MPSKIP(1)

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version 0.26 · 4 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

💿 MPSKIP(1) — the mpskip page, bestie edition 💿

ok so real talk, this is mpskip, part of the mpdtoys cinematic universe, and it is exactly as chaotic as it sounds. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're making your music player glitch on purpose.

✨ NAME ✨

mpskip — emulate a skipping record

like, your mpd is gonna sound like a scratched CD from 2004 and it's giving nostalgia 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

mpskip [num_skips] [duration] [skippos] [host]

four lil slots, all optional, all vibes 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea: mpskip makes mpd emulate a skipping record. yes fr fr, that's the whole job. it's a feature, not a bug, bestie 💖

let's break down the argies:

  • num_skips — how many times it should skip. if num_skips is not specified (or is 0), it will skip forever — like, until someone manually seeks past the "bad" part of the song, or changes songs. so basically it's a forever-loop until a human intervenes 😭 the skip doesn't stop itself, someone has to rescue the vibe.
  • duration — how long the skip should be, in seconds. and yes, floating point values can be used, so go feral with your 0.25 if that's the energy you want ✨
  • skippos — the number of seconds into the song to place the skip point. default? the current play position. so if you don't say anything, it just picks up wherever you're at right now, main character behavior honestly 👑
  • host — the hostname. if you omit it, the MPD_HOST environment variable will be used. she's got a backup plan, periodt.

💀 LIMITATIONS 💀

ngl there are a couple things she does NOT do, and we're gonna be honest about them:

  • doesn't insert the pop you hear on a real record player when the needle skips. sorry bestie, no authentic thunk sound. you get the skip, not the crackle 😭
  • if you run it against a remote host, it may not skip at exactly the same place each time due to network issues. blame the wifi, not her 🙈
⚠️ yeah so that second one is a real caveat — network jitter means the skip point can drift. don't @ me, @ your router.

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Copyright 2007 Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>

Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.

http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/mpdtoys

aaaand that's the whole page, bestie ✨ this was perl v5.36.0 energy, dated 2023-02-01, and she ATE 💅🎀 go make your mpd stutter, you icon 🦋💖

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