NAME
amarok - The audio player for KDE
SYNOPSIS
amarok [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [URL(s)]
DESCRIPTION
Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes
playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever
before and it looks good doing it! Amarok is based on the powerful Qt 4
/ KDE 4 technology platform and nicely integrates with KDE desktop.
Much work has been invested into integrating Amarok 2 with various Web
services:
o Ampache
o Jamendo Service
o Last.fm
o Librivox
o MP3tunes
o Magnatune
o OPML Podcast Directory
Amarok comes with a lot of features including but not limited to:
o Scripts - enhance your Amarok experience with community developed
scripts.
o Dynamic Playlists - create playlists that automatically update.
o Context View - customize interface with the Plasma powered Context
View.
o PopUp Dropper - simplify drag&drop actions with revolutionary menu
system.
o Multiple Language Translations
o Collection Management - organizing your music collection has never
been easier with Amarok's powerful tagging, renaming, and sorting
abilities.
o Database Importing - import collections from Amarok 1.4 or iTunes.
o Scriptable Services - integrate other web services into Amarok.
OPTIONS
Arguments:
URL(s) Files/URLs to open
Options:
-r, --previous
Skip backwards in playlist
-p, --play
Start playing current playlist
-t, --play-pause
Play if stopped, pause if playing
--pause
Pause playback
-s, --stop
Stop playback
-f, --next
Skip forwards in playlist
Generic options:
--help Show help about options
--help-qt
Show Qt specific options
--help-kde
Show KDE specific options
--help-all
Show all options
--author
Show author information
-v, --version
Show version information
--license
Show license information
-- End of options
KDE options:
--caption <caption>
Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar
--icon <icon>
Use 'icon' as the application icon
--config <filename>
Use alternative configuration file
--nocrashhandler
Disable crash handler, to get core dumps
--waitforwm
Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager
--style <style>
sets the application GUI style
--geometry <geometry>
sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the
argument format
--nofork
Do not run in the background.
Qt options:
--display <displayname>
Use the X-server display 'displayname'
--session <sessionId>
Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'
--cmap Causes the application to install a private color map on an
8-bit display
--ncols <count>
Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an
8-bit display, if the application is using the
QApplication::ManyColor color specification
--nograb
tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard
--dograb
running under a debugger can cause an implicit -nograb, use
-dograb to override
--sync switches to synchronous mode for debugging
--fn, --font <fontname>
defines the application font
--bg, --background <color>
sets the default background color and an application palette
(light and dark shades are calculated)
--fg, --foreground <color>
sets the default foreground color
--btn, --button <color>
sets the default button color
--name <name>
sets the application name
--title <title>
sets the application title (caption)
--visual TrueColor
forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit
display
--inputstyle <inputstyle>
sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are
onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root
--im <XIM server>
set XIM server
--noxim
disable XIM
--reverse
mirrors the whole layout of widgets
--stylesheet
<file.qss> applies the Qt stylesheet to the application
widgets
AUTHORS
Alexandre 'Ain't afraid of no bugs' Oliveira <aleprj@gmail.com>
Bart 'Where are my toothpicks' Cerneels <bart.cerneels@kde.org>
Dan 'Hey, it compiled...' Meltzer <hydrogen@notyetimplemented.com>
Ian 'The Beard' Monroe <ian@monroe.nu>
Jeff 'IROCKSOHARD' Mitchell <kde-dev@emailgoeshere.com>
Leo Franchi <lfranchi@kde.org>
Mark 'It's good, but it's not irssi' Kretschmann <kretschmann@kde.org>
Maximilian Kossick <maximilian.kossick@gmail.com>
Nikolaj Hald 'Also very hot' Nielsen <nhnfreespirit@gmail.com>
Seb 'Surfin' down under' Ruiz <ruiz@kde.org>