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audacious2: an advanced audio player.

NAME

audacious2 - an advanced audio player.

SYNOPSIS

audacious2 [OPTION] ... [FILE] ...

DESCRIPTION

Audacious is a free advanced audio player for Linux and many other UNIX-compatible systems. It focuses on low resource usage, high audio quality, and support for a wide range of audio formats. It was originally based on Beep Media Player, which was in turn based on XMMS.

OPTIONS

Getting help:

-?, --help

Show a brief list of options.

--help-all

Show a complete list of options.

--help-gtk

Show a list of GTK+-related options.

--help-sm-client

Show a list of session management options.

Opening files:

-e, --enqueue

Add the files on the command line to the current playlist but do not start playback.

-E, --enqueue-to-temp

Add the files on the command line to a temporary playlist and start playback.

Controlling playback:

-p, --play

If currently playing, go to the beginning of the song; otherwise, begin playing.

-u, --pause

Stop playing.

-t, --play-pause

If currently playing, stop playing; otherwise, begin playing.

-s, --stop

Stop playing and go to the beginning of the song.

-r, --rew

Go to the previous song in the playlist.

-f, --fwd

Go to the next song in the playlist.

Miscellaneous:

-v, --version

Show the installed version of Audacious.

-i, --interface newui | skinned | headless

Start Audacious with the given interface. "newui" is the native GTK+ interface. "skinned" is an interface which uses Winamp Classic skins. (Skins can be placed in ${prefix}/share/audacious/Skins, ~/.local/share/audacious/Skins, and the folder specified by the environment variable SKINSDIR. They can be unarchived or in the following archive formats: .zip, .wsz, .tgz, .tar.gz, and .tar.bz2.) In "headless" mode, Audacious starts without a user interface. In this mode, it can only be controlled from the command line or by a compatible client program.

-m, --show-main-window

Show the Audacious window if it is hidden and bring it to the top.

GTK+-related:

--display DISPLAY

Start Audacious on the given X display.

--screen SCREEN

Start Audacious on the given X screen.

--sync

Use synchronous X calls.

--name NAME

Set Audacious's program name (for use by the window manager).

--class CLASS

Set Audacious's program class (for use by the window manager).

--gtk-module MODULE

Load a GTK+ module manually.

--g-fatal-warnings

Treat all warnings as fatal errors.

Session management:

--sm-client-disable

Do not connect to the session manager.

--sm-client-id ID

Set session management ID.

--sm-client-state-file FILE

Load saved configuration from FILE.

KEYBINDINGS

z                       Previous song

x                      Play

c, Space               Pause

v                      Stop

b                      Next song

Right arrow            Seek forward 5 seconds

Left arrow             Seek backward 5 seconds

Control + z            Go to beginning of playlist

Escape                 Scroll to current song

Control + a            Select all songs in playlist

Shift + Control + a    Cancel selection

s                      Toggle shuffle

r                      Toggle repeat

Control + n            Toggle advancing in playlist

Control + m            Toggle stopping after current song

Control + e            Show elapsed time

Control + r            Show time remaining

Alt + e                Show/hide playlist

Alt + g                Show/hide equalizer

Control + o            Toggle windows always on top

Control + s            Toggle windows on all workspaces

Control + w            Toggle rolling up main window

Control + Alt + w      Toggle rolling up equalizer

Shift + Control + w    Toggle rolling up playlist

Control + d            Toggle double size

i                      Display Song Information dialog

Control + j            Display Jump to Time dialog

j                      Display Jump to Song dialog

Control + f            Display Search dialog

l                      Display Open dialog

f                      Display Add dialog

Control + l            Display Open Internet Address dialog

Control + h            Display Add Internet Address dialog

Control + p            Display Preferences dialog

FILES

~/.config/audacious/config

User's Audacious configuration.

~/.config/audacious/playlist.xspf

Default playlist usually loaded on startup.

~/.config/audacious/gtkrc

User's set of Audacious-specific GTK+ config settings. Options such as widget color and fonts sizes can be set here.

~/.local/share/audacious/Skins, ${prefix}/share/audacious/Skins

Default location(s) where Audacious should look for skinfiles.

~/.local/share/audacious/Plugins

Location of user-installed plugins.

ENVIRONMENT

SKINSDIR

Colon separated list of paths where Audacious 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.

WEBSITE

http://audacious-media-player.org