GMERLIN_PLAYER(1)

NAME

gmerlin_player - Commandline Multimedia player

SYNOPSIS

gmerlin_player [options] gml...

DESCRIPTION

Commandline Multimedia player

OPTIONS

-oa <audio_output_options>

Set audio output options
p=option[{suboptions}]

Supported options: oa_alsa oa_pulse oa_jack oa_oss oa_esd

Default: oa_alsa

Audio output plugin

Suboptions for p=oa_alsa

card=<string>

Supported strings: default hw:0,0 hw:0,1

Default: default

Card

surround40=[1|0] (default: 1)

Enable 4.0 Surround

Use the surround 4.0 (aka quadrophonic) device

surround41=[1|0] (default: 1)

Enable 4.1 Surround

Use the surround 4.1 device

surround50=[1|0] (default: 1)

Enable 5.0 Surround

Use the surround 5.0 device

surround51=[1|0] (default: 1)

Enable 5.1 Surround

Use the surround 5.1 device

user_device=<string>

User device

Enter a custom device to use for playback. Leave empty to use the settings above

buffer_time=<number> (10..10000, default: 1000)

Buffer time

Set the buffer time (in milliseconds). Larger values improve playback performance on slow systems under load. Smaller values decrease the latency of the volume control.

Suboptions for p=oa_jack

connect_ports=[1|0] (default: 1)

Connect ports

Autoconnect ports

Suboptions for p=oa_oss

multichannel_mode=<string>

Supported strings: none multidev creative

Default: none

Multichannel Mode

device=<string> (Default: /dev/dsp)

Device

use_rear_device=[1|0] (default: 0)

Use Rear Device

rear_device=<string> (Default: /dev/dsp1)

Rear Device

use_center_lfe_device=[1|0] (default: 0)

Use Center/LFE Device

center_lfe_device=<string> (Default: /dev/dsp2)

Center/LFE Device

Suboptions for p=oa_esd

esd_host=<string>

Host (empty: local)

-ov <video_output_options>

Set video output options
p=option[{suboptions}]

Supported options: ov_x11

Default: ov_x11

Video output plugin

Suboptions for p=ov_x11

auto_resize=[1|0] (default: 1)

Auto resize window

disable_xscreensaver_normal=[1|0] (default: 0)

Disable Screensaver for normal playback

disable_xscreensaver_fullscreen=[1|0] (default: 1)

Disable Screensaver for fullscreen playback

force_hw_scale=[1|0] (default: 1)

Force hardware scaling

Use hardware scaling even if it involves more CPU intensive pixelformat conversions

background_color=<r>,<g>,<b> (default: 0.000,0.000,0.000)

<r>, <g> and <b> are in the range 0.0..1.0

Background color

Specify the background color for videos with alpha channel. This is only used by the OpenGL driver.

scale_mode=<string>

Supported strings: auto nearest bilinear quadratic cubic_bspline cubic_mitchell cubic_catmull sinc_lanczos

Default: auto

Scale mode

Choose scaling method. Auto means to choose based on the conversion quality. Nearest is fastest, Sinc with Lanczos window is slowest.

scale_order=<number> (4..1000, default: 4)

Scale order

Order for sinc scaling

scale_quality=<number> (1..5, default: 2)

Scale quality

Scale quality

w=<string>

Window ID

-i <input_plugin>

Set and configure input plugin
p=option[{suboptions}]

Supported options: i_avdec i_cdaudio i_dvd i_vcd i_singlepic_stills i_lqt i_edl i_singlepic i_mikmod i_gmerlerra

Default: i_avdec

input plugin

Suboptions for p=i_avdec

audio_dynrange=[1|0] (default: 1)

Dynamic range control

Enable dynamic range control for codecs, which support this (currently only A52 and DTS).

pp=<number> (0.00..1.00, default: 0.20)

Postprocessing level

Set postprocessing (to remove compression artifacts). 0 means no postprocessing, 1 means maximum postprocessing.

shrink=<number> (0..3, default: 0)

Shrink factor

This enables downscaling of images while decoding. Currently only supported for JPEG-2000.

vdpau=[1|0] (default: 1)

Use vdpau

Use VDPAU

connect_timeout=<number> (0..2000000, default: 5000)

Connect timeout (milliseconds)

read_timeout=<number> (0..2000000, default: 5000)

Read timeout (milliseconds)

network_buffer_size=<number> (1..1000, default: 32)

Network buffer size (kB)

network_bandwidth=<string>

Supported strings: 14400 19200 28800 33600 34400 57600 115200 262200 393200 524300 1500000 10500000

