AUDACIOUS2(1)

NAME

audacious2 - an advanced audio player.

SYNOPSIS

audacious2 [OPTION] ... [FILE] ...

DESCRIPTION

Audacious is a free advanced audio player for Linux and many other UNIX-compatible systems. It focuses on low resource usage, high audio quality, and support for a wide range of audio formats. It was originally based on Beep Media Player, which was in turn based on XMMS.

OPTIONS

Getting help:

-?, --help

Show a brief list of options.

--help-all

Show a complete list of options.

--help-gtk

Show a list of GTK+-related options.

--help-sm-client

Show a list of session management options.

Opening files:

-e, --enqueue

Do not clear the current playlist before adding the files on the command line to it.

-E, --enqueue-to-temp

Add the files on the command line to a new playlist.

Controlling playback:

-p, --play

If currently playing, go to the beginning of the song; otherwise, begin playing.

-u, --pause

If currently playing, pause; if paused, resume playing.

-t, --play-pause

If currently playing, pause; otherwise, begin playing.

-s, --stop

Stop playing and go to the beginning of the song.

-r, --rew

Go to the previous song in the playlist.

-f, --fwd

Go to the next song in the playlist.

Miscellaneous:

-v, --version

Show the installed version of Audacious.

-i, --interface newui | skinned | headless

Start Audacious with the given interface. "newui" is the native GTK+ interface. "skinned" is an interface which uses Winamp Classic skins. (Skins can be placed in ${prefix}/share/audacious/Skins, ~/.local/share/audacious/Skins, and the folder specified by the environment variable SKINSDIR. They can be unarchived or in the following archive formats: .zip, .wsz, .tgz, .tar.gz, and .tar.bz2.) In "headless" mode, Audacious starts without a user interface. In this mode, it can only be controlled from the command line or by a compatible client program.

-m, --show-main-window

Show the Audacious window if it is hidden and bring it to the top.

GTK+-related:

--display DISPLAY

Start Audacious on the given X display.

--screen SCREEN

Start Audacious on the given X screen.

--sync Use synchronous X calls.

--name NAME

Set Audacious's program name (for use by the window manager).

--class CLASS

Set Audacious's program class (for use by the window manager).

--gtk-module MODULE

Load a GTK+ module manually.

--g-fatal-warnings

Treat all warnings as fatal errors.

Session management:

--sm-client-disable

Do not connect to the session manager.

--sm-client-id ID

Set session management ID.

--sm-client-state-file FILE

Load saved configuration from FILE.

KEYBINDINGS

z Previous song
x Play
c, Space Pause
v Stop
b Next song
Right arrow Seek forward 5 seconds
Left arrow Seek backward 5 seconds
Control + z Go to beginning of playlist
Escape Scroll to current song
Control + a Select all songs in playlist
Shift + Control + a Cancel selection
s Toggle shuffle
r Toggle repeat
Control + n Toggle advancing in playlist
Control + m Toggle stopping after current song
Control + e Show elapsed time
Control + r Show time remaining
Alt + e Show/hide playlist
Alt + g Show/hide equalizer
Control + o Toggle windows always on top
Control + s Toggle windows on all workspaces
Control + w Toggle rolling up main window
Control + Alt + w Toggle rolling up equalizer
Shift + Control + w Toggle rolling up playlist
Control + d Toggle double size
i Display Song Information dialog
Control + j Display Jump to Time dialog
j Display Jump to Song dialog
Control + f Display Search dialog
l Display Open dialog
f Display Add dialog
Control + l Display Open Internet Address dialog
Control + h Display Add Internet Address dialog
Control + p Display Preferences dialog

FILES

~/.config/audacious/config

User's Audacious configuration.

~/.config/audacious/playlist.xspf

Default playlist usually loaded on startup.

~/.config/audacious/gtkrc

User's set of Audacious-specific GTK+ config settings. Options such as widget color and fonts sizes can be set here.

~/.local/share/audacious/Skins, ${prefix}/share/audacious/Skins

Default location(s) where Audacious should look for skinfiles.

~/.local/share/audacious/Plugins

Location of user-installed plugins.

ENVIRONMENT

SKINSDIR Colon separated list of paths where Audacious should look

for skinfiles.

TARCMD Tar command supporting GNU tar style decompression. Used

for unpacking gzip and bzip2 compressed skins. Default is tar.

UNZIPCMD Command for decompressing zip files (skins). Default is

unzip.

SEE ALSO

audtool2(1)

WEBSITE

http://audacious-media-player.org

Version 2.3 April 2009 AUDACIOUS2(1)