SYNOPSIS

xmms2d [-v|-q] [-p dir] [-o plugin] [-i url] [-c file] [-s fd] [--yes-run-as-root]
xmms2d -?
xmms2d -V

DESCRIPTION

XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS (http://legacy.xmms2.org) music player. It features a client-server model, allowing multiple (even simultaneous!) user interfaces, both textual and graphical. All common audio formats are supported using plugins. On top of this, there is a flexible media library to organise your music.

xmms2d is the daemon through which XMMS2 clients playback and manage music. A client library provided allows third parties to easily write XMMS2 clients, especially using the Python and Ruby bindings.

xmms2d uses a three part method to playback music. Music is accessed from disk or network using a transport plugin, the data is then passed on to a decoder plugin which decodes the audio into a form that can be played back by an output plugin.

OPTIONS

General options

-v, --verbose

Increase verbosity.

-q, --quiet

Decrease verbosity.

-p dir, --plugindir=dir

Use plugin directory dir.

-o plugin, --output=plugin

Use output plugin plugin.

-i url, --ipc-socket=url

Listen to socket at url. Multiple sockets can be specified separated by ;-characters. See section IPC SOCKET.

-c file, --conf=file

Use configuration file file.

-s fd, --status-fd=fd

Write to filedescriptor fd when started. This can be used to wait until inter-process communication (IPC) is up, as for instance xmms2-launcher(1) does.

--yes-run-as-root

Allow xmms2d to be run as root.

Getting help

-h, -?, --help

Display basic help information and exit.

-V, --version

Display version information.

IPC SOCKET

XMMS2 clients use IPC sockets to communicate with xmms2d. These IPC sockets are specified in an URL based format with three possible transport methods: unix, tcp, and tcp6.

The TCP methods allow clients to connect over IPv4 and IPv6 to xmms2d and therefore allow remote control of XMMS2. A typical IPC socket url using TCP is tcp://127.0.0.1:9667.

The UNIX transport method is for local clients only and creates a file through which XMMS2 clients can access xmms2d. A typical IPC socket path using the UNIX transport is unix:///tmp/xmms-ipc-foobar.

FILES

Below CONFDIR is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xmms2 on UNIX if the XDG_CONFIG_HOME-environment variable is set. Otherwise it is $HOME/.config/xmms2 (UNIX except Darwin), or $HOME/Library/xmms2 (Darwin). On Win32 it is %APPDATA%/xmms2.

CONFDIR/xmms2.conf

An XML formatted configuration file that allows changing the settings of xmms2d.

CONFDIR/startup.d/

A directory populated with programs that are run when xmms2d is executed. An alternative location can be specified in the configuration file.

CONFDIR/shutdown.d/

A directory populated with programs that are run when xmms2d is shutdown correctly. An alternative location can be specified in the configuration file.

CONFDIR/medialib.db

An sqlite3(1) database that includes information about each song that has been added the the XMMS2 media library. An alternative location can be specified in the configuration file.

CONFDIR/bindata/

A directory that contains files with binary data entrusted to the XMMS2 media library, such as cover art. An alternative location can be specified in the configuration file.

/tmp/xmms-ipc-USER

The typical location for the UNIX IPC Socket. Here USER is the name of the user that executed xmms2d.

HISTORY

The XMMS2 Project was started by Tobias Rundström and Anders Waldenborg. It is developed by a small group of contributers from all over the world.

AUTHOR

This manual page was originally written by Alexander Botero-Lowry <[email protected]>. It was reformatted and slightly extended by Erik Massop <[email protected]>.