orpheus(1) Light-weight text mode menu- and window-driven audio player

SYNOPSIS

orpheus [OPTION] ...

DESCRIPTION

Orpheus is a light-weight text mode menu- and window-driven audio player application for CDs and files in MP3 and Vorbis OGG format, which also supports HTTP proxies, CDDB and is fully user-configurable.

OPTIONS

-a, --ascii
use ascii characters to draw windows and UI controls
-h, --help
display command line usage
-r <cmd>, --remote <cmd>
execute a remote command (see below for details)
-v, --version
show the program version info
-xt, --x-titles
show track information in xterm title bar

REMOTE CONTROL

With orpheus, you can control an already running instance of the program using its command-line interface. Assuming you have orpheus running and playing something somewhere in background or in another console, you can ake it to go to the next track. Everything you need to do is to run the following command:

orpheus -r next

You'll hear the next song playing soon. Now, there is an overview on what can also be done using the remote command-line interface. Orpheus understands the following commands:


    next
        Goes to the next track.


    prev
        Plays previous track.


    add <files..>
        Adds specified files to the current play list. Please note the
        command itself and file names must be the same parameters, e.g.
        be taken into quote characters like this:

$ orpheus -r add /home/konst/mp3/song1.mpg


        Several files can be specified using this command as well:

$ orpheus -r add /home/konst/mp3/song1.mpg /home/konst/mp3/song2.mpg


    load <playlist>
        Loads the speficied play list.


    play <n>
        Goes to the track number <n> in the current playlist.

USUAL KEYBINDINGS


    Ctrl-L
    Redraws the screen in any place of program execution. If output of
    some kind of background programs or system messages spoil your screen
    just press it so orpheus display is refreshed.


    Ctrl-Y
      In a message writing mode removes entire current line.


    Ctrl-K
      Single line edit mode.
      Kills entire content.


    Ctrl-U
      Single line edit mode.
      Kills a part of line to the left from cursor.


    Alt-H
      Single line edit mode.
      Invokes history of recently entered lines.

VERSION

orpheus 1.5

BUG REPORT

Report any bugs to [email protected]

AUTHOR

This page and orpheus itself are written by Konstantin Klyagin <[email protected]>. This page is also revised by Jose Parrella and Noritada Kobayashi.