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XMMS2D(1) | General Commands Manual | XMMS2D(1) |
NAME¶
xmms2d - XMMS2 daemon which handles the playback of music and storage of music metadataSYNOPSIS¶
xmms2d [-v|-q] [-p dir] [-o plugin] [-i url] [-c file] [-s fd] [--yes-run-as-root]xmms2d -?
xmms2d -V
DESCRIPTION¶
XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS (http://legacy.xmms2.org) music player. It features a client-server model, allowing multiple (even simultaneous!) user interfaces, both textual and graphical. All common audio formats are supported using plugins. On top of this, there is a flexible media library to organise your music.xmms2d is the daemon through which XMMS2 clients playback and manage music. A client library provided allows third parties to easily write XMMS2 clients, especially using the Python and Ruby bindings.
xmms2d uses a three part method to playback music. Music is accessed from disk or network using a transport plugin, the data is then passed on to a decoder plugin which decodes the audio into a form that can be played back by an output plugin.
OPTIONS¶
General options¶
- -v, --verbose
- Increase verbosity.
- -q, --quiet
- Decrease verbosity.
- -p dir, --plugindir=dir
- Use plugin directory dir.
- -o plugin, --output=plugin
- Use output plugin plugin.
- -i url, --ipc-socket=url
- Listen to socket at url. Multiple sockets can be specified separated by ;-characters. See section IPC SOCKET.
- -c file, --conf=file
- Use configuration file file.
- -s fd, --status-fd=fd
- Write to filedescriptor fd when started. This can be used to wait until inter-process communication (IPC) is up, as for instance xmms2-launcher(1) does.
- --yes-run-as-root
- Allow xmms2d to be run as root.
Getting help¶
- -h, -?, --help
- Display basic help information and exit.
- -V, --version
- Display version information.
IPC SOCKET¶
XMMS2 clients use IPC sockets to communicate with xmms2d. These IPC sockets are specified in an URL based format with three possible transport methods: unix, tcp, and tcp6.The TCP methods allow clients to connect over IPv4 and IPv6 to xmms2d and therefore allow remote control of XMMS2. A typical IPC socket url using TCP is tcp://127.0.0.1:9667.
The UNIX transport method is for local clients only and creates a file through which XMMS2 clients can access xmms2d. A typical IPC socket path using the UNIX transport is unix:///tmp/xmms-ipc-foobar.
FILES¶
Below CONFDIR is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xmms2 on UNIX if the XDG_CONFIG_HOME-environment variable is set. Otherwise it is $HOME/.config/xmms2 (UNIX except Darwin), or $HOME/Library/xmms2 (Darwin). On Win32 it is %APPDATA%/xmms2.- CONFDIR/xmms2.conf
- An XML formatted configuration file that allows changing the settings of xmms2d.
- CONFDIR/startup.d/
- A directory populated with programs that are run when xmms2d is executed. An alternative location can be specified in the configuration file.
- CONFDIR/shutdown.d/
- A directory populated with programs that are run when xmms2d is shutdown correctly. An alternative location can be specified in the configuration file.
- CONFDIR/medialib.db
- An sqlite3(1) database that includes information about each song that has been added the the XMMS2 media library. An alternative location can be specified in the configuration file.
- CONFDIR/bindata/
- A directory that contains files with binary data entrusted to the XMMS2 media library, such as cover art. An alternative location can be specified in the configuration file.
- /tmp/xmms-ipc-USER
- The typical location for the UNIX IPC Socket. Here USER is the name of the user that executed xmms2d.
ENVIRONMENT¶
- XDG_CONFIG_HOME
- The path where the XMMS2 configuration files and resources are located.
- XMMS_PATH
- The url of the first socket that xmms2d listens to. This environment variable is set for programs in the startup and shutdown directories.
- XMMS_PATH_FULL
- A ;-seperated list of paths to which xmms2d listens. This environment variable is set for programs in the startup and shutdown directories.