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NAME

       irmp3d - description of commands understood by irmp3d

DESCRIPTION

       The irmp3d multimedia daemon can be controlled through many medias. You
       can send command through the  irmp3  command,  through  LCDproc  input,
       through  network  connections, but all these method will end up sending
       commands to the irmp3 daemon which will try to execute them.

       This is a list of all supported commands, their syntax and effect.

GENERAL COMMANDS

       these commands are used by the imp3d daemon itself, they are  not  used
       by the modules.

       reload
              Reloads all config files (like sending a SIGHUP to IRMP3)

INTERFACE COMMANDS

       These  commands changes the way irmp3d reports information to the user.

       environment <name>
              groups of commands can be defined  in  the  configuration  file.
              this command will issue to irmp3d the commands named name

       beep [enable|disable]
              Enables/disables   beeps  when  certain  commands  are  entered.
              (currently only sleep and shuffle)

       beep on <string>
              Instructs IRMP3 to make an "on" beeping noise when this  command
              is encountered.

       beep off <string>
              Instructs IRMP3 to make an "off" beeping noise when this command
              is encountered.

       network filter <regex>
              (supported only by mod_netctl and when connected via a  network)
              Filters messages sent to your network socket.  Matching messages
              will not be sent.

              use network filter 230  to  filter  out  all  the  anoying  time
              messages in output

       displaymode [0|1]
              Sets  the  LCD  display  to  display  elapsed  time  in  song or
              remaining time in song.

       query <item>
              Retrieve information about the state of IRMP3 and the  currently
              playing   song,   where  item  is  "status",  "volume",  "bass",
              "treble",  "mute","shuffle",  "repeat",  "songcmd",  "songtype",
              "songplayer",  "title",  "artist",  "album",  "year", "comment",
              "genre",    "time",   "playlist",    "plpos",    "plfiles"    or
              "pldirs","whocanplay <file type>","songtype <song>"
              "mp3file"  is  equivalent  to songcmd, but is deprecated. please
              use "songcmd" instead

PLAYER COMMANDS

       These commands will directly affect the currently playing file. This is
       where you will find commands like play, stop, pause, forward etc...

       stop
              Stop  playing,  the  current player will stay ready for the next
              song

       stopall
              Stop playing, and stop all players, releasing the audio  device.

       play <song>
              Load and play the specified song.  <song> may be: any valid mpg3
              file/stream (mpg123)

       pause
              Pause / unpause the current song

       seek [+|-]<offset>
              Seeks to the specified absolute or relative offset (given  as  a
              value  of  seconds).  This may be a little inaccurate if playing
              compressed streams like mp3.
              Use "seek +2" to skip forward a little.
              Use "seek -2" to rewind a little.
              Use "seek 0" to seek to the beginning.

       cd load [<device>]
              Load a CD and create playlist for it.  CD may be an audio cd  or
              data  cd  the  device  is the device as configured in the irmp3d
              configuration file.  if it is not specified, 0 will be used

       cd loadplus [<device>]
              like cd load, but doesn’t clear the playlist first

       cd eject [<device>]
              Try to eject cd. If it fails, stop playing and try  again.   the
              device  is  the device as configured in the irmp3d configuration
              file.  if it is not specified, 0 will be used

       cd eject2 [<device>]
              Try to eject cd.  the device is the device as configured in  the
              irmp3d  configuration  file.   if it is not specified, 0 will be
              used

       playtype <type> <song>
              playes the specified song, using the specified type  for  player
              recognition

PLAYLIST COMMANDS

       These  commands  will change the list of songs that will be played, and
       the order in which they will be played.

       playlist load <file>
              Load and play the specified playlist.  Clears previously  loaded
              playlist.   The playlist is an ascii file with one filename each
              line (a typical m3u file).

       playlist loadplus <file>
              As for load but without clearing playlist.

       playlist loaddir <pattern>
              Loads  all  files  matching  <pattern>  as   a   new   playlist.
              Directories  will be searched recursively and standard wildcards
              are allowed. E.g:
              /var/mp3/*.mp3
              /var/mp3/CD2/*.mp3
              /var/mp3/*/Pop/*.mp3
              /var/mp3/*/Metal/*.mp3

       playlist loaddirplus <pattern>
              As for loaddir but without clearing playlist.

       playlist clear
              Clears the current playlist.

       playlist clearnostop
              Clears the current playlist without stopping current song.

       playlist done
              Playlist editing finished. Sort (if necessary)  and  play  first
              entry.

