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NAME
xmms2 - The official XMMS2 command line interface
SYNOPSIS
xmms2 [command] [arguments]
xmms2 help [command]
DESCRIPTION
XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS (http://legacy.xmms2.org) music player. It features a client-server
model, allowing multiple (even simultaneous!) user interfaces, both textual and graphical. All common
audio formats are supported using plugins. On top of this, there is a flexible media library to organise
your music.
xmms2 is the official CLI XMMS2 client.
INVOCATION
Inline mode
If xmms2 is passed a command as an argument, that command will be interpreted and xmms2 will exit after
it is finished.
Interactive mode
xmms2 features a powerful shell-like environment via readline that allows the user to enter commands at a
prompt and have the usual cool features such as pathname expansion and line editing.
COMMANDS
All commands accept the option -h/--help which displays the command's help.
pattern refers to a collection definition. (See PATTERN below.)
position is a pattern to match playlist positions. (See POSITION PATTERN below.)
General Commands
add [ -f [-N] [-P] [-A key=value]... ] [-p playlist] [-n | -a position] [-o prop[,...]] arguments...
add [-p playlist] [-n | -a position] [-o prop[,...]] pattern...
Add media to a playlist. It will attempt to guess whether arguments constitute a pattern or represent
file paths. This behaviour can be overridden by forcing the type with -f and -t. If file paths
contain * or ? characters, it will attempt to expand them. Failing to find a match the * and ?
characters will be attempted to be added as a part of the URL.
-f, --file
Force treating arguments as file paths.
-P, --pls
Force treating arguments as playlist files. This option implies -f.
-t, --pattern
Force treating arguments as a pattern.
-N, --non-recursive
Do not add directories recursively.
-p, --playlist playlist
Add media to playlist instead of the active playlist.
-n, --next
Add media after the current track.
-a, --at position
Add media at the given position.
-A, --attribute key=value
Add media with given key=value attribute. May occur multiple times. Only valid when adding new
files to the media library.
-o, --order prop[,...]
Add media sorted by the given comma-separated list of properties. If a property is prefixed by -,
media are sorted in reverse order on that property.
exit
Exit the shell-like interface.
help [-a] command
Show the help on command. This is equivalent to command -h. If command is an alias, show the alias
definition. If no command is provided, list all available commands.
-a, --alias
List available aliases if command is not provided. Otherwise, have no effect.
info [pattern | positions...]
Display the properties of all media matching pattern or at the given positions. Without argument,
display the properties of the current track.
jump [-b] pattern|position
Jump to the first media matching pattern or to the given position.
-b, --backward
Jump backward to the first media matching the pattern
list [-p name] [pattern | positions...]
List the contents of a playlist (the active one by default). If pattern is provided, contents are
further filtered and only the matching media are displayed.
-p, --playlist
List playlist, instead of the active playlist.
move [-p playlist] [-n | -a position] pattern | positions...
Move entries inside a playlist (the active one by default).
-p, --playlist playlist
The playlist to act on.
-n, --next
Move the matching tracks after the current track.
-a, --at position
Move the matching tracks by an offset or to a position.
next [offset]
Jump to the next song. If offset is provided, act like jump +offset.
pause
Pause playback.
play
Start playback.
prev [offset]
Jump to the previous song. If offset is provided, act like jump -offset.
remove [-p playlist] pattern | positions...
Remove the matching media from a playlist (the active one by default).
-p, --playlist playlist
Remove from playlist, instead of the active playlist.
current [-r seconds] [-f format]
Display playback status, either continuously or once.
-r, --refresh seconds
Set the delay, in seconds, between each refresh of the current playback metadata. If 0, the
metadata is only printed once (default) and the command exit immediately. When in refresh mode,
basic control is provided on the active playlist.
-f, --format format
Set the format string used to display status information, instead of the one from the
configuration file (see FORMAT STRING below).
search [-o prop1[,prop2...]] [-l prop1[,prop2...] ] pattern
Search and print all media matching pattern.
-o, --order prop1[,prop2...]
Display search results sorted by the given list of properties. If a property is prefixed by '-',
results are sorted in reverse order on that property.
-l, --columns prop1[,prop2...]
List of properties to use as columns.
seek time | offset
Seek to a relative or an absolute time in the current track.
stop
Stop playback.
toggle
Toggle playback.