Default: 524300

Bandwidth

http_shoutcast_metadata=[1|0] (default: 1)

Enable shoutcast title streaming

http_use_proxy=[1|0] (default: 0)

Use proxy

http_proxy_host=<string>

Proxy host

http_proxy_port=<number> (1..65535, default: 80)

Proxy port

http_proxy_auth=[1|0] (default: 0)

Proxy needs authentication

http_proxy_user=<string>

Proxy username

http_proxy_pass=<string>

Proxy password

rtp_try_tcp=[1|0] (default: 0)

Try RTP over TCP

Use this if your filewall blocks all UDP traffic. Not all servers support TCP

rtp_port_base=<number> (0..65530, default: 0)

Port base for RTP

Port base for RTP over UDP. Values of 1024 or smaller enable random ports (recommended for RTSP aware firewalls). Values larger than 1024 define the base port. 2 consecutive ports are used for each A/V stream, these must be accessable through the firewall. Odd values are rounded to the next even value.

ftp_anonymous=[1|0] (default: 1)

Login as anonymous

ftp_anonymous_password=<string> (Default: gates@nanosoft.com)

Anonymous ftp password

seek_subtitles=<string>

Supported strings: never video always

Default: never

Seek external subtitles

If the input is a regular file, gmerlin_avdecoder can scan the directory for matching subtitle files. For a file movie.mpg, possible subtitle files are e.g. movie_english.srt, movie_german.srt. The rule is, that the first part of the filename of the subtitle file must be equal to the movie filename up to the extension. Furthermore, the subtitle filename must have an extension supported by any of the subtitle readers. Subtitle seeking can be disabled, enabled for video files or enabled for all files.

default_subtitle_encoding=<string> (Default: LATIN1)

Default subtitle encoding

This sets the default encoding for text subtitles,when the original encoding is unknown. It must be a character set namerecognized by iconv. Type 'iconv -l' at the commandline for a list of supported encodings.

sample_accuracy=<string>

Supported strings: never always when_necessary

Default: never

Sample accurate

Try sample accurate seeking. For most formats, this is not necessary, since normal seeking works fine. Some formats are only seekable in sample accurate mode. Choose "When necessary" to enable seeking for most formats with the smallest overhead.

cache_time=<number> (default: 500)

Cache time (milliseconds)

If building an index takes longer than the specified time, it will be cached.

cache_size=<number> (default: 20)

Cache size (Megabytes)

Set the maximum total size of the cache directory.

dv_datetime=[1|0] (default: 0)

Export date and time as timecodes for DV

Suboptions for p=i_cdaudio

trackname_template=<string> (Default: %p - %t)

Trackname template

Template for track name generation from metadata %p: Artist %a: Album %g: Genre %t: Track name %<d>n: Track number (d = number of digits, 1-9) %y: Year %c: Comment

use_cdtext=[1|0] (default: 1)

Use CD-Text

Try to get CD metadata from CD-Text

use_local=[1|0] (default: 1)

Use locally saved metadata

Whenever we obtain CD metadata from the internet, we save them into $HOME/.gmerlin/cdaudio_metadata. If you got wrong metadata for a CD, disabling this option will retrieve the metadata again and overwrite the saved data.

use_musicbrainz=[1|0] (default: 1)

Use Musicbrainz

musicbrainz_host=<string> (Default: mm.musicbrainz.org)

Server

musicbrainz_port=<number> (1..65535, default: 80)

Port

musicbrainz_proxy_host=<string>

Proxy

Proxy server (leave empty for direct connection)

musicbrainz_proxy_port=<number> (1..65535, default: 80)

Proxy port

Proxy port

use_cddb=[1|0] (default: 1)

Use Cddb

cddb_host=<string> (Default: freedb.org)

Server

cddb_port=<number> (1..65535, default: 80)

Port

cddb_path=<string> (Default: /~cddb/cddb.cgi)

Path

cddb_proxy_host=<string>

Proxy

Proxy server (leave empty for direct connection)

cddb_proxy_port=<number> (1..65535, default: 80)

Proxy port

Proxy port

cddb_proxy_user=<string>

Proxy username

User name for proxy (leave empty for poxies, which don't require authentication)

cddb_proxy_pass=<string>

Proxy password

Password for proxy

cddb_timeout=<number> (0..1000, default: 10)

Timeout

Timeout (in seconds) for connections to the CDDB server

cdparanoia_speed=<string>

Supported strings: Auto 4 8 16 32

Default: Auto

Speed

cdparanoia_max_retries=<number> (0..200, default: 20)

Maximum retries

Maximum number of retries, 0 = infinite

cdparanoia_disable_paranoia=[1|0] (default: 0)

Disable paranoia

Disable all data verification and correction features.

cdparanoia_disable_extra_paranoia=[1|0] (default: 0)

Disable extra paranoia

Disables intra-read data verification; only overlap checking atread boundaries is performed. It can wedge if errors occur in the attempted overlap area. Not recommended.

