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:

-h, --help

Show a brief list of 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 the ``Now Playing'' playlist and start playback.

Controlling playback:

-p, --play

Start playback. If paused, playback will resume from the same point. If already active and not paused, it will restart from the beginning of the song.

-u, --pause

Pause playback, or resume if already paused.

-t, --play-pause

Equivalent to --pause if playback is active, otherwise --play.

-s, --stop

Stop playback.

-r, --rew

Skip to the previous song in the playlist.

-f, --fwd

Skip to the next song in the playlist.

Miscellaneous:

-m, --show-main-window

Show the Audacious window if it is hidden and bring it to the top.

-j, --show-jump-box

Show the Jump to Song window.

-H, --headless

Start in command-line mode; i.e., without any graphical user interface.

-q, --quit-after-play

Exit as soon as playback stops, or immediately if there is nothing to play.

-v, --version

Print version information and exit.

-V, --verbose

Print debugging output while running (may be used twice for even more output).

KEYBINDINGS

Control + Return        Play

Space, Control + ,     Pause

Control + .            Stop

Alt + Up               Previous song

Alt + Down             Next song

Right arrow            Seek forward (by default 5 seconds)

Left arrow             Seek backward (by default 5 seconds)

Escape                 Scroll to current song

Control + a            Select all songs in playlist

Shift + Control + a    Cancel selection

Control + + (plus)     Increase volume 5 percent

Control + - (minus)    Decrease volume 5 percent

Control + s            Toggle shuffle

Control + r            Toggle repeat

Control + n            Toggle advancing in playlist

Control + m            Toggle stopping after current song

Control + e            Display Equalizer

Control + y            Display Search Tool

Control + i            Display Song Information dialog

Control + k            Display Jump to Time dialog

Control + j            Display Jump to Song dialog

Control + p            Display Playlist Manager dialog

Control + u            Display Queue Manager dialog

Control + o            Display Open Files dialog

Shift + Control + o    Display Add Files dialog

Control + l            Display Open URL dialog

Shift + Control + l    Display Add URL dialog

FILES

~/.config/audacious/config

User's Audacious configuration.

~/.config/audacious/playlists

Folder in which playlists are stored.

~/.local/share/audacious/Skins, ${prefix}/share/audacious/Skins

Default locations where Audacious should look for skin files.

WEBSITE

http://audacious-media-player.org