ABRACA(1) General Commands Manual ABRACA(1)NAME
abraca - XMMS2 client for the GNOME desktop
SYNOPSIS
abraca
DESCRIPTION
Abraca is a GTK2 client for the XMMS2 music player. It is designed with collections in mind, which makes managing your music a breeze.
FILES
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xmms2/clients/abraca.conf
A configuration file containing basic configuration values for abraca.
ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES
XMMS_PATH
The URL path to xmms2d in the format unix:///path/to/socket, or tcp://a.b.c.d:port.
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
The path where the Abraca configuration file is located.
SEE ALSO xmms2d(8), http://xmms2.xmms.org, http://abraca.xmms.se
HISTORY
Abraca was first written in C by Sebastian Sareyko, but was later rewritten in Vala by the current Abraca Team.
AUTHORS
Abraca was written by the Abraca Team.
This manual page was written by Daniel Svensson <daniel.svensson@purplescout.se>
2009-08-17 ABRACA(1)
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XMMS2D(1) General Commands Manual XMMS2D(1)NAME
xmms2d - XMMS2 daemon which handles the playback of music and storage of music metadata
SYNOPSIS
xmms2d [-v|-q] [-p dir] [-o plugin] [-i url] [-c file] [-s fd] [--yes-run-as-root]
xmms2d -?
xmms2d -V
DESCRIPTION
XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS (http://legacy.xmms2.org) music player. It features a client-server model, allowing multiple (even simulta-
neous!) user interfaces, both textual and graphical. All common audio formats are supported using plugins. On top of this, there is a flex-
ible media library to organise your music.
xmms2d is the daemon through which XMMS2 clients playback and manage music. A client library provided allows third parties to easily write
XMMS2 clients, especially using the Python and Ruby bindings.
xmms2d uses a three part method to playback music. Music is accessed from disk or network using a transport plugin, the data is then passed
on to a decoder plugin which decodes the audio into a form that can be played back by an output plugin.
OPTIONS
General options
-v, --verbose
Increase verbosity.
-q, --quiet
Decrease verbosity.
-p dir, --plugindir=dir
Use plugin directory dir.
-o plugin, --output=plugin
Use output plugin plugin.
-i url, --ipc-socket=url
Listen to socket at url. Multiple sockets can be specified separated by ;-characters. See section IPC SOCKET.
-c file, --conf=file
Use configuration file file.
-s fd, --status-fd=fd
Write to filedescriptor fd when started. This can be used to wait until inter-process communication (IPC) is up, as for instance
xmms2-launcher(1) does.
--yes-run-as-root
Allow xmms2d to be run as root.
Getting help
-h, -?, --help
Display basic help information and exit.
-V, --version
Display version information.
IPC SOCKET
XMMS2 clients use IPC sockets to communicate with xmms2d. These IPC sockets are specified in an URL based format with three possible
transport methods: unix, tcp, and tcp6.
The TCP methods allow clients to connect over IPv4 and IPv6 to xmms2d and therefore allow remote control of XMMS2. A typical IPC socket url
using TCP is tcp://127.0.0.1:9667.
The UNIX transport method is for local clients only and creates a file through which XMMS2 clients can access xmms2d. A typical IPC socket
path using the UNIX transport is unix:///tmp/xmms-ipc-foobar.
FILES
Below CONFDIR is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xmms2 on UNIX if the XDG_CONFIG_HOME-environment variable is set. Otherwise it is $HOME/.config/xmms2
(UNIX except Darwin), or $HOME/Library/xmms2 (Darwin). On Win32 it is %APPDATA%/xmms2.
CONFDIR/xmms2.conf
An XML formatted configuration file that allows changing the settings of xmms2d.
CONFDIR/startup.d/
A directory populated with programs that are run when xmms2d is executed. An alternative location can be specified in the configu-
ration file.
CONFDIR/shutdown.d/
A directory populated with programs that are run when xmms2d is shutdown correctly. An alternative location can be specified in the
configuration file.
CONFDIR/medialib.db
An sqlite3(1) database that includes information about each song that has been added the the XMMS2 media library. An alternative
location can be specified in the configuration file.
CONFDIR/bindata/
A directory that contains files with binary data entrusted to the XMMS2 media library, such as cover art. An alternative location
can be specified in the configuration file.
/tmp/xmms-ipc-USER
The typical location for the UNIX IPC Socket. Here USER is the name of the user that executed xmms2d.
ENVIRONMENT
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
The path where the XMMS2 configuration files and resources are located.
XMMS_PATH
The url of the first socket that xmms2d listens to. This environment variable is set for programs in the startup and shutdown direc-
tories.
XMMS_PATH_FULL
A ;-seperated list of paths to which xmms2d listens. This environment variable is set for programs in the startup and shutdown
directories.
SEE ALSO xmms2(1), xmms2-launcher(1), http://xmms2.org/.
HISTORY
The XMMS2 Project was started by Tobias Rundstrom and Anders Waldenborg. It is developed by a small group of contributers from all over the
world.
AUTHOR
This manual page was originally written by Alexander Botero-Lowry <alex@foxybanana.com>. It was reformatted and slightly extended by Erik
Massop <e.massop@hccnet.nl>.
XMMS2D(1)