xmms(1) - Linux man page
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 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.
- -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
- x
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),