Xmms2 daemon which handles the playback of music and storage of music metadata
xmms2d [\|-v\||\|-q\|] [\|-p dir\|] [\|-o plugin\|] [\|-i url\|] [\|-c file\|] [\|-s fd\|] [\|--yes-run-as-root\|]
xmms2d -?
xmms2d -V
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.
-v, --verbose
Increase verbosity.
-q, --quiet
Decrease verbosity.
-pdir,--plugindir=dir
Use plugin directory dir.
-oplugin,--output=plugin
Use output plugin plugin.
-iurl,--ipc-socket=url
Listen to socket at url. Multiple sockets can be specified separated by ;-characters. See section IPCSOCKET.
-cfile,--conf=file
Use configuration file file.
-sfd,--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.
-h, -?, --help
Display basic help information and exit.
-V, --version
Display version information.
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.
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.
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
The path where the XMMS2 configuration files and resources are located.
XMMS_PATH
The url of the first socket that xmms2d listens to. This environment variable is set for programs in the startup and shutdown directories.
XMMS_PATH_FULL
A ;-seperated list of paths to which xmms2d listens. This environment variable is set for programs in the startup and shutdown directories.
xmms2(1),xmms2-launcher(1),http://xmms2.org/.
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.
This manual page was originally written by Alexander Botero-Lowry <[email protected]>. It was reformatted and slightly extended by Erik Massop <[email protected]>.