Suboptions for p=i_dvd

audio_dynrange=[1|0] (default: 1)

Dynamic range control

Enable dynamic range control for codecs, which support this (currently only A52 and DTS).

Suboptions for p=i_singlepic_stills

display_time={[[HH:]MM:]SS} (default: 0:00)

Seconds can be fractional (i.e. with decimal point) Display time

Time to pass until the next track will be selected. 0 means infinite.

Suboptions for p=i_lqt

ac={option[{suboptions}][:option[{suboptions}]...]}

Supported options: ima4 rawaudio twos ulaw sowt alaw in24 in32 fl32 fl64 lpcm faad2 ffmpeg_mp3 ffmpeg_mp2 ffmpeg_ac3 ffmpeg_qdm2 ffmpeg_alac ffmpeg_adpcm_ms ffmpeg_ima_adpcm_wav vorbis vorbis_qt

Audio Codecs

Sort and configure audio codecs

vc={option[{suboptions}][:option[{suboptions}]...]}

Supported options: rtjpeg raw v308 v408 v410 yuv2 yuv4 yv12 2vuy v210 schroedinger png ffmpeg_mpg1 ffmpeg_mpg4 ffmpeg_msmpeg4v1 ffmpeg_msmpeg4v2 ffmpeg_msmpeg4v3 ffmpeg_msmpeg4v3_wmp ffmpeg_h263_dec ffmpeg_h263 ffmpeg_h264 ffmpeg_i263 ffmpeg_svq1 ffmpeg_svq3 ffmpeg_mjpg ffmpeg_mjpegb ffmpeg_TGA ffmpeg_TIFF ffmpeg_8BPS ffmpeg_indeo ffmpeg_rpza ffmpeg_smc ffmpeg_cinepak ffmpeg_cyuv ffmpeg_rle ffmpeg_wrle ffmpeg_dv_ntsc ffmpeg_dv_pal ffmpeg_dv_avi ffmpeg_dv50_pal ffmpeg_dv50_ntsc ffmpeg_dvcprohd ffmpeg_ffvhuff ffmpeg_ffv1 ffmpeg_dnxhd jpeg mjpa ffmpeg_imx

Video Codecs

Sort and configure video codecs

Suboptions for ffmpeg_mpg1

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_mpg4

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_msmpeg4v1

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_msmpeg4v2

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_msmpeg4v3

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_msmpeg4v3_wmp

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_h263_dec

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_h263

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_h264

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_i263

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_svq1

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_svq3

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_mjpg

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_indeo

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_cinepak

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_cyuv

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_dv_ntsc

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_dv_pal

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_dv_avi

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_dv50_pal

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_dv50_ntsc

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_dvcprohd

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_ffvhuff

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_ffv1

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_dnxhd

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for ffmpeg_imx

ff_flag_gray=[1|0] (default: 0)

Grayscale mode

Suboptions for p=i_singlepic

timescale=<number> (1..100000, default: 25)

Timescale

frame_duration=<number> (1..100000, default: 1)

Frame duration

Suboptions for p=i_mikmod

output=<string>

Supported strings: mono8 stereo8 mono16 stereo16

Default: stereo16

Output format

mixing_frequency=<number> (4000..60000, default: 44100)

Samplerate

hidden=[1|0] (default: 0)

Look for hidden patterns in module

sur=[1|0] (default: 0)

Use surround mixing

fade=[1|0] (default: 0)

Force volume fade at the end of module

interpol=[1|0] (default: 0)

Use interpolate mixing

Suboptions for p=i_gmerlerra

render_quality=[1|0] (default: 1)

Render quality

-aud <audio_options>

Set audio processing options
sampleformat=<string>

Supported strings: none 8 16 32 f d

Default: none

Force sampleformat

Force a sampleformat to be used for processing. None means to take the input format.

q=<number> (1..5, default: 2)

Conversion Quality

Set the conversion quality for format conversions. Lower quality means more speed. Values above 3 enable slow high quality calculations.

dither_mode=<string>

Supported strings: auto none rect tri shaped

Default: auto

Dither mode

Dither mode. Auto means to use the quality level. Subsequent options are ordered by increasing quality (i.e. decreasing speed).

fixed_samplerate=[1|0] (default: 0)

