NAME

       gmerlin_play - Gmerlin commandline player

SYNOPSIS

       gmerlin_play [options] gml...

DESCRIPTION

       Commandline mediaplayer

OPTIONS

       -ip plugin?opt1=val&opt2=val ..

         Use  a  specific  input plugin with options for opening media sources.Use -list-input to list available
         plugins and -list-plugin-parameters <plugin> to list all supported options

       -aud param1=val1[&param2=val2...]

         Set audio processing options
         q=<number> (1..5, default: 2)

         Conversion Quality

         Set the conversion quality for format conversions. Lower quality  means  more  speed.  Values  above  3
         enable slow high quality calculations.

         dm=<string>

         Supported strings: auto none rect tri shaped

         Default: auto

         Dither mode

         Dither  mode. Auto means to use the quality level. Subsequent options are ordered by increasing quality
         (i.e. decreasing speed).

         sm=<string>

         Supported strings: auto zoh linear sinc_fast sinc_medium sinc_best

         Default: auto

         Resample mode

         Resample mode. Auto means to use the quality  level.  Subsequent  options  are  ordered  by  increasing
         quality (i.e. decreasing speed).

         fixed_channel_setup=[1|0] (default: 0)

         Fixed channel setup

         If  disabled,  the  output  channel  configuration  is taken from the source. If enabled, the setup you
         specify below us used.

         num_front_channels=<number> (1..5, default: 2)

         Front channels

         num_rear_channels=<number> (0..3, default: 0)

         Rear channels

         num_lfe_channels=[1|0] (default: 0)

         LFE

         front_to_rear=<string>

         Supported strings: mute copy diff

         Default: copy

         Front to rear mode

         Mix mode when the output format has rear channels, but the source doesn't.

         stereo_to_mono=<string>

         Supported strings: left right mix

         Default: mix

         Stereo to mono mode

         Mix mode when downmixing Stereo to Mono.

       -vid param1=val1[&param2=val2...]

         Set video processing options
         q=<number> (1..5, default: 2)

         Conversion Quality

         Set the conversion quality for format conversions. Lower quality  means  more  speed.  Values  above  3
         enable slow high quality calculations.

         alpha_mode=<string>

         Supported strings: ignore blend_color

         Default: ignore

         Alpha mode

         This  option  is  used  if  the source has an alpha (=transparency) channel, but the output supports no
         transparency. Either, the transparency is ignored, or the background color you specify below is blended
         in.

         background_color=<r>,<g>,<b> (default: 0.000,0.000,0.000)

         <r>, <g> and <b> are in the range 0.0..1.0

         Background color

         Background color to use, when alpha mode above is "Blend background color".

         rc=[1|0] (default: 0)

         Resample chroma

         Always perform chroma resampling if chroma subsampling factors  or  chroma  placements  are  different.
         Usually, this is only done for qualities above 3.

         skip=[1|0] (default: 1)

         Skip frames

         Skip frames to keep A/V sync

         threads=<number> (1..1024, default: 1)

         Number of threads

         Threads to launch for processing operations. Changing this requires program restart

       -oa plugin[?param1=val1[&param2=val2...]]

         Set audio output plugin. Use -list-oa to list available plugins and -list-plugin-parameters <plugin> to
         list all supported options

       -ov plugin[?param1=val1[&param2=val2...]]

         Set video output plugin. Use -list-ov to list available plugins and -list-plugin-parameters <plugin> to
         list all supported options

       -fa plugin[?param1=val1[&param2=val2...]]

         Add an audio filter with options to the chain. This option can be given multiple times. Use -list-fa to
         list available plugins and -list-plugin-parameters <plugin> to list all supported options

       -fv plugin[?param1=val1[&param2=val2...]]

         Add  a video filter with options to the chain. This option can be given multiple times. Use -list-fv to
         list available plugins and -list-plugin-parameters <plugin> to list all supported options

       -inopt param1=val1[&param2=val2...]

