xfmedia-remote1

Usage

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the xfmedia-remote command, which allows you to remotely interact with the Xfmedia program.

xfmedia is a lightweight and easy to use media player for the Xfce Desktop Environment. The Gtk+ GUI focuses on playing and managing audio files, but, being based on xine, supports video as well.

Options

-h, --help

Prints help message and exits.

-V, --version

Prints version information and exits.

--session=N

Specify the number of an already-running instance of Xfmedia. (Defaults to 0, or the first instance found).

--ping

Checks to see if an instance of Xfmedia is running.

-p, --play[=N]

Causes Xfmedia to play the file at playlist idx N. If N is not specified, Xfmedia will play the currently selected entry, or, if no item is selected, the first entry. If used in conjunction with --playlist-add, will cause Xfmedia to play the newly-added entry.

--toggle

Causes Xfmedia to pause if playing, or play if paused.

--pause

Causes Xfmedia to pause/unpause.

--stop

Causes Xfmedia to stop playback.

--previous

Causes Xfmedia to play the previous entry in the playlist.

--next

Causes Xfmedia to play the next entry in the playlist. If Xfmedia is in shuffle mode, a new entry will be selected randomly.

-a, --playlist-add=FILE

Adds FILE to the end of the playlist.

-r, --playlist-remove=N

Removes the specified entry from the playlist.

-c, --playlist-clear

Removes all entries from the playlist.

-l, --playlist-load=FILE

Loads the specified playlist. Note that this does NOT first clear the playlist.

-s, --playlist-save=FILE

Saves the current playlist to the specified FILE.

-Q, --quit

Instructs Xfmedia to quit.

-j, --jump-to-file

Causes Xfmedia to show the main window (if not visible) and show the jump-to-file entry box.