Provided by: pianobar_2015.11.22-1_amd64 
NAME
pianobar - console pandora.com music player
SYNOPSIS
pianobar
DESCRIPTION
pianobar is a lightweight console music player for the personalized online radio pandora.com.
FILES
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pianobar/config or ~/.config/pianobar/config Per-user configuration file. See CONFIGURATION. /etc/libao.conf or ~/.libao Global/per-user audio output configuration. See libao documentation at http://xiph.org/ao/doc/config.html
CONFIGURATION
The configuration file consists of simple key = value lines, each terminated with a newline (\n)
character. Keys are case sensitive.
act_* keys control pianobar's key-bindings. Every one-byte character except for \x00 and the special
value disabled are allowed here.
act_help = ?
Show keybindings.
act_songlove = +
Love currently played song.
act_songban = -
Ban current track. It will not be played again and can only removed using the pandora.com web
interface.
act_stationaddmusic = a
Add more music to current station. You will be asked for a search string. Just follow the
instructions. If you're clueless try '?' (without quotes).
act_bookmark = b
Bookmark current song or artist.
act_stationcreate = c
Create new station. You have to enter a search string and select the song or artist of your
choice.
act_stationdelete = d
Delete current station.
act_songexplain = e
Explain why this song is played.
act_stationaddbygenre = g
Add genre station provided by pandora.
act_history = h
Show history.
act_songinfo = i
Print information about currently played song/station.
act_addshared = j
Add shared station by id. id is a very long integer without "sh" at the beginning.
act_managestation = =
Delete artist/song seeds or feedback.
act_songmove = m
Move current song to another station
act_songnext = n
Skip current song.
act_songpause = S
Pause playback
act_songpausetoggle = p
act_songpausetoggle2 = <Space>
Pause/resume playback
act_songplay = P
Resume playback
act_quit = q
Quit pianobar.
act_stationrename = r
Rename currently played station.
act_stationchange = s
Select another station. The station list can be filtered like most lists by entering a search
string instead of a station number.
act_songtired = t
Ban song for one month.
act_upcoming = u
Show next songs in playlist.
act_stationcreatefromsong = v
Create new station from the current song or artist.
act_stationselectquickmix = x
Select quickmix stations. You can toggle the selection with 't', select all with 'a' or select
none with 'n'.
act_voldown = (
Decrease volume.
act_volreset = ^
Reset volume.
act_volup = )
Increase volume.
act_settings = !
Change Pandora settings.
at_icon = @
Replacement for %@ in station format string. It's " @ " by default.
audio_quality = {high, medium, low}
Select audio quality.
autoselect = {1,0}
Auto-select last remaining item of filtered list. Currently enabled for station selection only.
autostart_station = stationid
Play this station when starting up. You can get the stationid by pressing i or the key you defined
in act_songinfo.
ban_icon = </3
Icon for banned songs.
ca_bundle
Path to CA certifiate bundle, containing the root and intermediate certificates required to
validate Pandora’s SSL certificate.
control_proxy = http://user:password@host:port/
Non-american users need a proxy to use pandora.com. Only the xmlrpc interface will use this proxy.
The music is streamed directly.
decrypt_password = R=U!LH$O2B#
device = android-generic
encrypt_password = 6#26FRL$ZWD
event_command = path
File that is executed when event occurs. See section EVENTCMD
fifo = $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pianobar/ctl
Location of control fifo. See section REMOTE CONTROL
format_list_song = %i) %a - %t%r
Available format characters:
%i Song number
%a Song artist
%t Song title
%r Rating icon
format_msg_none = %s
format_msg_info = (i) %s
format_msg_nowplaying = |> %s
format_msg_time = # %s
format_msg_err = /!\ %s
format_msg_question = [?] %s
format_msg_list = %s
Message format strings. %s is replaced with the actual message.
format_nowplaying_song = "%t" by "%a" on "%l"%r%@%s
Now playing song message format. Available format characters are:
%t Song title
%a Song artist
%l Album name
%r Rating icon (only love icon)
%@ at_icon if station is quickmix, empty otherwise.
%s Real station name if quickmix
%u Song detail url
format_nowplaying_station = Station "%n" (%i)
Now playing station format. Available format characters are:
%n Station name
%i Station id
history = 5
Keep a history of the last n songs (5, by default). You can rate these songs.
love_icon = <3
Icon for loved songs.
max_player_errors = 5
Amount of song download errors in a row after pianobar stops playback.
partner_password = AC7IBG09A3DTSYM4R41UJWL07VLN8JI7
partner_user = android
password = plaintext_password
Your pandora.com password. Plain-text.
password_command = gpg --decrypt ~/password
Use output of command as password. This setting is overridden by specifying a password with
password.
proxy = http://user:password@host:port/
Use a http proxy. Note that this setting overrides the http_proxy environment variable. Only
"Basic" http authentication is supported.
rpc_host = tuner.pandora.com
rpc_tls_port = 443
sort = {name_az, name_za, quickmix_01_name_az, quickmix_01_name_za, quickmix_10_name_az,
quickmix_10_name_za}
Sort station list by name or type (is quickmix) and name. name_az for example sorts by name from a
to z, quickmix_01_name_za by type (quickmix at the bottom) and name from z to a.
tls_fingerprint = D9980BA2CC0F97BB03822C6211EAEA4A06EEF427
Hex-encoded SHA1 fingerprint of Pandora's TLS certificate.
user = your@user.name
Your pandora.com username.
volume = 0
Initial volume correction in dB. Usually between -30 and +5.
REMOTE CONTROL
pianobar can be controlled through a fifo. You have to create it yourself by executing
mkfifo ~/.config/pianobar/ctl
Adjust the path if you set up a $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or changed the fifo setting. Afterwards you can write
commands directly into the fifo. Example (next song):
echo -n 'n' > ~/.config/pianobar/ctl
n is the keybinding for "next song". If you customized your keybindings you have to use these characters
to control pianobar. This behaviour may change in the future!
Another example:
while true; do;
nc -l -p 12345 -s localhost localhost > ~/.config/pianobar/ctl;
sleep 1;
done
echo -ne 'n\x1a' | nc -q 0 127.0.0.1 12345
EVENTCMD
pianobar can report certain "events" to an external application (see CONFIGURATION ). This application is
started with the event name as it's first argument. More information like error code and description, was
well as song information related to the current event, is supplied through stdin.
Currently supported events are: artistbookmark, songban, songbookmark, songexplain, songfinish, songlove,
songmove, songshelf, songstart, stationaddgenre, stationaddmusic, stationaddshared, stationcreate,
stationdelete, stationdeleteartistseed, stationdeletefeedback, stationdeletesongseed, stationfetchinfo,
stationfetchplaylist, stationfetchgenre stationquickmixtoggle, stationrename, userlogin, usergetstations
An example script can be found in the contrib/ directory of pianobar's source distribution.
AUTHOR
Lars-Dominik Braun <lars@6xq.net> pianobar(1)