NAME¶

pytonectl - remote control for pytone

SYNOPSIS¶

pytonectl [option] command

DESCRIPTION¶

pytonectl is a commandline remote control for a running PyTone instance. It communicates via Unix Sockets or TCP/IP with the running PyTone.

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help shows this help

-s, --server <hostname>

connects to PyTone instance on <hostname>

-p, --port <port>

connect to PyTone Server on given <port>

-f, --file <file>

connect to PyTone UNIX socket <file>

COMMANDS¶

getplayerinfo

show information on the song currently being played

playerforward

play the next song in the playlist

playerpause

pause the player

playerstart

start/unpause the player

playertogglepause

pause the player, if playing, or play, if paused

playerstop

stop the player

playerratecurrentsong <rating>

rate the song currently being played (1<=rating<=5)

playlistaddsongs <filenames>

add files to end of playlist

playlistaddsongtop <filename>

play file immediately

playlistclear

clear the playlist

playlistdeleteplayedsongs

remove all played songs from the playlist

playlistreplay

mark all songs in the playlist as unplayed

playlistshuffle

shuffle the playlist

SEE ALSO¶

The full documentation for PyTone

AUTHOR¶

PyTone was written by Jörg Lehmann <joerg@luga.de>. This manpage was written by Alexander Wirt <formorer@debian.org> for the Debian Distribution.