NAME

       gst123 - A GStreamer based command line media player

SYNOPSIS

       gst123 [OPTIONS] [URIS...]

DESCRIPTION

       gst123 is a command line based media player released as free software under the GNU LGPL.

OPTIONS

       gst123 follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ('-').

       -h, --help
              Shows a brief help message.

       --version
              Prints out gst123 version.

       --full-version
              Prints out gst123 version and version of libraries used by gst123.

       -r, --repeat
              Repeat playlist forever.

       -z, --shuffle
              Shuffle playlist before playing.

       -Z, --random
              Play files in random order forever.

       -x, --novideo
              Do not play the video stream.

       -@ <playlist>, --list <playlist>
              Load files to play from the playlist file.

       -a, --audio-output <driver>[=<device>]
              Set audio output driver (and device). See section audio drivers for details.

       -v, --visualization <plugin_name>
              Use a plugin for visualization during audio playback.

       -V, --visualization-list
              Show a list of available audio visualization plugins which can be used with the -v option.

       -k <n>, --skip <n>
              Skip the first 'n' seconds of each file.

       -q, --quiet
              Don't display any messages (title, codec, ui feedback).

       --verbose
              Print GStreamer pipeline used to play files

       Besides  filenames,  playlist  entries  or  command  line  args  can be directories. In this case, gst123
       recursively searches the directory and plays all files contained in it.

INTERRUPT

       You can abort gst123 at any time by pressing Ctrl-C. If you are playing multiple files,  this  will  stop
       the  current  file  and  begin  playing the next one. If you want to abort playing immediately instead of
       skipping to the next file, press Ctrl-C within the first second of the playback of a new file.

KEYBOARD INPUT

       cursor left/right
              Seek 10 seconds backwards/forwards.

       cursor down/up
              Seek 1 minute backwards/forwards.

       page down/up
              Seek 10 minute backwards/forwards.

       space  Toggle pause.

       +/-    Increase/decrease volume by 10%.

       m      Toggle mute/unmute.

       f      Toggle fullscreen display (only for videos).

       1      Normal video size (only for videos).

       n      Play next file.

       q      Quit gst123.

       ?      Show keyboard help.

CONFIGURATION FILE

       During start, gst123 will read ~/.gst123rc, if this file exists. Empty lines and lines starting with a  #
       are ignored. The following commands are available:

       audio_output <driver>[=<device>]
              This  sets the default audio driver and the default audio device. It has the same effect as the -a
              / --audio-output command line option. When both are present, a config file entry and  the  command
              line  option,  the  value  from  the  command  line option will be used. Read the section on audio
              drivers for details on the available drivers and syntax.

       visualization <visualization_plugin>
              Set default visualization plugin for audio files. This setting has the same effect  as  the  -v  /
              --visualization command line option. When both are present, the value from the command line option
              will be used.

AUDIO DRIVERS

       alsa=[<device>]
              The  ALSA  driver;  when  used  without argument (as in -a alsa), the ALSA driver uses the default
              device. To select an ALSA device, its possible to use for example alsa=hw:1 (which  will  use  the
              hw:1 ALSA device).

       oss=[<device>]
              The OSS driver; when used without argument (as in -a oss), the OSS driver uses the default device.
              The  device  can  be  specified  using  for  example oss=/dev/dsp1 (which would use the OSS device
              /dev/dsp1).

       pulse=[<device>]
              The PulseAudio driver. This driver optionally accepts  a  device  name  using  the  pulse=<device>
              syntax.

       jack   The JACK driver. Device selection is not supported in this case.

       none   Dummy output driver, will not output any audio.

SEE ALSO

       gst123 Website (http://space.twc.de/~stefan/gst123.php <http://space.twc.de/~stefan/gst123.php>)

Revision 921                                       2013-04-18                                          GST123(1)