NAME

       amarok - The audio player for KDE

SYNOPSIS

       amarok [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [URL(s)]

DESCRIPTION

       Amarok  is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music
       you love and discovering new music easier than ever before and it  looks  good  doing  it!
       Amarok  is  based  on  the powerful Qt 4 / KDE 4 technology platform and nicely integrates
       with KDE desktop.

       Much work has been invested into integrating Amarok 2 with various Web services:

       •  Ampache

       •  Jamendo Service

       •  Last.fm

       •  Librivox

       •  MP3tunes

       •  Magnatune

       •  OPML Podcast Directory

       Amarok comes with a lot of features including but not limited to:

       •  Scripts - enhance your Amarok experience with community developed scripts.

       •  Dynamic Playlists - create playlists that automatically update.

       •  Context View - customize interface with the Plasma powered Context View.

       •  PopUp Dropper - simplify drag&drop actions with revolutionary menu system.

       •  Multiple Language Translations

       •  Collection Management - organizing your music collection has  never  been  easier  with
          Amarok's powerful tagging, renaming, and sorting abilities.

       •  Database Importing - import collections from Amarok 1.4 or iTunes.

       •  Scriptable Services - integrate other web services into Amarok.

OPTIONS

   Arguments:
       URL(s)                    Files/URLs to open

   Options:
       -r, --previous
              Skip backwards in playlist

       -p, --play
              Start playing current playlist

       -t, --play-pause
              Play if stopped, pause if playing

       --pause
              Pause playback

       -s, --stop
              Stop playback

       -f, --next
              Skip forwards in playlist

   Generic options:
       --help Show help about options

       --help-qt
              Show Qt specific options

       --help-kde
              Show KDE specific options

       --help-all
              Show all options

       --author
              Show author information

       -v, --version
              Show version information

       --license
              Show license information

       --     End of options

   KDE options:
       --caption <caption>
              Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar

       --icon <icon>
              Use 'icon' as the application icon

       --config <filename>
              Use alternative configuration file

       --nocrashhandler
              Disable crash handler, to get core dumps

       --waitforwm
              Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager

       --style <style>
              sets the application GUI style

       --geometry <geometry>
              sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format

       --nofork
              Do not run in the background.

   Qt options:
       --display <displayname>
              Use the X-server display 'displayname'

       --session <sessionId>
              Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'

       --cmap Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display

       --ncols <count>
              Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the
              application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification

       --nograb
              tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard

       --dograb
              running under a debugger can cause an implicit -nograb, use -dograb to override

       --sync switches to synchronous mode for debugging

       --fn, --font <fontname>
              defines the application font

       --bg, --background <color>
              sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades
              are calculated)

       --fg, --foreground <color>
              sets the default foreground color

       --btn, --button <color>
              sets the default button color

       --name <name>
              sets the application name

       --title <title>
              sets the application title (caption)

       --visual TrueColor
              forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display

       --inputstyle <inputstyle>
              sets  XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot,
              offthespot and root

       --im <XIM server>
              set XIM server

       --noxim
              disable XIM

       --reverse
              mirrors the whole layout of widgets

       --stylesheet
              <file.qss>   applies the Qt stylesheet to the application widgets

AUTHORS

       Alexandre 'Ain't afraid of no bugs' Oliveira <aleprj@gmail.com>
       Bart 'Where are my toothpicks' Cerneels <bart.cerneels@kde.org>
       Dan 'Hey, it compiled...' Meltzer <hydrogen@notyetimplemented.com>
       Ian 'The Beard' Monroe <ian@monroe.nu>
       Jeff 'IROCKSOHARD' Mitchell <kde-dev@emailgoeshere.com>
       Leo Franchi <lfranchi@kde.org>
       Mark 'It's good, but it's not irssi' Kretschmann <kretschmann@kde.org>
       Maximilian Kossick <maximilian.kossick@gmail.com>
       Nikolaj Hald 'Also very hot' Nielsen <nhnfreespirit@gmail.com>
       Seb 'Surfin' down under' Ruiz <ruiz@kde.org>