music123 − plays various sound files (usually including MP3, Ogg and Wav).
music123 [ −hqrvz ] file ...
music123 is a shell around various command line programs to play music files. It will descend directories trees with −r, and randomize file lists with −z. The programs used and the options given them are listed in /etc/music123rc or ~/.music123rc.
−h |
Show command help and exit; |
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−q |
Quiet mode. No messages are displayed. |
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−r |
Recurse into directories, instead of ignoring them. |
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−v |
Display version information and exit. |
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−z |
Play files in random order. |
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−Z |
Play the files randomly and endlessly. |
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−l |
Loop. −z −l differs from −Z in that −z −l will randomize, play through the song list (without repetition) in random order once, and repeat the songs in that order over and over; −Z will randomly play the songs, without any order, and will possibly play a song right after itself. |
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−i |
Ignore extension case. |
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−L |
List files and exit. |
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−T |
Start a task that handle commands, only one command supported : quit, using q or Q will quit the application at the end of the current song. |
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−D |
Set music123 not to delay between songs. (May make music123 harder to kill). |
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−d |
Customize the time music123 delays between songs. −d takes one argument, expressed in seconds, which may have a fractional part. |
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−@ |
Play the files listed in the mandatory argument of −@. Other files can be added on the command line, and this option can be given several times. Note that music123 doesn’t yet play URLs. |
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−− |
End option list. |
Play three songs:
music123 test1.ogg test2.mp3 test3.wav
Play a couple of directories and other songs at random:
music123 −z −r Rock/ test1.ogg Pop/ test4.wav
/etc/music123rc
Describes which programs music123 uses, which files types it supports, and which options it passes those programs.
~/.music123rc
Per−user config file to override the system wide settings.
Authors:
David Starner <dvdeug AT debian DOT org>