GMERLIN_REMOTE(1) User Manuals GMERLIN_REMOTE(1)NAME
gmerlin_remote - Remote control command for the Gmerlin GUI Player
SYNOPSIS
gmerlin_remote [options] command
DESCRIPTION
Remote control command for the Gmerlin GUI Player
GLOBAL OPTIONS -host <hostname>
Host to connect to, default is localhost
-port <port>
Port to connect to
-launch
Launch new player if necessary
COMMANDS -play
Play current track
-next
Switch to next track
-prev
Switch to previous track
-stop
Stop playback
-pause
Pause playback
-mute
Toggle mute
-add <gml>
Add <gml> to the incoming album
-addplay <gml>
Add <gml> to the incoming album and play it
-open <device>
Open album for <device>. Device must be a GML (e.g. dvd:///dev/hdd).
-openplay <device>
Open album for <device> and play first track. Device must be a GML (e.g. dvd:///dev/hdd).
-volume <volume>
Set player volume. <volume> is in dB, 0.0 is max
-volume-rel <diff>
In- or decrease player volume. <diff> is in dB
-seek-rel <diff>
Seek relative. <diff> is in seconds.
-chapter [num|+|-]
Go to the specified chapter. Use '+' and '-' to go to the next or previous chapter respectively
-get-name
Print name of the current track
-get-metadata
Print metadata of the current track
-get-time
Print time of the current track
GENERIC OPTIONS
The following generic options are available for all gmerlin applications
-help
Print this help message and exit
-help-man
Print this help message as a manual page and exit
-help-texi
Print this help message in texinfo format and exit
-version
Print version info and exit
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
GMERLIN_PLAYER_REMOTE_PORT
Default port for the remote control
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rhythmbox(1) General Commands Manual rhythmbox(1)NAME
rhythmbox-client - controls a running instance of rhythmbox
SYNOPSIS
rhythmbox-client [option...][file...]
DESCRIPTION
rhythmbox-client is a tool for controlling an already running instance of rhythmbox. It's useful for remote control scripting, adding spe-
cific files to the library from the shell, or printing details of what's playing. Any files specified after the option arguments will be
added to the library. If the --enqueue option is given, the files will also be added to the play queue.
OPTIONS
-?,--help
Show help options
--debug
Enable debug output
--no-start
Do not start a new instance of rhythmbox
--no-present
Don't present an existing rhythmbox window
--next Jump to next song
--previous
Jump to previous song
--play Resume playback if currently paused
--pause
Pause playback if currently playing
--play-pause
Toggle play/pause mode
--play-uri=URI
Play a specified URI, importing it if necessary
--enqueue
Add specified tracks already in the library to the play queue
--clear-queue
Empty the play queue before adding new tracks
--print-playing
Print the title and artist of the playing song
--print-playing-format=format
Print formatted details of the song (see FORMAT OPTIONS below).
--set-volume
Set the playback volume
--volume-up
Increase the playback volume
--volume-down
Decrease the playback volume
--print-volume
Print the current playback volume
--select-source=URI
Select the source corresponding to a URI (device or mount point)
--activate-source=URI
Select the source corresponding to a URI (device or mount point) and start playing from it if not already playing.
--play-source=URI
Select the source corresponding to a URI (device or mount point) and start playing from it.
FORMAT OPTIONS
%at album title
%aa album artist
%aA album artist (lowercase)
%as album artist sortname
%aS album artist sortname (lowercase)
%ay album year
%ag album genre
%aG album genre (lowercase)
%an album disc number
%aN album disc number, zero padded
%st stream title
%tn track number (i.e 8)
%tN track number, zero padded (i.e 08)
%tt track title
%ta track artist
%tA track artist (lowercase)
%ts track artist sortname
%tS track artist sortname (lowercase)
%td track duration
%te track elapsed time
Variables can be combined using quotes. For example "%tn %aa %tt", will print the track number followed by the artist and the title of the
track.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>, for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
SEE ALSO rhythmbox(1).
GNOME 2007-06-28 rhythmbox(1)