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SYNOPSIS
       xmms  [-h]  [--help]  [-n <session>] [--session=<session>] [-r] [--rew]
       [-p] [--play] [-u] [--pause] [-s]  [--stop]  [-t]  [--play-pause]  [-f]
       [--fwd] [-e] [--enqueue] [-S] [--toggle-shuffle] [-R] [--toggle-repeat]
       [-A] [--toggle-advance] [-m]  [--show-main-window]  [-q]  [--quit]  [-i
       <session  id>]  [--sm-client-id=<session  id>]  [-v] [--version] [file‐
       name]...

DESCRIPTION
       XMMS is the X Multimedia System.  It is used to play  audio  and  other
       kinds of media files.  By default XMMS can play MPEG audio, Ogg Vorbis,
       RIFF wav, most module formats and a few other  formats.   XMMS  can  be
       extended through plugins to play a number of other audio and video for‐
       mats.

OPTIONS
       XMMS accepts the following options:

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -n, --session
              Select XMMS session (Default: 0).

       -r, --rew
              Skip backwards in playlist.

       -p, --play
              Start playing current playlist.

       -u, --pause
              Pause current song.

       -s, --stop
              Stop current song.

       -t, --play-pause
              Pause if playing, play otherwise.

       -f, --fwd
              Skip forward in playlist.

       -e, --enqueue
              Don’t clear the playlist.

       -Q, --queue
              Add file(s) to playlist and queue

       -S, --toggle-shuffle[=SWITCH]
              Toggle the ’shuffle’ flag.

              Optional argument SWITCH may be either ’on’ or ’off’

       -i, --sm-client-id
              Set session manager identification.

       -v, --version
              Print version number and exit.

       -q, --quit
              Close remote session.

SKINS
       XMMS supports WinAmp style  skins.   Skins  may  be  stored  in  either
       archived (.zip, .wsz, .tgz, .tar.gz, or .tar.bz2) or unarchived format.
       XMMS looks for skinfiles in ${prefix}/share/xmms/Skins,  ~/.xmms/Skins,
       and locations specified by the SKINSDIR variable.

KEYBINDINGS
       Global keybindings for XMMS:

         z                   Previous song
         x                   Play
         c                   Pause
         v                   Stop
         b                   Next song
         l                   Play file
         j                   Jump to file
         r                   Toggle Repeat
         s                   Toggle Shuffle
         Shift + l           Play directory
         Control + l         Play location
         Control + p         Preferences dialog
         Control + v         Visualization plugin dialog
         Control + r         Time remaining
         Control + a         Always on top
         Control + w         Winshade mode
         Control + d         Doublesize mode
         Control + e         Easy move
         Control + j         Jump to time
         Control + z         Start of list
         Control + n         No Playlist Advance
         Control + 3         File info dialog
         Control + Alt + w   Toggle Equalizer winshade mode
         Shift + Control + w Playlist winshade mode
         Alt + w             Hide/show mainwindow
         Alt + e             Hide/show playlistwindow
         Alt + g             Hide/show Equalizer
         Alt + s             Skin selecting window

       Main window specific:

         Arrow key up        Volume up 2%
         Arrow key down      Volume down 2%
         Arrow key right     Skip 5 seconds forward in song
         End                 Last page in playlist
         Enter               Play selected song
         Insert              Add file dialog
         Shift + Insert      Add directory dialog
         Alt + Insert        Add url dialog

       Equalizer shade mode specific:

         Arrow key up        Volume up 2%
         Arrow key down      Volume down 2%
         Arrow key right     Balance 4% to right
         Arrow key left      Balance 4% to left

FILES
       ~/.xmms/config    Users xmms configuration.

       ~/.xmms/xmms.m3u  Default playlist usually loaded on startup.

       ~/.xmms/gtkrc     Users  set  of  xmms-specific  GTK  config  settings.
                         Options such as widget color and fonts sizes  can  be
                         set here.

       ~/.xmms/menurc    Users set of keybindings.

       ~/.xmms/Skins, ${prefix}/share/xmms/Skins
                         Default  locations  where  XMMS should look for skin‐
                         files.

       ~/.xmms/Plugins   Location of user installed plugins.

ENVIRONMENT
       SKINSDIR    Colon separated list of paths where XMMS  should  look  for
                   skinfiles.

       TARCMD      Tar  command  supporting GNU tar style decompression.  Used
                   for unpacking gzip and bzip2 compressed skins.  Default  is
                   tar.

       UNZIPCMD    Command  for  decompressing  zip files (skins).  Default is
                   unzip.

OTHER INFO
       The webpage for XMMS is at http://www.xmms.org.  Here you can find info
       about XMMS, download the latest version, plugins, and skins.

SEE ALSO
       wmxmms(1)



Version 1.2.10                   17 March 2004                         XMMS(1)
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