NAME

       gmusicbrowser - Jukebox for large collections of music files

SYNOPSIS

       gmusicbrowser [-nocheck] [-noscan] [-demo] [-ro] [-rotags] [-play] [-nodbus] [-gst|-nogst]
       [-server] [-port N] [-cfg FILE] [-fifo FIFO|-nofifo] [-debug]  [-verbose]  [-layout  NAME]
       [-plugin  NAME]  [-searchpath  FOLDER]  [-use-gnome-session]  [-workspace  N]  [-cmd  CMD]
       [-ifnotrunning MODE] [-dbus-id KEY] FOLDER_OR_FILE ...

       gmusicbrowser -listcmd

       gmusicbrowser -tagedit FOLDER_OR_FILE ...

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page explains the gmusicbrowser program.

       gmusicbrowser can play and manage your songs, currently supports mp3, ogg, flac, mpc  file
       formats.  see http://gmusicbrowser.sourceforge.net/ for more information.

OPTIONS

       -c, -nocheck
              don't check for updated/deleted songs on startup

       -s, -noscan
              don't scan folders for songs on startup

       -demo  don't save settings/tags on exit

       -ro    prevent modifying/renaming/deleting song files

       -rotags
              prevent modifying tags of music files

       -play  start playing on startup

       -gst   use gstreamer

       -nogst do not use gstreamer

       -nodbus
              do not use DBus

       -server
              send playing song to connected icecast client

       -port N
              listen for connection on port N in icecast server mode

       -C FILE, -cfg FILE
              use FILE as configuration file (instead of 'gmbrc' in default folder), if FILE is a
              folder  (or  ends  with  '/'),  it  will  be  used  as  base  folder   instead   of
              ~/.config/gmusicbrowser/

       -F FIFO, -fifo FIFO
              use  FIFO  as  named  pipe  to  receive commans (instead of 'gmusicbrowser.fifo' in
              default folder)

       -nofifo
              do not use/create named pipe

       -dbus-id KEY
              append .KEY to the DBus service id used by gmusicbrowser (org.gmusicbrowser)

       -verbose
              print some info, like the file being played

       -debug print lots of useless information, implies -verbose

       -backtrace
              print a backtrace for every warning

       -l NAME, -layout NAME
              use layout NAME for player window

       -plugin NAME
              deactivate plugin identified by NAME

       +plugin NAME
              activate plugin identified by NAME

       -noplugins
              deactivate all plugins

       -searchpath FOLDER
              add FOLDER to the list of folders searched for plugins and layouts

       -use-gnome-session
              Use gnome libraries to save tags/settings on session logout (needs the Gnome2  perl
              module).

       -workspace N
              Move initial window to workspace N (needs the Gnome2::Wnck perl module).

       -cmd CMD
              add  CMD to the list of commands to execute. If a running instance of gmusicbrowser
              is found, these commands will be sent via the fifo file or via DBus. If there is no
              running instance of gmusicbrowser, the behavior depends on option -ifnotrunning

       -ifnotrunning MODE
              change behavior when no running gmusicbrowser instance is found, MODE can be one of
              :

              normal (default) launch a new instance and execute commands

              nocmd  launch a new instance but discard commands

              abort  do nothing
              Running instances of gmusicbrowser are detected via the fifo or via DBus.   To  run
              more than one instance, use a unique fifo and a unique DBus-id, or deactivate them.

       -listcmd
              list the available commands and exit

       -listlayout
              list the available layouts and exit

       -listplugin
              list the available plugins and exit

       -tagedit FOLDER_OR_FILE ...
              Load songs in FOLDER_OR_FILE and display a dialog to edit their tags.

FILES

       ~/.gmusicbrowser/tags
              contains songs tags and program options

       /usr/share/gmusicbrowser/plugins/, ~/.gmusicbrowser/plugins/
              files with extension .pm in these folders are loaded as plugins on startup

       /usr/share/gmusicbrowser/layouts/*.layout, ~/.gmusicbrowser/layouts/*.layout
              contains layouts definitions

       ~/.gmusicbrowser/gmusicbrowser.fifo
              can  be  used  to  send  commands  to  a  running  gmusicbrowser,  eg  :  echo  CMD
              >~/.gmusicbrowser/gmusicbrowser.fifo where CMD is (run "gmusicbrowser -listcmd" for
              an up-to-date list of commands) :

       NextSong
              Skip current song

       PrevSong
              choose previously played song

       PlayPause
              toggle Play/Pause mode

       Stop   stop playing

       Rewind SEC
              rewind SEC seconds

       Forward SEC
              forward SEC seconds

       Browser
              open browser window

       ShowHide
              hide/show gmusicbrowser windows

       Quit   quit gmusicbrowser

       Save   immediately save settings/song tags in ~/.gmusicbrowser/tags

       ChangeDisplay DISPLAY
              migrate the program to display DISPLAY (example : ":1")

SEE ALSO

       http://gmusicbrowser.org/,

AUTHOR

       Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Quentin Sculo <squentin@free.fr>