XMMS is the X Multimedia System. It is used to play audio and
other kinds of media files. By default XMMS can play MPEG audio, Ogg
Vorbis, RIFF wav, most module formats, and a few other formats. XMMS
can be extended through plugins to play a number of other audio and
video formats.
OPTIONS
XMMS accepts the following options:
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-n, --session
Select XMMS session (Default: 0).
-r, --rew
Skip backwards in playlist.
-p, --play
Start playing current playlist.
-u, --pause
Pause current song.
-s, --stop
Stop current song.
-t, --play-pause
Pause if playing, play otherwise.
-f, --fwd
Skip forward in playlist.
-e, --enqueue
Don't clear the playlist.
-m, --show-main-window
Show the main window.
-v, --version
Print version number and exit.
SKINS
XMMS supports WinAmp style skins. Skins may be stored in either
archived (.zip, .wsz, .tgz, .tar.gz,
or .tar.bz2) or unarchived format. XMMS looks for skinfiles in
${prefix}/share/xmms/Skins, ~/.xmms/Skins, and locations specified by the
SKINSDIR variable.
KEYBINDINGS
Global keybindings for XMMS:
zPrevious song
xPlay
cPause
vStop
bNext song
lPlay file
jJump to file
rToggle Repeat
sToggle Shuffle
Shift + lPlay directory
Control + lPlay location
Control + pPreferences dialog
Control + vVisualization plugin dialog
Control + rTime remaining
Control + aAlways on top
Control + wWinshade mode
Control + dDoublesize mode
Control + eEasy move
Control + jJump to time
Control + zStart of list
Control + nNo Playlist Advance
Control + 3File info dialog
Control + Alt + wToggle Equalizer winshade mode
Shift + Control + wPlaylist winshade mode
Alt + wHide/show mainwindow
Alt + eHide/show playlistwindow
Alt + gHide/show Equalizer
Alt + sSkin selecting window
Main window specific:
Arrow key upVolume up 2%
Arrow key downVolume down 2%
Arrow key rightSkip 5 seconds forward in song
Arrow key leftSkip 5 seconds back in song
Playlist window specific:
Arrow key upUp one step in playlist
Arrow key downDown one step in playlist
DeleteRemove selected songs from playlist
Page UpMove one page up
Page DownMove one page down
HomeFirst page in playlist
EndLast page in playlist
EnterPlay selected song
InsertAdd file dialog
Shift + InsertAdd directory dialog
Alt + InsertAdd url dialog
Equalizer shade mode specific:
Arrow key upVolume up 2%
Arrow key downVolume down 2%
Arrow key rightBalance 4% to right
Arrow key leftBalance 4% to left
FILES
~/.xmms/config
Users xmms configuration.
~/.xmms/xmms.m3u
Default playlist usually loaded on startup.
~/.xmms/gtkrc
Users set of xmms-specific GTK config settings. Options such as widget
color and fonts sizes can be set here.
~/.xmms/menurc
Users set of keybindings.
~/.xmms/Skins, ${prefix}/share/xmms/Skins
Default locations where XMMS should look for skinfiles.
~/.xmms/Plugins
Location of user installed plugins.
ENVIRONMENT
SKINSDIR
Colon separated list of paths where XMMS should look for skinfiles.
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.
OTHER INFO
The webpage for XMMS is at http://www.xmms.org. Here you can find
info about XMMS, download the latest version, plugins, and skins.