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1 Audacious
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2 A relatively powerful media player
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4 Copyright (c) 2005-2007 Audacious Development Team (see AUTHORS)
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6 Based on:
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7 BMP - Beep Media Player (c)2002-2005
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9 Which was based on:
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10 XMMS - X Multimedia System (c)1997-2001
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12 A Cross platform Multimedia Player
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14 Peter Alm, Thomas Nilsson, Olle Hallnas, Håvard Kvålen
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17 NOTE: This document is hardly maintained. Please check the Users' Guide on
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18 the Audacious website.
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21 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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22 *****************
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24 1. Disclaimer
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25 2. Installation
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26 2.1 Basic Installation
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27 2.2 Border less Installation
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28 2.3 Skin Installation
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29 3. Documentation
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30 3.1 Controlling Audacious
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31 3.1.1 Key bindings
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32 3.2 Playlist Editor
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33 3.3 Equalizer
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34 3.4 Menu
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35 3.5 Preferences
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36 3.5.1 Audio I/O Plugins
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37 3.5.2 Effect/General Plugins
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38 3.5.3 Visualization Plugins
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39 3.5.4 Options
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40 3.5.5 Fonts
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41 3.5.6 Title
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42 3.6 Plugins
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43 3.7 Playlist Manager
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44 4. Command Line Options
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45 5. Features
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46 5.1 Supported Features
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47 6. Obtaining Audacious
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48 7. Misc
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49 7.1 Shoutcast support
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50 7.2 Tips and tricks
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51 8. Bugs
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52 9. Contact Email
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57 1. Disclaimer
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58 -------------
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60 We are not liable for any damage caused by the use of this program.
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61
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62 Audacious is NOT a port of Winamp (http://www.Winamp.com). Audacious is a fork of
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63 XMMS (http://xmms.org) and BMP (http://beep-media-player.org) which borrowed the
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64 Winamp GUI.
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67 2. Installation
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70 Audacious requires the following libraries and their development
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73 Glib 2.6
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79 mcs >= 0.1
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80 (http://sacredspiral.co.uk/~nenolod/mcs)
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82 If you compile Audacious from a fresh CVS checkout, you will also need
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83 the following tools:
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88 Note that these tools and libraries are bundled with major Linux
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89 distributions. Use the packages provided with them where possible. If
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90 those packages are not sufficiently new, you may need to search
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91 third-party repositories for them.
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94 2.1 Basic Installation
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97 cd audacious-VERSION
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100 make install
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102 This will put the binary in /usr/local/bin and plugins in
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106 use --enable-chardet.
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109 2.2 Borderless Installation
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112 As far as I know most WM's accepts GTK decoration hints so it will
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113 not have borders. But some WM's can't handle this so you have to
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114 set in manually.
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116 AfterStep 1.0 ~/.steprc
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117 Style "XMMS_Player" NoTitle, NoHandles
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118 Style "XMMS_Playlist" NoTitle, NoHandles
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119 Style "XMMS_Equalizer" NoTitle, NoHandles
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121 AfterStep 1.4 ~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/database
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122 Style "XMMS_Player" NoTitle, NoHandles
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123 Style "XMMS_Playlist" NoTitle, NoHandles
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126 Fvwm's ~/.fvwm95rc
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127 Style "XMMS_Player" NoTitle
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133 NoTitle {
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141 2.3 Skin Installation
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147 However, you don't need to as Audacious supports archived skins. Audacious
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151 Just copy the archive to one of the skin paths and Audacious will take care
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154 In order to support zipped skins you will need to have unzip. Unzip
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155 is bundled with most Linux distributions.
