SYNOPSIS
audtool2 [--[[handler [parameters]] [...]DESCRIPTION
audtool2 is designed to send commands to a running audacious.It can handle various things like jumping to the next track in playlist or returning the current playing track title, as well as other status information.
OPTIONS
Now playing information:- --current-song
- Returns current song title.
- --current-song-filename
- Returns current song filename.
- --current-song-length
- Returns current song length.
- --current-song-length-seconds
- Returns current song length in seconds.
- --current-song-length-frames
- Returns current song length in frames.
- --current-song-output-length
- Returns current song output length.
- --current-song-output-length-seconds
- Returns current song output length in seconds.
- --current-song-output-length-frames
- Returns current song output length in frames.
- --current-song-bitrate
- Returns current song bitrate in bits per second.
- --current-song-bitrate-kbps
- Returns current song bitrate in kilobits per second.
- --current-song-frequency
- Returns current song frequency in hertz.
- --current-song-frequency-khz
- Returns current song frequency in kilohertz.
- --current-song-channels
- Returns current song channels.
- --current-song-tuple-data <fieldname>
- Returns the value of a tuple field for the current song.
- --current-song-info
- Returns current song bitrate, frequency and channels.
Playlist manipulation:
- --playlist-advance
- Go to the next song in the playlist.
- --playlist-reverse
- Go to the previous song in the playlist.
- --playlist-addurl <uri>
- Adds a uri to the playlist.
- --playlist-insurl <uri> <position>
- Inserts a url at specified position in the playlist.
- --playlist-delete <position>
- Deletes the song at <position> from the playlist.
- --playlist-length
- Returns the total length of the playlist.
- --playlist-song <position>
- Returns the title of the song at <position> in the playlist.
- --playlist-song-filename <position>
- Returns the filename of the song at <position> in the playlist.
- --playlist-song-length <position>
- Returns the length of the song at <position> in the playlist.
- --playlist-song-length-seconds <position>
- Returns the length of the song at <position> in the playlist in seconds.
- --playlist-song-length-frames <position>
- Returns the length of the song at <position> in the playlist in frames.
- --playlist-display
- Returns the entire playlist.
- --playlist-position
- Returns the current position in the playlist.
- --playlist-jump <position>
- Jumps to <position> in the playlist.
- --playlist-clear
- Clears the playlist.
- --playlist-repeat-status
- Returns the status of playlist repeat.
- --playlist-repeat-toggle
- Toggles playlist repeat.
- --playlist-shuffle-status
- Returns the status of playlist shuffle.
- --playlist-shuffle-toggle
- Toggles playlist shuffle.
- --playlist-tuple-data <fieldname> <position>
- Returns the value of a tuple field for a song in the playlist.
Playqueue manipulation:
- --playqueue-add <position>
- Adds the song at <position> in the playlist to the playqueue.
- --playqueue-remove <position>
- Removes the song at <position> in the playlist from the playqueue.
- --playqueue-is-queued <position>
- Returns OK if the song at <postion> in the playtlist is queued.
- --playqueue-get-position <position>
- Returns the playqueue position of the song at <position> in the playlist.
- --playqueue-get-queue-position <position>
- Returns the playqueue position of a song in the given <position> in the playlist.
- --playqueue-get-list-position <position>
- Returns the playlist position of a song in the given position in the playqueue.
- --playqueue-length
- Returns the length of the playqueue.
- --playqueue-display
- Returns a list of currently-queued songs.
- --playqueue-clear
- Clears the playqueue.
Playback manipulation:
- --playback-play
- Starts/unpauses song playback.
- --playback-pause
- (Un)pauses song playback.
- --playback-playpause
- Plays/(un)pauses song playback.
- --playback-stop
- Stops song playback.
- --playback-playing
- Returns OK if audacious is playing.
- --playback-paused
- Returns OK if audacious is paused.
- --playback-stopped
- Returns OK if audacious is stopped.
- --playback-status
- Returns the playback status.
- --playback-seek
- Performs an absolute seek in milliseconds.
- --playback-seek-relative
- Performs a seek relative to the current position in milliseconds.
Volume control:
- --get-volume
- Returns the current volume level in percent.
- --set-volume <level>
- Sets the current volume level in percent.
Equalizer manipulation:
- --equalizer-activate <on/off>
- Activates/deactivates the equalizer.
- --equalizer-get
- Gets the equalizer settings.
- --equalizer-set <preamp> <band0> <band1> <band2> <band3> <band4> <band5> <band6> <band7> <band8> <band9>
- Sets the equalizer settings.
- --equalizer-get-preamp
- Gets the equalizer pre-amplification.
- --equalizer-set-preamp <preamp>
- Gets the equalizer pre-amplification.
- --equalizer-get-band <band>
- Gets the equalizer value in specified band.
- --equalizer-set-band <band> <value>
- Sets the equalizer value in specified band.
Miscellaneous:
- --mainwin-show <on/off>
- Shows/hides the main window.
- --playlist-show <on/off>
- Shows/hides the playlist window.
- --equalizer-show <on/off>
- Shows/hides the equalizer window.
- --filebrowser-show <on/off>
- Shows/hides the filebrowser.
- --jumptofile-show <on/off>
- Shows/hides the jump to file window.
- --preferences-show <on/off>
- Shows/hides the preferences window.
- --about-show <on/off>
- Shows/hides the about window.
- --activate
- Activates and raises audacious.
- --always-on-top <on/off>
- Enables/disables always on top setting.
- --version
- Displays version information for the Audacious2 core.
- --shutdown
- Shuts down audacious.
Help system:
- --list-handlers
- Shows handlers list.
- --help
- Shows handlers list.
Handlers may be prefixed with `--' (GNU-style long-options) or not, your choice.
BUGS
There are no known bugs in audtool2 at this time; if you find any please report them on www.atheme.org in the Audacious issue tracker.AUTHORS
audtool2 was written by George Averill <[email protected]> and William Pitcock <[email protected]>.This manual page was written by Adam Cecile <[email protected]> and Kiyoshi Aman <[email protected]>. Some additional tweaks were done by William Pitcock <[email protected]> and Tony Vroon <[email protected]>.
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