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 Vorbis, 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.
-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
KEYBINDINGS
Keybindings for main XMMS window:
z Previous song
x Play
c Pause
v Stop
b Next song
l Play file
j Jump to file
r Repeat
s Shuffle
Control + l Play location (URL)
Control + p Preferences dialog
Control + v Visualization plugin dialog
Control + r Time remaining
Control + a Always on top
Control + w Winshade mode
Control + d Double size mode
Control + e Easy move
Control + j Jump to time
Control + z Start of list
Control + n No Playlist Advance
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
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
Keybindings for playlist window (plus keybindings for main
window except for arrow keys):
Arrow key up Up one step in playlist
Arrow key down Down one step in playlist
Del key Delete selected songs from playlist
Page up Up one page in playlist
Page down Down one page in playlist
Home key First page in playlist
End key Last page in playlist
Enter Play selected song
Insert Add file dialog
Shift + Insert Add directory dialog
Alt + Insert Add url dialog
Keybindings for equalizer window (plus keybindings for
main window):
Arrow key up Volume up 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/Skins, /usr/X11R6/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 decom
pression. 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)
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