NAME

       audacious - an advanced audio player.

SYNOPSIS

       audacious [OPTION] ... [FILE] ...

DESCRIPTION

       Audacious  is  a  free  advanced  audio  player  for  Linux and many other UNIX-compatible
       systems. It focuses on low resource usage, high audio quality,  and  support  for  a  wide
       range  of  audio  formats. It was originally based on Beep Media Player, which was in turn
       based on XMMS.

OPTIONS

       Getting help:

       -?, --help
              Show a brief list of options.

       --help-all
              Show a complete list of options.

       --help-gtk
              Show a list of GTK+-related options.

       --help-sm-client
              Show a list of session management options.

       Opening files:

       -e, --enqueue
              Add the files on the command  line  to  the  current  playlist  but  do  not  start
              playback.

       -E, --enqueue-to-temp
              Add the files on the command line to a temporary playlist and start playback.

       Controlling playback:

       -p, --play
              If currently playing, go to the beginning of the song; otherwise, begin playing.

       -u, --pause
              If currently playing, pause; if paused, resume playing.

       -t, --play-pause
              If currently playing, pause; otherwise, begin playing.

       -s, --stop
              Stop playing and go to the beginning of the song.

       -r, --rew
              Go to the previous song in the playlist.

       -f, --fwd
              Go to the next song in the playlist.

       Miscellaneous:

       -m, --show-main-window
              Show the Audacious window if it is hidden and bring it to the top.

       -j, --show-jump-box
              Show the Jump to Song window.

       -h, --headless
              Start in command-line mode; i.e., without any graphical user interface.

       -q, --quit-after-play
              Exit as soon as playback stops, or immediately if there is nothing to play.

       -v, --version
              Print version information and exit.

       -V, --verbose
              Print debugging output while running.

       GTK+-related:

       --display DISPLAY
              Start Audacious on the given X display.

       --screen SCREEN
              Start Audacious on the given X screen.

       --sync Use synchronous X calls.

       --name NAME
              Set Audacious's program name (for use by the window manager).

       --class CLASS
              Set Audacious's program class (for use by the window manager).

       --gtk-module MODULE
              Load a GTK+ module manually.

       --g-fatal-warnings
              Treat all warnings as fatal errors.

       Session management:

       --sm-client-disable
              Do not connect to the session manager.

       --sm-client-id ID
              Set session management ID.

       --sm-client-state-file FILE
              Load saved configuration from FILE.

KEYBINDINGS

       z                       Previous song
       x                       Play
       c, Space                Pause
       v                       Stop
       b                       Next song
       Right arrow             Seek forward 5 seconds
       Left arrow              Seek backward 5 seconds
       Control + z             Go to beginning of playlist
       Escape                  Scroll to current song
       Control + a             Select all songs in playlist
       Shift + Control + a     Cancel selection
       + (plus)                Increase volume 5 percent
       - (minus)               Decrease volume 5 percent
       s                       Toggle shuffle
       r                       Toggle repeat
       Control + n             Toggle advancing in playlist
       Control + m             Toggle stopping after current song
       Control + e             Show elapsed time
       Control + r             Show time remaining
       Alt + e                 Show/hide playlist
       Alt + g                 Show/hide equalizer
       Control + o             Toggle windows always on top
       Control + s             Toggle windows on all workspaces
       Control + w             Toggle rolling up main window
       Control + Alt + w       Toggle rolling up equalizer
       Shift + Control + w     Toggle rolling up playlist
       i                       Display Song Information dialog
       Control + j             Display Jump to Time dialog
       j                       Display Jump to Song dialog
       Control + f             Display Search dialog
       l                       Display Open dialog
       f                       Display Add dialog
       Control + l             Display Open Internet Address dialog
       Control + h             Display Add Internet Address dialog
       Control + p             Display Preferences dialog

FILES

       ~/.config/audacious/config
              User's Audacious configuration.

       ~/.config/audacious/playlist.xspf
              Default playlist usually loaded on startup.

       ~/.config/audacious/gtkrc
              User's set of Audacious-specific GTK+ config settings. Options such as widget color
              and fonts sizes can be set here.

       ~/.local/share/audacious/Skins, ${prefix}/share/audacious/Skins
              Default location(s) where Audacious should look for skin files.

       ~/.local/share/audacious/Plugins
              Location of user-installed plugins.

ENVIRONMENT

       SKINSDIR    Colon separated list of paths where Audacious should look for skin files.

       TARCMD      Tar command supporting GNU tar style decompression.  Used for  unpacking  gzip
                   and bzip2 compressed skins.  Default is tar.

       UNZIPCMD    Command for decompressing zip files (skins).  Default is unzip.

SEE ALSO

       audtool(1)

WEBSITE

       http://audacious-media-player.org