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157 Audacious looks for skins in these directories (in listing order):
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159 <prefix>/share/audacious/Skins
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160 ~/.local/share/audacious/Skins
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163 You can set the environment variable SKINSDIR to another location of
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164 your choice:
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166 For BASH:
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167 export SKINSDIR=/path/to/Skins:/more/paths/to/other/locations/of/Skins
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170 setenv SKINSDIR /path/to/Skins:/more/paths/to/other/locations/of/Skins
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172 You should note that skins designed specifically for Audacious are not compatible
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173 with Winamp. Likewise, we do not support Winamp "modern" skins as there is a lot of
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174 Winamp-specifics that would have to be reverse-engineered or emulated to properly
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180 This file or http://audacious-media-player.org
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186 When you start up Audacious, you will get a console very similar to that of
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187 Winamp.
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196 - Time elapsed in the current song or if you click on it, the reversed.
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197 - Spectrum analyzer of the sound being played. Right mouse click will
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198 bring up the Visualization menu. Left mouse button will change the
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199 analyzer to an oscilloscope and/or none.
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200
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201 - To the right of the Spectrum analyzer is the title of the file being played.
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202 This also contains the length of the song being played, as well as its
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203 position in the [unsorted] playlist. Right clicking in this window will bring
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204 up a new menu with some more options that are self explaining.
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206 - In the left part of the Spectrum analyzer you'll have letters (at least if
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207 you use the default skin) O A I D V. This is known as the
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208 "clutterbar'. Left-clicking on these will open up menus or perform the
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209 listed actions.
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210 O : Options menu
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211 A : Always on top
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212 I : File info box
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213 D : Double size mode
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214 V : Visualization menu
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215
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216 - Underneath the track title are the following static informational data:
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217 - bit rate in KBps (usually 128 or 112)
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218 - Sample Rate in KHz (usually 44)
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219 - Stereo or Mono channel mixing
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221 - Underneath the informational data are a few controls you can play with:
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222 - The first slider controls the volume
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223 - The second slider controls the balance between speakers
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224 - The button marked "EQ" loads up the graphic equalizer
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225 - The button marked "PL" loads up the playlist editor
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226 - The LARGE slide bar moves from left to right as the song plays. You can
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227 drag this to jump to another location in the current file.
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228
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229 - On the bottom of the console are the standard buttons you would see on a CD
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230 player: Previous track, Play, Pause, Stop, Next track, eject, shuffle
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231 and repeat.
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232
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233 - The eject button doesn't REALLY eject, of course. :) It opens up the
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234 file requester. The File Requester builds a playlist for the current
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236 load all mp3s in a directory.
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238 - The shuffle button randomizes the sequence of the playlist.
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240 - The repeat button when enabled makes the playlist loop when it reaches the
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241 end of the playlist.
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244 3.1.1 Key bindings
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247 Global: (Main, Equalizer and Playlist window)
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248
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249 z = Previous song
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250 x = Play
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251 c = Pause
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252 v = Stop
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253 b = Next song
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254 l = Play file (brings up the Load file(s) dialog)
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255 j = Jump to file (in the existing playlist)
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256 r = Toggle Repeat
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257 s = Toggle Shuffle
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258
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259 Control + h = Play location (url)
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260 Control + p = Preferences dialog
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261 Control + r = Time remaining
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262 Control + o = Always on top
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263 Control + w = Winshade mode
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264 Control + j = Jump to time
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265 Control + z = Start of list
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266 Control + n = No Playlist Advance
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267 Control + 3 = File info dialog
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268
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269 Control + Alt + w = Toggle Equalizer winshade mode
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270 Shift + Control + w = Toggle Playlist winshade mode
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271
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272 Alt + e = Toggle playlist window
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273 Alt + g = Toggle equalizer window
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274
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275 Main window:
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276
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277 Arrow key up = Volume up 2%
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278 Arrow key down = Volume down 2%
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279 Arrow key right = Skip 5 seconds forward in song
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280 Arrow key left = Skip 5 seconds back in song
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281
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282 Playlist window:
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283
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284 Arrow key up = up one step in playlist
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285 Arrow key down = Down one step in playlist
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286
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287 Delete = Remove selected songs from playlist
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288 Page Up = Move one page up
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289 Page Down = Move one page down
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290 Home = Go to the first song
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291 End = Go to the last song
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292 Enter = Play selected song
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293 Insert = Add file dialog
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294 Shift + Insert = Add directory dialog
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295 Alt + Insert = Add url dialog
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296
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297 Equalizer shade mode:
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298
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299 Arrow key up = Volume up 2%
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300 Arrow key down = Volume down 2%
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301 Arrow key right = Balance 4% to right
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302 Arrow key left = Balance 4% to left
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305 3.2 Playlist editor
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308 To access the Playlist editor, select the button labeled "PL" on the right
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311 This will bring up the actual playlist window, here you'll find 5 buttons.
