMS should look for skin‐
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136 ~/.xmms/Plugins Location of user installed plugins.
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140 SKINSDIR Colon separated list of paths where XMMS should look for
141 skinfiles.
142 TARCMD Tar command supporting GNU tar style decompression. Used
144 for unpacking gzip and bzip2 compressed skins. Default is
145 tar.
146 UNZIPCMD Command for decompressing zip files (skins). Default is
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151 The webpage for XMMS is at http://www.xmms.org. Here you can find info
152 about XMMS, download the latest version, plugins, and skins.
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156Version 1.2.10 18 September 2001 XMMS(1)