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NAME
XMMS - an audio player for X.
SYNOPSIS
xmms [-h] [--help] [-n <session>] [--session=<session>] [-r] [--rew] [-p] [--play] [-u] [--pause] [-s] [--stop] [-f] [--fwd] [-e]
[--enqueue] [-m] [--show-main-window] [-v] [--version] [filename]...
DESCRIPTION
XMMS is the X Multimedia System. It is used to play audio and other kinds of media files. By default XMMS can play MPEG audio, Ogg Vor-
bis, RIFF wav, most module formats, and a few other formats. XMMS can be extended through plugins to play a number of other audio and
video formats.
OPTIONS
XMMS accepts the following options:
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-n, --session
Select XMMS session (Default: 0).
-r, --rew
Skip backwards in playlist.
-p, --play
Start playing current playlist.
-u, --pause
Pause current song.
-s, --stop
Stop current song.
-t, --play-pause
Pause if playing, play otherwise.
-f, --fwd
Skip forward in playlist.
-e, --enqueue
Don't clear the playlist.
-m, --show-main-window
Show the main window.
-v, --version
Print version number and exit.
SKINS
XMMS supports WinAmp style skins. Skins may be stored in either archived (.zip, .wsz, .tgz, .tar.gz, or .tar.bz2) or unarchived format.
XMMS looks for skinfiles in /usr/share/xmms/Skins, ~/.xmms/Skins, and locations specified by the SKINSDIR variable.
KEYBINDINGS
Global keybindings for XMMS:
z Previous song
x Play
c Pause
v Stop
b Next song
l Play file
j Jump to file
r Toggle Repeat
s Toggle Shuffle
Shift + l Play directory
Control + l Play location
Control + p Preferences dialog
Control + v Visualization plugin dialog
Control + r Time remaining
Control + a Always on top
Control + w Winshade mode
Control + d Doublesize mode
Control + e Easy move
Control + j Jump to time
Control + z Start of list
Control + n No Playlist Advance
Control + 3 File info dialog
Control + Alt + w Toggle Equalizer winshade mode
Shift + Control + w Playlist winshade mode
Alt + w Hide/show mainwindow
Alt + e Hide/show playlistwindow
Alt + g Hide/show Equalizer
Alt + s Skin selecting window
Main window specific:
Arrow key up Volume up 2%
Arrow key down Volume down 2%
Arrow key right Skip 5 seconds forward in song
Arrow key left Skip 5 seconds back in song
Playlist window specific:
Arrow key up Up one step in playlist
Arrow key down Down one step in playlist
Delete Remove selected songs from playlist
Page Up Move one page up
Page Down Move one page down
Home First page in playlist
End Last page in playlist
Enter Play selected song
Insert Add file dialog
Shift + Insert Add directory dialog
Alt + Insert Add url dialog
Equalizer shade mode specific:
Arrow key up Volume up 2%
Arrow key down Volume down 2%
Arrow key right Balance 4% to right
Arrow key left Balance 4% to left
FILES
~/.xmms/config Users xmms configuration.
~/.xmms/xmms.m3u Default playlist usually loaded on startup.
~/.xmms/gtkrc Users set of xmms-specific GTK config settings. Options such as widget color and fonts sizes can be set here.
~/.xmms/menurc Users set of keybindings.
~/.xmms/Skins, /usr/share/xmms/Skins
Default locations where XMMS should look for skinfiles.
~/.xmms/Plugins Location of user installed plugins.
ENVIRONMENT
SKINSDIR Colon separated list of paths where XMMS should look for skinfiles.
TARCMD Tar command supporting GNU tar style decompression. Used for unpacking gzip and bzip2 compressed skins. Default is tar.
UNZIPCMD Command for decompressing zip files (skins). Default is unzip.
OTHER INFO
The webpage for XMMS is at http://www.xmms.org. Here you can find info about XMMS, download the latest version, plugins, and skins.
SEE ALSO
wmxmms(1), gnomexmms(1)
Version 1.2.7 18 September 2001 XMMS(1)