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MPRIS-REMOTE(1) mpris-remopte Manual MPRIS-REMOTE(1)

NAME

mpris-remote - control mpris compatible audio players

SYNOPSIS

mpris-remote [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

mpris is a dbus standard interface to control media players. Many players like amarok, Audacious, QMMP, mpd with mpDris support this interface.
 
mpris-remote is a command-line interface to control media players via mpris.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
Prints usage of mpris-remote and exit.
addtrack uri [true]
Add track at specified uri to media-player. Filetypes, protocols, locations are dependent on the media player. If true is specified starts immediate playback of added track. uri can be set to - to read uris from stdin.
clear
Clear current playlist.
deltrack tracknumber
Remove tracknumber from current playlist.
 
identity: Print the identity of the player. Typically version and name.
loop [true|false]
If the parameter is omitted prints whether media player will loop track list. Otherwise sets whether track list loops or not.
next
Next track.
numtrack
Prints number of tracks in current playlist.
play
Start playback
playstatus
Print information about the current status of the player.
prev, previous
Previous track.
position
Prints position in current track
random [true|false]
If the parameter is omitted prints whether media player has random/shuffle enabled. Otherwise set random/shuffle status.
repeat [true|false]
Set current track repeat.
seek time
Seeks to specified time in track. time is specified as milliseconds from 0.
stop
Stop playback
trackinfo [track]
Prints trackinfo. If track is committee prints trackinfo for current track. If track is * prints trackinfo for all tracks in playlist.
tracknum
Prints track number in current playlist
volume [PERCENT]
If percent is omitted returns current volume. Otherwise sets player volume to specified percentage.
quit
Exit player.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

MPRIS_REMOTE_PLAYER
If unset or set to *, mpris-remote will communicate with the first player it finds registered under " org.mpris.*" through D-BUS. If you only have one MPRIS-compliant player running, then this will be fine. If you have more than one running, you will want to set this variable to the name of the player you want to connect to. For example, if set to foo, it will try to communicate with the player at "org.mpris.foo" and will fail if nothing exists at that name.

SEE ALSO

For more information about mpris see http://www.mpris.org/1.0/spec.html

AUTHOR

mpris-remote was written by Nick Welch <nick@incise.org>.
08/06/2010 mpris-remote