Playlist Commands
playlist clear [playlist]
Clear a playlist. By default, clear the active playlist.
playlist config [-t type] [-s history] [-u upcoming] [-i coll] [-j playlist] [playlist]
Configure a playlist by changing its type, attributes, etc. By default, configure the active
playlist.
-t, --type type
Change the type of the playlist: list, queue, pshuffle.
-s, --history size
The size of the history of played tracks (for queue, pshuffle).
-u, --upcoming upcoming
Number of upcoming tracks to maintain (for pshuffle).
-i, --input collection
Input collection for the playlist (for pshuffle). Default to 'All Media'.
-j, --jumplist playlist
Jump to another playlist when the end of the playlist is reached.
playlist create [-p playlist] name
Create a new playlist.
-p, --playlist playlist
Copy the content of the playlist into the new playlist.
playlist list [-a]
List all playlists.
-a, --all
Include hidden playlists.
playlist remove playlist
Remove the given playlist.
playlist rename [-f] [-p playlist] newname
Rename a playlist. By default, rename the active playlist.
-f, --force
Force the rename of the playlist, overwrite an existing playlist if needed.
-p, --playlist
Rename the given playlist.
playlist shuffle [playlist]
Shuffle a playlist. By default, shuffle the active playlist.
playlist sort [-p playlist] [prop] ...
Sort a playlist. By default, sort the active playlist. Prefix properties by '-' for reverse sorting.
-p, --playlist
Rename the given playlist.
playlist switch playlist
Change the active playlist.
Collection Commands
collection config collection [attrname [attrvalue]]
Get or set attributes for the given collection. If no attribute name is provided, list all
attributes. If only an attribute name is provided, display the value of the attribute. If both
attribute name and value are provided, set the new value of the attribute.
collection create [-f] [-e] [-c collection] name [pattern]
Create a new collection. If pattern is provided, it is used to define the collection. Otherwise,
the new collection contains the whole media library.
-f, --force
Force creating of the collection, overwrite an existing collection if needed.
-c, --collection collection
Copy an existing collection to the new one.
-e, --empty
Initialize an empty collection.
collection list
List all collections.
collection show collection
Display a human-readable description of a collection.
collection remove collection
Remove a collection.
collection rename [-f] oldname newname
Rename a collection.
-f, --force
Force renaming of the collection, overwrite an existing collection if needed.
Server Commands
server browse URL
Browse a URL via the xform plugins available in the daemon.
server config [name [value]]
Get or set configuration values. If no name or value is provided, list all configuration values. If
only a name is provided, display the content of the corresponding configuration value. If both name
and a value are provided, set the new content of the configuration value.
server import [-N] path
Import new files into the media library. By default, directories are imported recursively.
-N, --non-recursive
Do not import directories recursively.
server plugins
List the plugins loaded in the server.
server property [-i | -s | -D] [-S] mid [name [value]]
Get or set properties for a given media. If no name or value is provided, list all properties. If
only a name is provided, display the value of the property. If both a name and a value are provided,
set the new value of the property.
By default, set operations use source "client/xmms2-cli", while list and display operations use
source-preference. Use the --source option to override this behaviour.
By default, the value will be used to determine whether it should be saved as a string or an integer.
Use the --int or --string flag to override this behaviour.
-i, --int
Force the value to be treated as integer.
-s, --string
Force the value to be treated as a string.
-D, --delete
Delete the selected property.
-S, --source
Property source.
server rehash [pattern]
Rehash the media matched by the pattern, or the whole media library if no pattern is provided
server remove [pattern]
Remove the matching media from the media library.
server shutdown
Shutdown the server.
server stats
Display statistics about the server: uptime, version, size of the medialib, etc.
server sync
Immediately save collections to disk. (Otherwise only performed on shutdown or 10 seconds after last
change to collections.)
server volume [-c name] [value]
Get or set the audio volume (in a range of 0-100). If a value is provided, set the volume to value.
Otherwise, display the current volume. By default, the command applies to all audio channels. Use
the --channel flag to override this behaviour. Relative changes to the volume are possible by
prefixing value by + or -.
-c, --channel
Get or set the volume only for the named channel.
PATTERN
Patterns are used to search for songs in the media library, some of these patterns may require escaping
(with '\') depending on what shell is used. The properties can be found in the output of xmms2 info.
<property>:<string>
Match songs whose property matches the string. A ? in the string indicates a single wildcard
character, and a * indicates multiple wildcard characters.
