NAME

       xine-remote - a small tool to connect xine remote control server.

SYNOPSIS

       xine-remote [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the xine-remote tool.

       xine-remote  can  replace  a raw telnet connection to a xine remote control server. It use
       the readline facilities (completion, vi/emacs shortcuts,  command  history,  etc...).   By
       default, it try to connect the localhost, using the default port (see xine(1)).

OPTIONS

       The program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long ioptions starting with two
       dashes (`-´).  A summary of options are included below.

       -H, --host <hostname>
              Try to connect <hostname>.

       -P, --port <port>
              Try to connect the host using <port>.

       -c, --command <command>
              Send <command> to server then quit.  The command should  be  single  quoted  if  it
              contain spaces or special characters.

       -n, --noconnect
              Do not initiate the connection on startup.

       -v, --version
              Display version.

       -h, --help
              Display options summary.

COMMANDS

       Few commands are available, which are used to open or close a connection:

       ?      Display  available  commands (the xine-remote ones + server ones when connection is
              established).

       help <command>
              Display the purpose of <command>, if that is omitted, display available commands.

       syntax <command>
              Display the usage of <command>.

       version
              Display version.

       open <server[:port]>
              Open connection to server. A port can be  optionally  specified,  using  colon  (:)
              separator.

       close  Close connection.

       quit   Leaving xine-remote.

SEE ALSO

       xine(1).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Daniel Caujolle-Bert <f1rmb@users.sourceforge.net> for the
       xine project.