         Set generic input options
         still_framerate=<number> (0..100, default: 10)

         Still image repitition rate

         When showing still images, gmerlin repeats them periodically to make realtime filter tweaking work.

         sync_offset=<number> (-1000..1000, default: 0)

         Sync offset [ms]

         Use this for playing buggy files, which have a constant offset between audio and  video.  Use  positive
         values if the video is ahead of audio

       -osd param1=val1[&param2=val2...]

         Set OSD options
         enable_osd=[1|0] (default: 1)

         Enable OSD

         mode=<string>

         Supported strings: simple box outline

         Default: box

         Mode

         fontname=<string> (Default: Sans Bold 20)

         Font

         color=<r>,<g>,<b>,<a> (default: 1.000,1.000,1.000,1.000)

         <r>, <g>, <b> and <a> are in the range 0.0..1.0

         Foreground color

         border_color=<r>,<g>,<b> (default: 0.000,0.000,0.000)

         <r>, <g> and <b> are in the range 0.0..1.0

         Border color

         border_width=<number> (0.00..10.00, default: 0.00)

         Border width

         justify_h=<string>

         Supported strings: center left right

         Default: center

         Horizontal justify

         justify_v=<string>

         Supported strings: center top bottom

         Default: center

         Vertical justify

         border_left=<number> (0..65535, default: 10)

         Left border

         Distance from the left text border to the image border

         border_right=<number> (0..65535, default: 10)

         Right border

         Distance from the right text border to the image border

         border_top=<number> (0..65535, default: 10)

         Top border

         Distance from the top text border to the image border

         border_bottom=<number> (0..65535, default: 10)

         Bottom border

         Distance from the bottom text border to the image border

         box_color=<r>,<g>,<b>,<a> (default: 0.200,0.200,0.200,0.700)

         <r>, <g>, <b> and <a> are in the range 0.0..1.0

         Box color

         box_radius=<number> (0..20, default: 10)

         Box corner radius

         box_padding=<number> (0..20, default: 10)

         Box padding

         duration=<number> (0..10000, default: 2000)

         Duration (milliseconds)

       -nt

         Disable time display

       -nc

         Use ncurses frontend

       -vol <volume>

         Set volume (0.0 - 1.0)

       -tracks <track_spec>

         <track_spec> can be a ranges mixed with comma separated tracks

       -as <idx>

         Selects audio stream index (starting with 1)

       -ss <idx>

         Selects subtitle stream index (starting with 1)

       -ra plugin[?param1=val1[&param2=val2...]]

         Select  audio  recoder  plugin.  Use  -list-ra  to  list  available plugins and -list-plugin-parameters
         <plugin> to list all supported options

       -rv plugin[?param1=val1[&param2=val2...]]

         Use -list-rv to list available plugins and  -list-plugin-parameters  <plugin>  to  list  all  supported
         options

       -list-input

         List the names of the installed input plugins

       -list-oa

         List the names of the installed audio output plugins

       -list-ov

         List the names of the installed video output plugins

       -list-fa

         List the names of the installed audio filter plugins

       -list-fv

         List the names of the installed video filter plugins

       -list-ra

         List the names of the installed audio recorder plugins

       -list-rv

         List the names of the installed video recorder plugins

       -list-plugin-parameters plugin

         List the parameters supported by the plugin

GENERIC OPTIONS

       The following generic options are available for all gmerlin applications

       -help

         Print this help message and exit

       -help-man

         Print this help message as a manual page and exit

       -help-texi

         Print this help message in texinfo format and exit

       -version

         Print version info and exit

       -v level

         Set verbosity level (0..4)

       -syslog name

         Log to syslog the specified name

       -stderr

         Always log to stderr

FILES

       ~/.gmerlin/plugins.xml

         Cache of the plugin registry (shared by all applications)

       ~/.gmerlin/generic/cfg.xml

         Default plugin parameters are read from there. Use gmerlin_plugincfg to change them.

Gmerlin                                           February 2022                                  GMERLIN_PLAY(1)