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Old 03-12-2004, 01:04 AM   #1
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Question xmms command line syntax


How do you get xmms to play from the command line?

From the manual pages and help, I would assume it would be like the following.
Code:
xmms -e somesong.mp3 -p --play
or
Code:
xmms -e somesong.mp3

xmms -p
neither works...
what am I doing wrong?
 
Old 03-12-2004, 01:12 AM   #2
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well, to just play a song i use 'xmms /path/to/file.mp3'
and thats it
 
Old 03-12-2004, 01:26 AM   #3
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how would you play a directory?
 
Old 03-12-2004, 01:33 AM   #4
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Ahh... Well, if you type 'xmms /path/to/dir/* it will open up the file window where you could simply click 'add all files in directory'. It seems there would be a more direct way to do it, but I couldn't find one from the man page either....
 
Old 03-12-2004, 01:38 AM   #5
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are u running it from a window manager terminal??
 
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Has to be. xmms needs an X server to run at all.
 
Old 03-12-2004, 01:46 AM   #7
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if you are running it from the terminal and not from a X server then u might try out mplayer.It plys just about everything...even stuff that xmms does not...albait....xmms is the best when it comes to X.
 
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i thought you could run it from the core command line w/o the manager...
that explains the numerous failed attempts
can i run my .shn files on mplayer?

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Old 03-12-2004, 01:53 AM   #9
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None of these apps run without the X server. X provides ALL of the necessary drivers, software, and configuration required for anything other than the plain text session you are using without a window manager/desktop environment.

I have never heard of the *.shn extention before, but chances are if its playable in Linux, mplayer will do it. Check out their website for codecs/compatibility info.

edit: Im sorry, I forgot we were talking about mp3's here . mplayer will play mp3s w/out X.

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Old 03-12-2004, 02:01 AM   #10
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.shn is the shorten codec (etree.org)
the primary codec for bootleg concerts (greatfuldead, phish, etc.)
i have it installed for xmms.
i want to be able to telnet to my machine from a remote location and play the music player that has my bootlegs in the cdrom.
i want the music to pump through the speaker output on the remote pc.
for this i would need a player that supports the shorten codec and can be executed from the command line w/o the gui.

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Old 03-12-2004, 02:12 AM   #11
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I see. Thanks for the info on .shn .
I can just tell you how I do it: I use ssh first of all, and my desktop is usually logged in to an X session so I just use the command I told you earlier 'xmms filename.mp3'. However, mplayer does support an absolute TON of stuff and since you have a codec for xmms you should be able to get one for mplayer which will play music files without an X session.

I'll take a quick look around for some shn mplayer info.
 
Old 03-12-2004, 02:22 AM   #12
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Well it doesn't look like it supports that format. All the searching I do returns mostly results on xmms. Take a quick look through the docs though... Simply installing it with the most popular codec packages might be enough to get the job done. I say this because audio is not written about in depth in the docs (i guess it is primarily a vid player), but I know it plays mp3's well. Also does .wma if you ever need it.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en...html#id2835106

Sorry, I just can't recommend mplayer enough . I hope it plays the files you need it to. It is truely a great piece of software, though maybe a bit difficult to get configured the first time it does a damn good job with any of the different formats I have used it for: dvd, mpeg, avi, quicktime, realmedia, divx, xvid, etc. etc.

Try getting Windows Media Player, or Apples Quicktime to play that many formats (proprietry quicktime and wmv on one player even ).

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