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312 All of these buttons can be held down to bring up an extra menu.
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313 From left to right:
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314
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315 file + : will add a file to current playlist, held down mode you'll have
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316 2 extra options
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317 dir : will let you pick a directory (recursive)
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318 url : will let you add an url for streaming
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319
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320 file - : will delete the highlighted file, held down mode you'll have 3
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321 more options
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322 crop : delete all files except the highlighted in the list
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323 all : delete all files in the list
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324 misc : *** NOT FUNCTIONAL ***
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325
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326 sel all : select all files in current playlist, held down mode you'll have
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327 2 extra options
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328 sel zero : select none
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329 inv sel : invert you selection
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331 misc opts : held down you'll have 2 extra options
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332 fileinfo : opens the file info dialog.
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333 sort : release button on this will bring up another menu with sort options
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334
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335 load list : will let you pick a playlist to load, held down you'll have
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336 2 extra options
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337 save : will let you save your playlist
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338 new : will empty the playlist and let you create a new playlist
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339
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340 If you want to select/deselect files in the filrequester/playlist editor use
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341 CTRL for files and SHIFT key for blocks of files. You can also browse the PL
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342 using the cursor keys and enter to select song. Pressing the delete button will
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343 remove the song from the playlist. If your mouse is equipped with a mouse
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344 wheel, you can use this to scroll up and down.
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345
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346 3.3. Equalizer
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349 To access the Equalizer, select the button labeled "EQ" on the right
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352 That will bring up the Equalizer window. It looks like an equalizer on a stereo
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353 and behaves like one as well. Press the button labeled ON to enable the use of
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354 the equalizer, once you turned it on you use it as a normal equalizer.
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356 EQ presets will be saved in ~/.audacious/config when you close Audacious. You can also
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362 1: Look for a preset file in the directory of the file we are about to play.
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363 2: Look for a directory preset file in the same directory.
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364 3: Look for a preset saved with the "auto-load" feature.
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365 4: Finally, try to load the "default" preset.
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367 The 'preset' button will open up a menu with the following options:
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369 Load
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370 Preset : Will open a window with all available presets.
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371 Auto-load preset : Will open a window with all available auto-load
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372 presets.
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373 Default : Will load the default preset.
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374 Zero : Will reset the equalizer to zero.
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375 From file : Will load from a .preset file
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377 choose a library file only the first entry will
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378 be loaded.
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382 the entries to the Preset window.
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383 Save
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384 Preset : Let you name the current preset and save it.
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385 Auto-load preset : Saves the current settings as a preset for the song
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386 currently playing.
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387 Default : Saves the default value for the equalizer.
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388 From file : Saves the current settings in a preset file.
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389 From Winamp EQF file : Exports the current settings to a file readable by
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390 Winamp.
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391 Delete
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392 Preset : Let you delete a preset from the list.
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393 Auto-load preset : Let you delete a auto-load preset from the list.
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394
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395 Configure Equalizer : Change the default names of directory based
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396 preset files.
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397
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398 3.4. Menu
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399 ---------
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400
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402 hand side of the visual window described in sections 3.1 If you click the right
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403 mouse button in the main window, the menus will also pop up (same as clicking
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404 the button on the top left corner).