       playlist add <file>
              Adds  the  specified file to the playlist.  The file should be a
              playable file (e.g.  mp3 file). No playing is initiated.

       playlist addplus <file>
              As for add, but starts playing and sends a notification  message
              to the display.  TP> playlist addtype <type> <file>
              Adds  the  specified file to the playlist.  The file should be a
              playable file (e.g.  mp3 file). No  playing  is  initiated.  The
              type  argument  specifies  what  type  should be used for player
              recognition.

       playlist addplustype <type> <file>
              As for addtype, but starts  playing  and  sends  a  notification
              message to the display.

       playlist jump [+|-]<offset>
              Seeks to the specified absolute or relative song.
              Use "playlist jump +1" to skip to the next song.
              Use "playlist jump -1" to skip to the previous song.
              Use "playlist jump 0" to jump to the first song.

       playlist jumpdir [+|-]<offset>
              Seeks  to the specified absolute or relative next directory in a
              playlist.

       playlist shuffle [0|1]
              Sets random playorder of playlist. Modes are:
              0 = shuffle off
              1 = shuffle on
              If you don’t specify a mode, the current mode is toggled.

       playlist repeat [0|1|2]
              Sets repeat mode. Modes are:
              0 = repeat off
              1 = repeat current
              2 = repeat all
              If you don’t specify a mode, the current mode is toggled.

       playlist sort
              Sorts the playlist by  song  (and  directory)  name.   Automatic
              sorting can be defined in irmp3.conf

PLAYLISTLIST COMMANDS

       Once  you  have a list of songs, you usually want to have more than one
       list.  the  playlistlist  commands  allow  you  to  manage  a  list  of
       playlists.

       playlistlist load <file>;
              Load  and  play the specified playlistlist file.  A playlistlist
              file is a list  of  playlists.  It’s  an  ascii  file  with  one
              filename of a playlist each line.

       playlistlist clear
              Clears the current playlistlist.

       playlistlist jump [+|-]<offset>;
              Seeks to the specified absolute or relative playlist.

BROWSER COMMANDS

       If  you use the LCDproc programm to display the irmp3 information on an
       LCD display, you usually wnat to be able to load  files  via  a  remote
       control or an lcdproc input device.
       these  commands will make irmp3d display/load/navigate a browser on the
       LCD device.

       browser cursor [+|-][step]
              Scroll within a directory.
              Use +<step>; to scroll down (+1 norm, +10 pgdown)
              Use -<step>; to scroll up   (-1 norm, -10 pageup)
              Use <step>; for absolute cursor position
              Use + or - only to skip to next letter

       browser back
              Change to parent directory (like cd ..)

       browser into
              Change into selected directory (like cd subdir)

       browser add
              Add selected directory/mp3/m3u to  current  playlist  and  start
              playing  if  playlist  was  empty or Execute selected *.sh shell
              script if script execution is enabled in  irmp3.conf  and  shell
              script is located below path ’browser_exec’

       browser play
              Clear  existing  playlist,  add  selected  directory/mp3/m3u  to
              playlist and start playing

       browser clear
              Clear playlist  (like  ’playlist  clear’)  with  additional  LCD
              output

       browser setpwd <directory>;
              Set  parent  directory  to <directory>;. This may be an absolute
              path or  relative  to  ’browser_root’  Both,  the  absolute  and
              relative   statement   must  result  in  a  path  located  below
              ’browser_root’

       browser show
              Show parent directory and cursor without any further action  (eg
              for entering browser mode)

       browser exec <shell script>;
              Shell  script  (absolute path) to be executed.  This script does
              NOT need to be located below  ’browser_exec’  -  every  file  is
              accepted!  No user specific command line parameters are allowed.
              1st internal parameter passed to this script is a temporary file
              where  the  script  can  leave  a message that will be displayed
              after execution. If no message is  desired  the  script  has  to
              clear or delete this file. See scripts/README for details.
              2nd  internal  parameter  passed  to  this script is the current
              browser directory.
              3rd internal parameter passed to  this  script  is  the  current
              browser cursor.
              4th  internal  parameter  passed  to  this script is the current
              cursor’s file type:

                  dir     = directory
                  audio   = audio/mp3 file
                  list    = playlist
                  listlist= playlist-list
                  exec    = executable shell script
                  other   = any other file

MIXER COMMANDS

       These commands will let you change the volume and the  balance  through
       irmp3

       mixer volume [+|-]<value>;
              Sets  the  master  volume  to <value>;. You may give absolute or
              relative (with +|-) values. <value&gt; may be within 0..100.

