Ubuntu Manpage: Totem - GNOME desktop movie player based on GStreamer

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Provided by: totem-common_3.18.1-1ubuntu4_all

NAME

       Totem - GNOME desktop movie player based on GStreamer

SYNOPSIS

       totem [option...] [filenames|URI]

DESCRIPTION

       Totem  is  a  movie player for the GNOME desktop.  Through use of the GStreamer backend many popular file
       and streaming formats are supported including: MPEG audio and video (MP3/MPV), Ogg, AVI, ASF,  MOV,  WMV,
       QuickTime,  and  more.   Playing of DVD and VCD media is also possible.  Although primarily intended as a
       movie player, Totem can also play many audio formats.

       For additional documentation on interactive use of Totem select the Help menu option.   The  menus  allow
       access to some features not available through keybindings or command-line options.

OPTIONS

-?, --help
Output a longer help message then quit. (Any discrepancies between this man page and the output
of totem --help should be reported as a documentation bug.)

--version
Output version information then quit.

The following options command an already-running instance of Totem to do something; they are useful for
remote-control scripting. If Totem is not already running, these commands will launch a new instance of
Totem but will not do anything further.

--play-pause
Tell an already-running instance of Totem to toggle between play and pause.

--play Tell an already-running instance of Totem to play (has no effect if already playing)

--pause
Tell an already-running instance of Totem to pause (has no effect if already paused)

--next Tell an already-running instance of Totem to skip to the next movie or chapter in the playlist.

--previous
Tell an already-running instance of Totem to return to the previous movie or chapter in the
playlist.

--seek-fwd
Tell an already-running instance of Totem to seek forwards 15 seconds in the current movie.

--seek-bwd
Tell an already-running instance of Totem to seek backwards 15 seconds in the current movie.

--volume-up
Tell an already-running instance of Totem to raise the volume by 8%.

--volume-down
Tell an already-running instance of Totem to lower the volume by 8%.

--mute Tell an already-running instance of Totem to toggle between muted and unmuted audio.

--fullscreen
Tell an already-running instance of Totem to toggle fullscreen mode.

--quit Tell an already-running instance of Totem to quit.

--enqueue filename|URI
Tell an already-running instance of Totem to add a new stream to the playlist.

--replace filename|URI
Tell an already-running instance of Totem to play from the playlist.

KEYBINDINGS

       Global keybindings for Totem:

       a            cycle between aspect ratios
       p            toggle between play and pause
       Esc          exit full screen mode
       f            toggle full screen
       h            toggle display of on-screen controls
       0            resize window to 50% original size
       1            resize window to 100% original size
       2            resize window to 200% original size
       r            zoom in the video
       t            zoom out the video
       d            start and stop the telestrator (drawing) mode
       e            erase the drawing
       Left-arrow        skip back 15 seconds
       Right-arrow       skip forward 60 seconds
       Shift+Left-arrow  skip back 5 seconds
       Shift+Right-arrow skip forward 15 seconds
       Ctrl+Left-arrow   skip back 3 minutes
       Ctrl+Right arrow  skip forward 10 minutes
       Up-arrow     increase volume by 8%
       Down-arrow   decrease volume by 8%
       b            jump back to previous chapter/movie in playlist
       n            jump to next chapter/movie in playlist
       q            quit
       Ctrl+E          eject the playing optical media
       Ctrl+O       open a new file
       Ctrl+L       open a new URI
       F9           toggle display of the playlist
       m            show the DVD menu
       c            show the DVD chapter menu

FILES

       /usr/lib/totem/plugins/
              The global plugins directory, which contains all the system-installed plugins.
       ~/.local/share/totem/plugins/
              The  user  plugins directory, containing plugins available only to that user.  It is always in the
              "totem/plugins" subdirectory of your XDG_DATA_HOME directory.
       ~/.config/totem/state.ini
              The configuration file for the main window's appearance, stored in a simple INI format.

BUGS

       Totem cannot play files using some proprietary codecs.

AUTHOR

       Totem was written by Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>.  This manual page was written by Andre  Lehovich
       for the Debian Project.

DISTRIBUTION

       The   latest   version   of   Totem   may   be   downloaded   from   <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Videos>
       ⟨https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Videos⟩