Ubuntu Manpage: mixxx — A Digital Disc Jockey Interface

NAME

       mixxx — A Digital Disc Jockey Interface

SYNOPSIS

       mixxx

DESCRIPTION

mixxx is free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live DJ mixes.
Blend songs together with automatic BPM matching and remix on-the-fly with looping and hot
cues. Whether you're a pro DJ or just getting started, Mixxx has you covered.

mixxx works with ALSA, JACK, OSS and supports many popular DJ controllers.

This manual page documents briefly the mixxx command line options. It does not
describe all of the features of mixxx or how to use it; Instead, it has a documentation in
pdf format; see below.

KEY FEATURES

• Parallel or split scratchable waveform displays.

• MP3, OGG, WAVE, FLAC, and optional AAC (M4A) playback.

• WAVE, OGG, and optional MP3 recording.

• Fast, database-powered library.

• Crates and playlists for organizing your music.

• Reads iTunes, Traktor, and Rhythmbox libraries.

• Cross-platform - works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

• Shoutcast and Icecast broadcasting.

• Support for many DJ MIDI & HID controllers out-of-the-box.

• Advanced MIDI scripting engine for maximum flexibility.

• Vinyl emulation with Serato,Traktor, and Mixvibes timecode support.

• Bulk BPM and beat detection.

• ReplayGain volume normalization.

• Automatic crossfading with Auto DJ.

• Skinnable interface with several skins bundled.

For a full list of features go to:
(link to URL http://mixxx.org/features/) .

mixxx does not have AAC (M4A) playback support enabled by default due to licensing
restrictions. To enable playback of unprotected AAC (M4A) files, you can build mixxx from
source. See also:
(link to URL
http://www.mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/compiling_on_linux#build_with_m4a_file_support)

OPTIONS

Mixxx is designed to be as user-friendly as possible. As such, its command line options
are only useful for development or debugging, as they make these tasks easier. mixxx
accepts the following case-sensitive options on the command-line:

<FILE>
Load the specified music file(s) at start-up. Each file you specify will be
loaded into the next virtual deck. Supported file types: mp3, ogg, aiff, aif,
wav, flac

--resourcePath <PATH>
Top-level directory where Mixxx should look for its resource files such as MIDI
mappings, overriding the default installation location.

--pluginPath <PATH>
Top-level directory where Mixxx should look for sound source plugins in addition
to default locations.

--settingsPath <PATH>
Top-level directory where Mixxx should look for settings.

--controllerDebug/--midiDebug
Causes Mixxx to display/log all of the MIDI/HID controller data it receives and
script functions it loads.

--developer
Enables developer-mode. Includes extra log info, stats on performance, and a
Developer tools menu.

--locale <LOCALE>
Use a custom locale for loading translations (e.g 'fr').

--f --fullScreen
Starts mixxx in full-screen mode.

-h --help
Display a help message and exit.

FILES

~/.mixxx/
The directory where mixxx stores its user data.

~/.mixxx/mixxx.cfg
The mixxx configuration file.

~/.mixxx/mixxxdb.sqlite
The mixxx library file. Warning: Deleting your library will lose all of your
metadata. This includes saved hotcues, loops, comments, ratings, and other
library related metadata. Only delete your library if you are fine with losing
these.

~/.mixxx/analysis
The directory where mixxx stores any additional analysis data that can't fit
into the library file. Currently only the waveforms are saved here. If you
delete your library file you should also delete this folder as the waveforms
around 1MB each and are unusable without the library that generated them.

~/.mixxx/controllers
The directory where mixxx stores user controller mappings. All mappings that
are created with the MIDI learning wizard are saved here. If there are mappings
for a controller in the default resource directory and this directory mixxx will
use the one saved here.

/usr/share/mixxx
The directory where mixxx stores its default resources like skins, MIDI/HID
controller mappings, keyboard mappings, and translations.

/usr/share/doc/mixxx/Mixxx-Manual.pdf
The mixxx manual in pdf format.

BUGS

       To report a bug or request a feature, go to the mixxx bug tracker:
        (link to URL http://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx)

AUTHORS

       Since  2000,  over  150  developers, artists and translators have helped create mixxx. The
       current mixxx development team is led by RJ Ryan rryan@mixxx.org.

       This manual page was written by S.Brandt s.brandt@mixxx.org for  the  Debian        system
       (and may be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
       document under the terms of the GNU       General Public  License,  Version  2  any  later
       version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On  Debian  systems,  the  complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.

History

       April 12, 2013
                 Completely revised for mixxx 1.11 by Max Linke and S.Brandt s.brandt@mixxx.org

       November 26, 2004
                 Initial version by Paul Brossier piem@altern.org.

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