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405
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406 3.5. Preferences
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407 ----------------
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408
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409 Use the menu to open Options / Preferences or press CTRL-P to bring the
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410 preferences dialog up.
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411
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412 3.5.1. Appearance
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413 -----------------
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414
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415 Skins
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416 In the skinlist you can choose a skin. How to install skins is described above.
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417 Click on a skin in the list to change to it.
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418
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419 Fonts
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420 You can set the font in the main window by setting the 'Player' font. You can
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421 change the playlist font by setting the 'Playlist' font.
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422
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423 Miscellaneous
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424 Show track numbers in playlist - Enable/disable displaying of track numbers in
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425 the playlist.
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426 Use custom cursors - Enable/disable custom cursors set by the skin.
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427
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428
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429 3.5.2. Mouse
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430 ------------
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431
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432 Mouse wheel
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434
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435 3.5.3. Playlist
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436 ---------------
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437
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438 Filename
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439 Convert underscores to blanks - Converts '_' (underscores) to ' ' in the
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440 playlist.
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441 Convert %20 to blanks - Converts '%20' to ' ' in the
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442 playlist.
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443
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444 Metadata
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445 Load metadata from playlists and files - Loads metadata from files and
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446 playlists (e.g. ID3 tags).
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447
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448 Playback
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449 Don't advance in playlist - Don't advance to the next song in the playlist when
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450 the current song ends.
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451 Pause between songs - Set the time (in secons) to pause on songchange
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452
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453 Song display
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454 Title format - Choose the format to display the song names in the playlist.
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455 Custom string - When the above option is set to 'Custom' insert a string of
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456 substitutes here.
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457
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458 3.5.6. Plugins
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460
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461 Enable/disable and configure plugins in this section.
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462
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463 Choose a tab to list one of the types of plugins:
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464 - Decoders (filetype/device support)
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465 - General (general plugins)
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466 - Visualization (visualization plugins)
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467 - Effects (effect plugins)
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468
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469 3.5.7. Audio
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470 ------------
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471
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472 The settings in this section are related to the audio system.
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473
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474
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475 3.6 Plugins
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476 -----------
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477
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478 Plugins are what makes Audacious work, by moving most of the code out of
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479 Audacious and into a plugin architecture it's possible to change almost
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480 everything in Audacious. There are today 8 different types of plugins.
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481
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482 However to promote maximum flexibility of the platform itself, we no longer
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483 include any plugins with the Audacious core.
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484
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485 You will need to download and install our plugin pack for Audacious if you
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486 expect it to do anything useful (or install someone else's plugin pack if one
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487 should exist).
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488
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489 Additionally, you can find a list of plugins at:
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490 http://audacious-media-player.org/Plugins
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491
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492 You should note that third-party plugins are not supported by the Audacious
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493 development team, and that you should report any issues with them on our forums,
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494 but NEVER on our bugtracker.
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495
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496 3.7 Playlist Manager
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497 --------------------
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498
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499 Audacious supports multiple playlists (think foobar2000). For the manipulation of
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500 playlists, we have included a playlist manager tool.
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501
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502 It is accessible from the Playlist menu.
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503
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504
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505 4. Command Line Options
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507
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508 audacious --help will produce:
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509
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510 Usage: audacious [options] [files] ...
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511
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512 Options:
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513 --------
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514
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515 -h, --help Display this text and exit.
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516 -n, --session Select Audacious/XMMS session (Default: 0)
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517 -r, --rew Skip backwards in playlist
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518 -p, --play Start playing current playlist
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519 -u, --pause Pause current song
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520 -s, --stop Stop current song
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521 -t, --play-pause Pause if playing, play otherwise
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522 -f, --fwd Skip forward in playlist
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523 -e, --enqueue Don't clear the playlist
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524 -m, --show-main-window Show the main window
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525 -v, --version Print version number and exit.
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526 -H, --headless Headless operation
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527 -E, --enqueue-to-temp Enqueues to a temporary playlist.
