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audacious — An open-source audio player. Indirectly based on XMMS. See also: `audtool`, `clementine`, `mpc`, `nc

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Problem

How to use the audacious command: An open-source audio player. Indirectly based on XMMS. See also: audtool, clementine, mpc, ncmpcpp. More information: <https://manned.org/audacious>.

Solution

audacious — An open-source audio player. Indirectly based on XMMS. See also: audtool, clementine, mpc, ncmpcpp. More information: <https://manned.org/audacious>.

Launch the GUI:

audacious

Start a new instance and play an audio:

audacious {{[-N|--new-instance]}} {{path/to/audio}}

Enqueue a specific directory of audio files:

audacious {{[-e|--enqueue]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Start or stop playback:

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

Skip forwards ([fwd]) or backwards ([rew]) in the playlist:

audacious --{{fwd|rew}}

Stop playback:

audacious {{[-s|--stop]}}

Start in CLI mode (headless):

audacious {{[-H|--headless]}}

Exit as soon as playback stops or there is nothing to playback:

audacious {{[-q|--quit-after-play]}}

Code Snippets

Launch the GUI

audacious

Start a new instance and play an audio

audacious {{[-N|--new-instance]}} {{path/to/audio}}

Enqueue a specific directory of audio files

audacious {{[-e|--enqueue]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Start or stop playback

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

Skip forwards ([fwd]) or backwards ([rew]) in the playlist

audacious --{{fwd|rew}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/audacious

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