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.TH AMAROK 1 "Nov 2009" "K Desktop Environment" "The audio player for KDE"
.SH NAME
.B amarok
\- The audio player for KDE
.SH SYNOPSIS
amarok [Qt\-options] [KDE\-options] [URL(s)]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes
playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before
and it looks good doing it! Amarok is based on the powerful Qt 4 / KDE 4
technology platform and nicely integrates with KDE desktop.

Much work has been invested into integrating Amarok 2 with various Web
services:
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Ampache
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Jamendo Service
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Last.fm
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Librivox
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MP3tunes
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Magnatune
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OPML Podcast Directory
.LP
Amarok comes with a lot of features including but not limited to:
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Scripts \- enhance your Amarok experience with community developed scripts.
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Dynamic Playlists \- create playlists that automatically update.
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Context View \- customize interface with the Plasma powered Context View.
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PopUp Dropper \- simplify drag&drop actions with revolutionary menu system.
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Multiple Language Translations
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Collection Management \- organizing your music collection has never been
easier with Amarok's powerful tagging, renaming, and sorting abilities.
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Database Importing \- import collections from Amarok 1.4 or iTunes.
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Scriptable Services \- integrate other web services into Amarok.
.SH OPTIONS
.SS
.SS Arguments:
URL(s)                    Files/URLs to open
.SS 
.SS Options:
.TP
.B \-r,  \-\-previous  
Skip backwards in playlist
.TP
.B \-p,  \-\-play  
Start playing current playlist
.TP
.B \-t,  \-\-play\-pause  
Play if stopped, pause if playing
.TP
.B  \-\-pause  
Pause playback
.TP
.B \-s,  \-\-stop  
Stop playback
.TP
.B \-f,  \-\-next  
Skip forwards in playlist
.SS 
.SS Generic options:
.TP
.B  \-\-help  
Show help about options
.TP
.B  \-\-help\-qt  
Show Qt specific options
.TP
.B  \-\-help\-kde  
Show KDE specific options
.TP
.B  \-\-help\-all  
Show all options
.TP
.B  \-\-author  
Show author information
.TP
.B \-v,  \-\-version  
Show version information
.TP
.B  \-\-license  
Show license information
.TP
.B  \-\-  
End of options
.SS 
.SS KDE options:
.TP
.B  \-\-caption  <caption>
Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar
.TP
.B  \-\-icon  <icon>
Use 'icon' as the application icon
.TP
.B  \-\-config  <filename>
Use alternative configuration file
.TP
.B  \-\-nocrashhandler  
Disable crash handler, to get core dumps
.TP
.B  \-\-waitforwm  
Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager
.TP
.B  \-\-style  <style>
sets the application GUI style
.TP
.B  \-\-geometry  <geometry>
sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format
.TP
.B  \-\-nofork  
Do not run in the background.
.SS 
.SS Qt options:
.TP
.B  \-\-display  <displayname>
Use the X-server display 'displayname'
.TP
.B  \-\-session  <sessionId>
Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'
.TP
.B  \-\-cmap  
Causes the application to install a private color
map on an 8-bit display
.TP
.B  \-\-ncols  <count>
Limits the number of colors allocated in the color
cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is
using the QApplication::ManyColor color
specification
.TP
.B  \-\-nograb  
tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard
.TP
.B  \-\-dograb  
running under a debugger can cause an implicit
\-nograb, use \-dograb to override
.TP
.B  \-\-sync  
switches to synchronous mode for debugging
.TP
.B \-\-fn,  \-\-font  <fontname>
defines the application font
.TP
.B \-\-bg,  \-\-background  <color>
sets the default background color and an
application palette (light and dark shades are
calculated)
.TP
.B \-\-fg,  \-\-foreground  <color>
sets the default foreground color
.TP
.B \-\-btn,  \-\-button  <color>
sets the default button color
.TP
.B  \-\-name  <name>
sets the application name
.TP
.B  \-\-title  <title>
sets the application title (caption)
.TP
.B  \-\-visual  TrueColor
forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on
an 8-bit display
.TP
.B  \-\-inputstyle  <inputstyle>
sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible
values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and
root
.TP
.B  \-\-im  <XIM server>
set XIM server
.TP
.B  \-\-noxim  
disable XIM
.TP
.B  \-\-reverse  
mirrors the whole layout of widgets
.TP
.B  \-\-stylesheet  
<file.qss>   applies the Qt stylesheet to the application widgets
.SS 

.SH AUTHORS
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Alexandre 'Ain't afraid of no bugs' Oliveira <aleprj@gmail.com>
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Bart 'Where are my toothpicks' Cerneels <bart.cerneels@kde.org>
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Dan 'Hey, it compiled...' Meltzer <hydrogen@notyetimplemented.com>
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Ian 'The Beard' Monroe <ian@monroe.nu>
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Jeff 'IROCKSOHARD' Mitchell <kde-dev@emailgoeshere.com>
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Leo Franchi <lfranchi@kde.org>
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Mark 'It's good, but it's not irssi' Kretschmann <kretschmann@kde.org>
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Maximilian Kossick <maximilian.kossick@gmail.com>
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Nikolaj Hald 'Also very hot' Nielsen <nhnfreespirit@gmail.com>
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Seb 'Surfin' down under' Ruiz <ruiz@kde.org>
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