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528
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529 You can specify files on the command line, e.g:
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530
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531 audacious file1.mp3 file2.mp3 file3.mp3
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532 audacious *.mp3
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533 audacious playlist.m3u playlist.pls playlist.xspf
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534
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535 If you do this while Audacious is running, the current playlist
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536 will be cleared and the files/playlist specified on the command
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537 line will be used instead.
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538
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539 To keep the current playlist intact use the -E option, which will
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540 create a new temporary playlist with the requested media, or the
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541 -e option, which will append to your currently selected playlist.
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542
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543
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544 5. Features
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545 -----------
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546
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547 5.1 Supported Features
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548 ----------------------
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549
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550 Seeking in files
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551 Volume/Balance
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552 Shuffle play
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553 Repeat play
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554 Playlist editor
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555 Spectrum Analyzer
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556 One Line mode al'a WinShade in Winamp
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557 Oscilloscope
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558 Timer Elapsed/Timer Remaining
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559 Plug-in system Output/Input/Effect/General/Visualization
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560 Equalizer
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561 Double Size option
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562 Winamp 2.0 skin support (can use wsz files)
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563 GTK Requesters (with theme support)
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564 Streaming/Shoutcast(1.0/1.1)/Icecast support
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565 Auto remove borders if the WM has support for it
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566 Fast jump in playlist
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567 Scroll wheel support
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568 Saves HTTP streams to HD
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569 HTTP authentication
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570 Plays MPEG layer 1/2/3, WAV, Ogg Vorbis
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571 Compiles and works on other Unixes
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572 Proxy authentication support
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573
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575 6. Obtaining Audacious
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577
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578 Currently, we only provide source tarballs at:
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580 http://audacious-media-player.org/Downloads
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582 The Subversion snapshots listed are not regularly updated. We
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583 encourage you to download Audacious straight from our SVN repository:
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585 svn co http://svn.atheme.org/audacious/trunk audacious-devel
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588 6.1 Obtaining Skins
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590
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591 You can find Audacious/XMMS skins made by Audacious/XMMS users at:
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593 http://www.xmms.org/skins.html
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594 http://themes.org/skins/xmms
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596 You can find more places on our website, at:
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598 http://audacious-media-player.org/Skins
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599
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601 7. Misc
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604 7.1. Tips and Tricks
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608 set the SKINSDIR variable to that dir.
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609
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610 Audacious features some command line options like next/previous songs, those
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611 things can be binded to a key. I use AfterStep and the useless window keys
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612 for this. Here is an example from my .steprc:
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614 Key Meta_R A N Exec "Audacious" audacious -r
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615 Key Menu A N Exec "Audacious" audacious -f
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617 If you want all your mp3's in one playlist an easy way is:
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618 locate .mp3 > /path/to/playlistname
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619
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620 (considering you have a fairly recent updatedb, don't blame us if locate don't
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621 find the file you downloaded 3 minutes ago)
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624 8. Bugs
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627 Audacious is under heavy development and as such, has quite a number of
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628 bugs. Our bug tracker page is maintained at:
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632 It will continue to have bugs as we fix and introduce new ones through
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633 rewriting and enhancement. Help us along by reporting new bugs, and
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634 verifying existing ones.
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640 Project Admins:
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641
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642 William Pitcock email: nenolod at sacredspiral.co.uk
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643 Tony Vroon email: chainsaw at gentoo.org
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645 Alternatively, you can try the mailing list at audacious@atheme.org.
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646 Subscription information is available at:
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647
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648 http://mail.atheme.org/mailman/listinfo/audacious
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649
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650 If a mailing list is not interesting to you, you can try our forums:
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651
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652 http://boards.nenolod.net
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654 There is also an IRC channel at irc.atheme.org #audacious. You should
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655 note that this IRC presence is mainly for internal project use, but
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656 that doesn't stop 50-someodd people from visiting there.