QMMP(1)

📦 version 1.6.2, in debian bookworm, ubuntu noble

✨ NAME ✨

qmmp — bestie, it's literally an audio player 🎧💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

qmmp

That's it. That's the whole synopsis. Iconic, honestly. 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so, this manual page gives you the lowdown (briefly!) on the qmmp command. 💅

qmmp is a program that plays audio files. That's the whole vibe. It plays them. Slay. 🔥

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • -e, --enqueue — do NOT clear the playlist, bestie. keep the queue, respect the queue 🫶
  • -p, --play — start playing the current song ▶️
  • -u, --pause — pause the current song ⏸️
  • -t, --play-pause — the iconic flip-flop: pause if it's playing, play if it isn't 🔁
  • -s, --stop — stop the current song 🛑
  • -j, --jump-to-file — pop up the Jump to File dialog 🪂
  • -q, --quit — quit the application, bye bestie 👋
  • --volume <0..100> — set the playback volume, and yes the range is literally <0..100> (example: qmmp --volume 20) 🔊
  • --volume-status — print the volume level 📢
  • --toggle-mute — mute it or restore the volume, one button, two moods 🔇
  • --mute-status — print the mute status 🤐
  • --next — skip forward in the playlist ⏭️
  • --previous — skip backwards in the playlist ⏮️
  • --toggle-visibility — show or hide the application, peekaboo 🙈
  • --show-mw — show the main window 🪟
  • --add-file — display the Add File dialog 📄
  • --add-dir — display the Add Directory dialog 📁
  • --volume-inc — increase the volume by 5 steps, no cap 📈
  • --volume-dec — decrease the volume by 5 steps 📉
  • --pl-help — show the playlist manipulation commands 🎛️
  • --seek <time> — seek to a position in the current track ⏱️
  • --seek-fwd <time> — seek forward ⏩
  • --seek-bwd <time> — seek backwards ⏪
  • --status — print the playback status 🩺
  • --nowplaying <fmt> — print a formatted track name (example: qmmp --nowplaying "%t - %a") 🎵
  • --nowplaying-syntax — print the --nowplaying syntax 📝
  • --ui <name> — start qmmp with the specified user interface 🖥️
  • --ui-list — list ALL the available user interfaces 📋
  • --no-start — don't start the application 🚫
  • -h, --help — display this text and exit 🆘
  • -v, --version — print the version number and exit 🏷️

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

qmmp was written mainly by Ilya Kotov <forkotov02@hotmail.ru>. 👑

This manual page was written by Eugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> in 2008 for the Debian project (but it may be used by others). It was expanded in 2021 by Matteo Cypriani <mcy@lm7.fr>. Credit where credit is due, fr fr 🫶✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

💌 cute little sign-off bestie: this page comes from the General Commands Manual and it's dated 2021-01-10, stamped QMMP(1). go forth and play some audio, you absolute icon 💖🎧✨
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