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gimmix: a graphical music player daemon (MPD) client

NAME

Gimmix - a graphical music player daemon (MPD) client

SYNOPSIS

gimmix

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the gimmix command.

gimmix is a graphical music player daemon (MPD) client written in C using GTK+2. It's very simple and easy to use, yet offers many features to make your audio experience a pleasant one.

CONFIGURATION

Default configuration file location is $HOME/.gimmixrc.

List of valid configuration options :

mpd_hostname (mandatory)

hostname

mpd_port (mandatory)

port number

mpd_port (mandatory)

mpd password. Leave blank for no password

enable_systray (mandatory)

Enable/Disable the system tray icon. Enable is true, Disable is false.

enable_notification (mandatory)

Enable/Disable the notification tooltip. Enable is true, Disable is false.

music_directory (mandatory)

The absolute path to the directory where your music is stored. This is same as the one you specified in your mpd.conf. This setting is required for the tag editor to function properly.

play_on_add

If true, songs will automatically be played when you add them to the playlist. If false, songs will just be added to the playlist. Default value is false.

stop_on_exit

If true, gimmix will stop playing when user quits gimmix. If false, gimmix will not stop playing when user quits gimmix. Default value is false.

enable_search

If true, search mode is enabled in library browser. If false, search mode will be disabled. Default value is true.

update_on_startup

If true, gimmix will update the mpd database everytime on startup. If false, gimmix won't update the mpd database on startup. Default value is false.

full_view_mode

If true, the playlist will be expanded by default when gimmix starts. If false, gimmix will start in compact mode (This is automatically set by gimmix, so, its not necessary to set this value always)

window_xpos and window_ypos

x and y co-ordinates representing window position of gimmix (These values are automatically set, so, its not necessary to set these values)

window_width and window_height

These represt the window geometry of gimmix (These values are automatically set, so, its not necessary to set these values)

coverart_enable

Enable/disable amazon cover art plugin

coverart_location

Amazon's server location to fetch covers from. Values : com | co.uk | jp | fr | ca | de

AUTHOR

Gimmix was written by Priyank Gosalia <priyankmg [at] gmail.com>.

This manual page was written by Vincent Legout <vincent [at] legout.info>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).