       mixer balance [+|-]<value>;
              Sets the balance. Range is -50..50, where -50 is left and 50 ist
              right.  Only available on stereo soundcards.

       mixer bass [+|-]<value>;

       mixer treble [+|-]<value>;
              Sets  bass/treble  value.  Range  is 0..100.  Not available with
              every soundcard.

       mixer default
              Reset mixer settings  to  defaults  specified  in  configuration
              file.

       mixer mute [0|1]
              Mutes  sound  until disabled.  If no parameter is specified, the
              mute status will toggle.  Adjusting  the  volume  will  send  an
              implicit "mixer mute 0"

TIMER COMMANDS

       these  commands  allows to program an automatic shutdown of irmp3d in a
       given amount of time.

       sleep <time>; [<fadetime>;]
              Activates the sleep timer. This will stop the player in  <time>;
              minutes.  A value of 0 disables the sleep timer.  If you specify
              <fadetime>;,  the  volume  will  be  decreased  while  the  last
              <xtime>; minutes of <time>;.

ALARM COMMANDS

       this  command  allows  you  to  enaable  the  alarm environments. these
       environments  are  specially  predefined  environments  that   can   be
       triggered through SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2

       alarm [enable|disable]
              Enables/disables  the  use  of alarms.  Alarms are sent to IRMP3
              via SIGUSR1 and  SIGUSR2  and  require  the  user  to  configure
              environment_alarm1 and/or environment_alarm2 in irmp3.conf

ENVIRONMENT COMMANDS

       the  environment  module  allows  you  to store a bunch of (semi-column
       separated) commands in special config option, and then  call  them  all
       with a single environment command

       environment <environment name>

              if  a  config  option environment_<environment name> exists  the
              associated commands are executed

KBD COMMANDS

       These commands are linked  to  the  mod_kbd  module  to  handle  direct
       keyboard input

       kbd [enable|disable]
              enables or disables the whole mod_kbd module

BACKWARD COMPATIBLE COMMANDS

       These  commands  will  still  work for backward compatible reasons, but
       should not be used

       alarms [enable|disable]
              alias for alarm [enable|disable]

EVENTS

       This  section  should  only  usefull  to  module  programmers,  and  to
       understand  the  output  of  mod_netctl.  Events are generated when the
       internal state of irmp3d changes, and are used by modules to  react  to
       other modules state.
       Events   are   internal   irmp3d   events  that  are  signaled  on  the
       MSGTYPE_EVENT message queue. they are generated by modules  on  special
       cases and can be detected and used by other modules if they need. These
       are not orders, nobody has to react to them.

       idle <time>
              This  event  is  generated  by  mod_idle  every  "idle_interval"
              seconds  which  is defined in the irmp3d config file Time is the
              number of seconds since the last action took place

       mixer <type> <value>
              This event is generated by mod_mixer when a  volume  element  is
              changed. the types are volume, mute, balance, bass, treble,
              For  mute, a 0 is unmutting, a 1 is mutting. a "mixer volume" is
              also sent after the mute event.  For any other types, the  value
              is the corresponding volume.

       alarm <type>
              This  event  is  generated by mod_alarm when alrams are globally
              enabled (1) or disabled (0)

       repeat <type>
              This event is generated  by  mod_playlist  whenever  the  repeat
              method  is changed type can be no repeat (0) repeat current song
              (1) repeat all song (2)

       shuffle <type>
              generated by mod_playlist when the shuffle status changes.  this
              is either on (1) or off (0)

       sleep <sleeptime> <fadetime>
              This   event   is  generated  by  mod_sleep  when  the  sleeping
              configuration changes. the times are in minutes, a sleeptime  of
              0 means that the sleep function has been deactivated

       loadplaylist <playlist name>
              generated by mod_playlist when a playlist is loaded.

       stop
              generated  by  mod_player  when  playing is stoped (sound device
              isn’t released)

       play <player> <song>
              generated when the playing of a song has started

       halt
              generated when the playing is halted (sound device is released)

       pause
              generated when the playing is paused

       unpause
              generated when the playing is unpaused

       player error
              generated when the player  module  didn’t  find  an  appropriate
              player for the song

       update  <data name> <new data>
              generated  when  some  file  data has changed (new title for the
              song in http strem for example) data name is  the  name  of  the
              data changed, new data is the new value

SEE ALSO

       irmp3(1) irmp3d(8) irmp3d.conf(5)

Jeremy Rosen <jeremy.rosen@enst-berta0.5.5r>                       irmp3d.7(7)