GMERLIN-RENDERER(1)

💖 GMERLIN-RENDERER 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the gmerlin-renderer manual page — yeah it's from the User Manuals section, it's the Gmerlin media renderer, and we're gonna get through it together. grab a strawberry 🍓, this is genuinely useful, i promise.

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✨ NAME ✨

gmerlin-renderer — Gmerlin media renderer, no cap, that's literally the whole name.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

gmerlin-renderer [options]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Gmerlin Mediarenderer. that's it, that's the description. it renders media, it's giving main character energy, we move. 💅

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🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

every single one, bestie, i'm not skipping a thing:

• -sc <file> — save the config to file. it's giving "screenshot but for settings" ✨
• -c <file> — load the config from a file. the glow-up arc of your previous setup 💖
• -i <options> — input options. the way your media gets in the door 🚪
• -aud <options> — audio options. sound stuff, iykyk 🎧
• -vid <options> — video options. visuals, the moment 🎬
• -oa plugin[?param1=val1[&param2=val2...]] — set the audio output plugin. use -list-oa to list all the available plugins, and -list-plugin-parameters <plugin> to list every supported option. yes you can pass params, the ? starts them and & separates them, iconic 💅
• -ov plugin[?param1=val1[&param2=val2...]] — set the video output plugin. use -list-ov to list the available plugins and -list-plugin-parameters <plugin> to list all supported options. same param energy as above 🦋
• -fa plugin[?param1=val1[&param2=val2...]] — add an audio filter with options to the chain. this one can be given multiple times, so stack them filters like it's a fit check 👑 use -list-fa to list available plugins and -list-plugin-parameters <plugin> to list all supported options
• -fv plugin[?param1=val1[&param2=val2...]] — add a video filter with options to the chain. also can be given multiple times, go off 🌈 use -list-fv to list available plugins and -list-plugin-parameters <plugin> to list all supported options
• -vis <options> — audio visualization. your music but make it art 🎨
• -osd <options> — OSD options. on-screen display stuff, the lil text layer ✨

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⭐ GENERIC OPTIONS ⭐

these ones are the universal besties — they're available for all gmerlin applications. so no matter which gmerlin app you're running, these show up. periodt.

• -help — print this help message and exit 🫶
• -help-man — print this help message as a manual page and exit. meta, honestly 💀
• -help-texi — print this help message in texinfo format and exit 📄
• -version — print version info and exit. i know you're checking, we all check 👑
• -v level — set the verbosity level (that's 0..4, so pick your volume) 🔊
• -syslog name — log to syslog under the specified name 📝
• -stderr — always log to stderr. loud and proud, no filter 💅

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🌸 FILES 🌸

the files it cares about, and yes they live in your home dir like little roommates 🏠

• ~/.gmerlin/plugins.xml — cache of the plugin registry, and it's shared by all applications so everybody's reading the same vibe ✨
• ~/.gmerlin/generic/cfg.xml — default plugin parameters are read from there. use gmerlin_plugincfg to change them (yes, that's the tool, go use it) 🎀

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heads up bestie: those plugin listings (-list-oa, -list-ov, -list-fa, -list-fv) and -list-plugin-parameters <plugin> are the way you find out what you can actually plug in. don't just guess plugin names, fr fr.

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okay that's the whole page, no notes 💖 thanks for reading my little manual, you understood the assignment.

Gmerlin — 2025-09-26 🌈 that's the source and the date, cutie, sign-off complete. bye bestie, go render something iconic 👑💜