<property>~<string>
Match songs whose property fuzzily matches the string. Equal to matching by <property>:*<string>*.
<property><operation><number>
The operation can be <, <=, > or >=, the pattern will match songs whose property is a numerical value
smaller, smaller or equal, bigger, bigger or equal in comparison to the number.
+<property>
Match songs which has the property.
NOT <pattern>
Match the complement of the pattern.
<pattern> <pattern>
<pattern> AND <pattern>
Match songs that are matched by both patterns.
<pattern> OR <pattern>
Match songs that are matched by at least one of the two pattern.
( <pattern> )
Match songs matched by the pattern, used for grouping AND and OR matches.
<string>
Match songs whose artist, title or album match the string.
#<number>
Match a specific media library id.
POSITION PATTERN
Position patterns are used together with commands that operate on playlist content.
M_N
Select playlist entries ranging from M positions before the current song, to N positions after. Both
M and N may be omitted and will then default to 0.
-N
Select the song N positions before the current song.
+N
Select the song N positions after the current song.
pos0,pos1,...,posN
Select one to many playlist positions.
FORMAT STRING
Commands that output formatted metadata can be customized with the help of user-defined format strings
like the following:
´${artist} - ${title}´
When passed metadata the name of the artist and the title will be inserted into the resulting string. In
addition to the metadata supplied from the media library the following list of properties are also
available:
position
The current playlist position.
playback_status
The playback status as a string (Stopped, Playing, Paused, Unknown).
playtime
The playtime of the currently playing song.
duration
The duration of the current song, as zero-padded minutes:seconds
minutes
The minutes part, zero-padded, of the current song duration.
seconds
The seconds part, zero-padded, of the current song duration.
ALIASES
A list of command aliases are read from the configuration file in the section [alias] at runtime. The
syntax of xmms2 aliases are somewhat similar to bash and other shells. An alias is defined by a list of
semi-colon separated commands and arguments. Parameter expansion is supported (see Expansion below).
The default configuration includes the following aliases:
addpls
add -f -P $@
clear
playlist clear
status
current -f $1
ls
list
mute
server volume 0
quit
server shutdown
repeat
seek 0
scap
stop ; playlist clear ; add $@ ; play
Expansion
Positional Parameters
An alias can use positional parameters, for example:
foo = add -f $1 $3
foo ctkoz.ogg and slre.ogg
Will result in:
add -f ctkoz.ogg slre.ogg
Special Parameters
$@
This expands to all parameters passed to the alias.
CONFIGURATION
All control characters are interpreted as expected, including ANSI escape sequences.
AUTO_UNIQUE_COMPLETE
Boolean, complete an abbreviation of a command and it's arguments. For example: `serv vol 42' will
complete to `server volume 42'. (Note: Abbreviations must be non-ambiguous)
CLASSIC_LIST
Boolean, format list output similar to the classic cli.
CLASSIC_LIST_FORMAT
String to format classic list output with.
GUESS_PLS
Boolean, try to guess if the URL is a playlist and add accordingly. (Not reliable)
HISTORY_FILE
File to save command history to.
PLAYLIST_MARKER
String to use to mark the current active entry in the playlist
PROMPT
String to use as a prompt in INTERACTIVE MODE
SERVER_AUTOSTART
Boolean, if true xmms2 will attempt to start xmms2d(1) if it's not running already.
SHELL_START_MESSAGE
Boolean, if true, xmms2 will display a greeting message and basic help when started in INTERACTIVE
MODE
STATUS_FORMAT
String to format status output with.
FILES
$XDG_CACHE_HOME/xmms2/nyxmms2_history
Default command history file if HISTORY_FILE is unset.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xmms2/clients/nycli.conf
The configuration file for xmms2
ENVIRONMENT
XMMS_PATH
Override the default connection path.
To connect via IPv4
tcp://IPv4-Address:port
To connect via IPv6
tcp://[IPv6-Address]:port
To connect via unix socket
unix:///path/to/socket
BUGS
Please report all bugs at http://bugs.xmms2.org
AUTHORS
Igor Assis, Anders Waldenborg, Anthony Garcia, Sebastien Cevey, and Jonne Lehtinen, Daniel Svensson,
Raphaël Bois
See the AUTHORS file in the XMMS2 source distribution for more info.
The blame for this man page is on Anthony.
If you contributed and feel you should be listed here please send me a mail.
XMMS2(1)