NAME¶
audacious - an advanced audio player.
SYNOPSIS¶
audacious [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
- Add the files on the command line to the current playlist
but do not start playback.
- -E, --enqueue-to-temp
- Add the files on the command line to a temporary playlist
and start playback.
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.
- -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
+ (plus) Increase volume 5 percent
- (minus) Decrease volume 5 percent
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
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 skin
files.
- ~/.local/share/audacious/Plugins
- Location of user-installed plugins.
ENVIRONMENT¶
- SKINSDIR
- Colon separated list of paths where Audacious should look
for skin files.
- 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¶
audtool(1)
WEBSITE¶
http://audacious-media-player.org