Fixed samplerate

If disabled, the output samplerate is taken from the source. If enabled, the samplerate you specify below us used.

samplerate=<number> (8000..192000, default: 44100)

Samplerate

Samplerate

resample_mode=<string>

Supported strings: auto zoh linear sinc_fast sinc_medium sinc_best

Default: auto

Resample mode

Resample mode. Auto means to use the quality level. Subsequent options are ordered by increasing quality (i.e. decreasing speed).

fixed_channel_setup=[1|0] (default: 0)

Fixed channel setup

If disabled, the output channel configuration is taken from the source. If enabled, the setup you specify below us used.

num_front_channels=<number> (1..5, default: 2)

Front channels

num_rear_channels=<number> (0..3, default: 0)

Rear channels

num_lfe_channels=[1|0] (default: 0)

LFE

front_to_rear=<string>

Supported strings: mute copy diff

Default: copy

Front to rear mode

Mix mode when the output format has rear channels, but the source doesn't.

stereo_to_mono=<string>

Supported strings: left right mix

Default: mix

Stereo to mono mode

Mix mode when downmixing Stereo to Mono.

-vid <video_options>

Set video processing options
q=<number> (1..5, default: 2)

Conversion Quality

Set the conversion quality for format conversions. Lower quality means more speed. Values above 3 enable slow high quality calculations.

alpha_mode=<string>

Supported strings: ignore blend_color

Default: ignore

Alpha mode

This option is used if the source has an alpha (=transparency) channel, but the output supports no transparency. Either, the transparency is ignored, or the background color you specify below is blended in.

background_color=<r>,<g>,<b> (default: 0.000,0.000,0.000)

<r>, <g> and <b> are in the range 0.0..1.0

Background color

Background color to use, when alpha mode above is "Blend background color".

sm=[1|0] (default: 0)

Resample chroma

Always perform chroma resampling if chroma subsampling factors or chroma placements are different. Usually, this is only done for qualities above 3.

still_framerate=<number> (1.00..100.00, default: 10.00)

Still image framerate

Set framerate with which still images will be redisplayed periodically

threads=<number> (1..1024, default: 1)

Number of threads

Threads to launch for processing operations. Changing this requires program restart

-inopt <input_options>

Set generic input options
still_framerate=<number> (0..100, default: 10)

Still image repitition rate

When showing still images, gmerlin repeats them periodically to make realtime filter tweaking work.

sync_offset=<number> (-1000..1000, default: 0)

Sync offset [ms]

Use this for playing buggy files, which have a constant offset between audio and video. Use positive values if the video is ahead of audio

-osd <osd_options>

Set OSD options
enable_osd=[1|0] (default: 1)

Enable OSD

font_size=<number> (12.00..100.00, default: 30.00)

Size

Specify fontsize for OSD. The value you enter, is for an image width of 640. For other widths, the value will be scaled

color=<r>,<g>,<b>,<a> (default: 1.000,1.000,1.000,1.000)

<r>, <g>, <b> and <a> are in the range 0.0..1.0

Foreground color

border_color=<r>,<g>,<b> (default: 0.000,0.000,0.000)

<r>, <g> and <b> are in the range 0.0..1.0

Border color

border_width=<number> (0.00..10.00, default: 2.00)

Border width

justify_h=<string>

Supported strings: center left right

Default: center

Horizontal justify

justify_v=<string>

Supported strings: center top bottom

Default: center

Vertical justify

border_left=<number> (0..65535, default: 10)

Left border

Distance from the left text border to the image border

border_right=<number> (0..65535, default: 10)

Right border

Distance from the right text border to the image border

border_top=<number> (0..65535, default: 10)

Top border

Distance from the top text border to the image border

border_bottom=<number> (0..65535, default: 10)

Bottom border

Distance from the bottom text border to the image border

duration=<number> (0..10000, default: 2000)

Duration (milliseconds)

-nt

Disable time display

-vol <volume>

Set volume in dB (max: 0.0)

-v level

Set verbosity level (0..4)

-tracks <track_spec>

<track_spec> can be a ranges mixed with comma separated tracks

GENERIC OPTIONS

The following generic options are available for all gmerlin applications

-help

Print this help message and exit

-help-man

Print this help message as a manual page and exit

-help-texi

Print this help message in texinfo format and exit

-version

Print version info and exit

FILES

~/.gmerlin/plugins.xml

Cache of the plugin registry (shared by all applicatons)

~/.gmerlin/generic/config.xml

Default plugin parameters are read from there. Use gmerlin_plugincfg to change them.

Gmerlin February 2010 GMERLIN_PLAYER(1)