exaile - Man Page
music manager and player
Synopsis
exaile [OPTION...] [LOCATION...]
Description
Launch Exaile, optionally adding tracks specified by LOCATION to the active playlist. If Exaile is already running, this attempts to use the existing instance instead of creating a new one.
Playback Options
- -n, --next
Play the next track
- -p, --prev
Play the previous track
- -s, --stop
Stop playback
- -a, --play
Play
- -u, --pause
Pause
- -t, --play-pause
Pause or resume playback
- --stop-after-current
Stop playback after current track
Collection Options
- --add LOCATION
Add tracks from LOCATION to the collection
Playlist Options
- --export-playlist LOCATION
Export the current playlist to LOCATION
Track Options
- -q, --query
Query player
- --format-query FORMAT
Retrieve the current playback state and track information as FORMAT
- --format-query-tags TAGS
Tags to retrieve from the current track; use with --format-query
- --gui-query
Show a popup with data of the current track
- --get-title
Print the title of current track
- --get-album
Print the album of current track
- --get-artist
Print the artist of current track
- --get-length
Print the length of current track
- --set-rating N
Set rating for current track to N%
- --get-rating
Get rating for current track
- --current-position
Print the current playback position as time
- --current-progress
Print the current playback progress as percentage
Volume Options
- -i, --increase-vol N
Increase the volume by N%
- -l, --decrease-vol N
Decrease the volume by N%
- -m, --toggle-mute
Mute or unmute the volume
- --get-volume
Print the current volume percentage
Other Options
- --new
Start new instance
- -h, --help
Show this help message and exit
- --version
Show program's version number and exit.
- --start-minimized
Start minimized (to tray, if possible)
- --toggle-visible
Toggle visibility of the GUI (if possible)
- --safemode
Start in safe mode - sometimes useful when you're running into problems
- --force-import
Force import of old data from version 0.2.x (overwrites current data)
- --no-import
Do not import old data from version 0.2.x
- --start-anyway
Make control options like --play start Exaile if it is not running
- --use-lang USELANGUAGE
Locale to use for Exaile
Development/Debug Options
- --datadir DIRECTORY
Set data directory
- --all-data-dir DIRECTORY
Set data and config directory
- --modulefilter MODULE
Limit log output to MODULE
- --levelfilter LEVEL
Limit log output to LEVEL
- --debug
Show debugging output
- --eventdebug
Enable debugging of xl.event. Generates lots of output
- --eventdebug-full
Enable full debugging of xl.event. Generates LOTS of output
- --threaddebug
Add thread name to logging messages.
- --eventfilter TYPE
Limit xl.event debug to output of TYPE
- --quiet
Reduce level of output
--startgui
- --no-dbus
Disable D-Bus support
- --no-hal
Disable HAL support.