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qmmp — An audio player with an interface similar to Winamp or XMMS. See also: `clementine`, `ncmpcpp`, `cmu

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Problem

How to use the qmmp command: An audio player with an interface similar to Winamp or XMMS. See also: clementine, ncmpcpp, cmus. More information: <https://manned.org/qmmp>.

Solution

qmmp — An audio player with an interface similar to Winamp or XMMS. See also: clementine, ncmpcpp, cmus. More information: <https://manned.org/qmmp>.

Launch the GUI:

qmmp

Start or stop the currently playing audio:

qmmp {{[-t|--play-pause]}}

Seek [f]or[w]ar[d]s or [b]ack[w]ar[d]s a specific amount of time in seconds:

qmmp --seek-{{fwd|bwd}} {{time_in_seconds}}

Play the next audio file:

qmmp --next

Play the previous audio file:

qmmp --previous

Display the current volume:

qmmp --volume-status

[inc]rease or [dec]rease the volume of the currently playing audio by 5%:

qmmp --volume-{{inc|dec}}

Code Snippets

Launch the GUI

qmmp

Start or stop the currently playing audio

qmmp {{[-t|--play-pause]}}

Seek [f]or[w]ar[d]s or [b]ack[w]ar[d]s a specific amount of time in seconds

qmmp --seek-{{fwd|bwd}} {{time_in_seconds}}

Play the next audio file

qmmp --next

Play the previous audio file

qmmp --previous

Context

tldr-pages: common/qmmp

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