NAME

       MOC - Console audio player

SYNOPSIS

       mocp [OPTIONS] [FILE|DIR ...]

DESCRIPTION

       MOC is a console audio player with simple ncurses interface.  It supports OGG, WAV, MP3
       and other formats.  Just run mocp, go to some directory using the menu and press enter to
       start playing the file.  The program will automatically play the rest of the files in the
       directory.

       With no options and no file arguments the program begins in current directory, or in
       MusicDir if the StartInMusicDir option is set in the configuration file.  If you give a
       directory on the command line, MOC will try to go there.  If a playlist is given, then it
       is loaded.  With multiple files, playlists or directories, everything will be added to the
       playlist recursively (including the contents of any playlist given).  (Note that relative
       paths in playlists are resolved with respect to the directory of the playlist, or of the
       symlink being used to reference it.)

OPTIONS

       If an option can also be set in the configuration file the command line overrides it (but
       see the -O option for the list-valued configuration options exception).

       -D, --debug
              Run MOC in debug mode.  The client and server log a lot of information to debug
              files.  Don't use this; the server log is large.  This is only available if MOC was
              compiled without --disable-debug.

       -S, --server
              Run only the server and exit.

       -F, --foreground
              Implies -S.  Run the server in foreground and log everything to stdout.

       -R NAME[:...], --sound-driver NAME[:...]
              Use the specified sound driver(s).  They can be OSS, ALSA, JACK, SNDIO or null (for
              debugging).  Some of the drivers may not have been compiled in.  This option is
              called SoundDriver in the configuration file.

       -m, --music-dir
              Start in MusicDir (set in the configuration file).  This can be also set in the
              configuration file as StartInMusicDir.

       -q, --enqueue
              Add files given after command line options to the queue.  Don't start the
              interface.

       -a, --append
              Append files, directories (recursively) and playlists given after command line
              options to the playlist.  Don't start the interface.

       -c, --clear
              Clear the playlist.

       -p, --play
              Start playing from the first item on the playlist.

       -f, --next
              Request playing the next song from the server's playlist.

       -r, --previous
              Request playing the previous song from the server's playlist.

       -s, --stop
              Request the server to stop playing.

       -x, --exit
              Bring down the server.

       -P, --pause
              Request the server to pause playing.

       -U, --unpause
              Request the server to resume playing when paused.

       -G, --toggle-pause
              Toggle between play and pause.

       -k [+|-]N, --seek [+|-]N
              Seek forward (positive) or backward (negative) by N seconds in the file currently
              being played.

       -T THEME, --theme THEME
              Use a theme file.  If the path is not absolute, the file will be searched for in
              /usr/share/moc/themes/ (depends on installation prefix), ~/.moc/themes/ and the
              current directory.

       -C FILE, --config FILE
              Use the specified configuration file instead of the default.  As this file can
              specify commands which invoke other applications MOC will refuse to start if it is
              not owned by either root or the current user, or if it is writable by anyone other
              than it's owner.

       -O NAME[+]=VALUE, --set-option NAME[+]=VALUE
              Override configuration option NAME with VALUE.  This option can be repeated as many
              times as needed and the option name is not case sensitive.  Most option values are
              set before the configuration file is processed (which allows the new values to be
              picked up by substitutions); however, list-valued options are overridden afterwards
              (which gives the choice of whether the configured values are replaced or added to).

              See the example configuration file (config.example) for a description of the
              options available.

              Examples: -O AutoNext=no
                        -O messagelingertime=1 -O XTerms+=xxt:xwt

              Note that MOC does not perform variable substitution as it does for values read
              from the configuration file.

       -M DIR, --moc-dir DIR
              Use the specified MOC directory instead of the default.  This also causes the
              configuration file from that directory to be used.  This can also be specified in
              the configuration file using the MOCDir option.

       -y, --sync
              This copy of the interface will synchronize its playlist with other clients.  This
              option is called SyncPlaylist in the configuration file.

       -n, --nosync
              This copy of the interface will not synchronize its playlist with other clients
              (see above).

       -A, --ascii
              Use ASCII characters to draw lines.  (This helps on some terminals.)

       -i, --info
              Print the information about the file currently being played.

       -Q FORMAT_STRING, --format FORMAT_STRING
              Print information about the file currently being played using a format string.
              Replace string sequences with the actual information:

                       %state     State
                       %file      File
                       %title     Title
                       %artist    Artist
                       %song      SongTitle
                       %album     Album
                       %tt        TotalTime
                       %tl        TimeLeft
                       %ts        TotalSec
                       %ct        CurrentTime
                       %cs        CurrentSec
                       %b         Bitrate
                       %r         Rate

              It is also possible to use variables from the FormatString configuration file
              option.

       -e, --recursively
              Alias of -a for backward compatibility.

       -h, --help
              Print a list of options with short descriptions and exit.

       -V, --version
              Print the program version and exit.

       -v [+|-]N, --volume [+|-]N
              Adjust the mixer volume.  You can set (-v 50) or adjust (-v +10, -v -10).

       -t OPTION[,...], --toggle OPTION[,...]
       -o OPTION[,...], --on OPTION[,...]
       -u OPTION[,...], --off OPTION[,...]
              Followed by a list of identifiers, these will control MOC's playlist options.
              Valid identifiers are shuffle, repeat and autonext.  They can be shortened to 's',
              'r' and 'n' respectively.

              Example: -t shuffle,r,n
                       would toggle shuffle, repeat and autonext all at once.

       -j N{s|%}, --jump N{s|%}
              Jump to some position in the current file.  N is the number of seconds (when
              followed by an 's') or the percent of total file time (when followed by a '%').

              Examples: -j 10s, -j 50%

FILES

       ~/.moc MOC directory for the configuration file, socket, the pid file and other data.

       ~/.moc/config
              Configuration file for MOC.  The format is very simple; to see how to use it look
              at the example configuration file (config.example) distributed with the program.
              The example file fully describes all the configuration options, and so is a useful
              reference when using the -O option.  As this file can specify commands which invoke
              other applications MOC will refuse to start if it is not owned by either root or
              the current user, or if it is writable by anyone other than it's owner.

       ~/.moc/themes
       /usr/share/moc/themes
              Default directories for the theme files.

       /usr/share/moc/decoder_plugins
              Default directories for the audio decoder plugins.

       mocp_client_log
       mocp_server_log
              Client and server log files.  These files are created in the directory in which the
              client and server are started.  (Also see the -D option.)

BUGS

       Command line options that affect the server behaviour (like --sound-driver) are ignored if
       the server is already running at the time of executing mocp.  The user is not warned about
       this.

HOMEPAGE

       http://moc.daper.net/

AUTHOR

       Damian Pietras     <daper@daper.net>
       MOC Maintainer(s)  <mocmaint@daper.net>