GST123(1)gst123 Manual Page GST123(1)NAMEgst123 - A GStreamer based command line media player
SYNOPSISgst123 [OPTIONS] [URIS...]
DESCRIPTIONgst123 is a command line based media player released as free software
under the GNU LGPL.
OPTIONSgst123 follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
starting with two dashes ('-').
-h, --help
Shows a brief help message.
--version
Prints out gst123 version.
--full-version
Prints out gst123 version and version of libraries used by
gst123.
-r, --repeat
Repeat playlist forever.
-z, --shuffle
Shuffle playlist before playing.
-Z, --random
Play files in random order forever.
-x, --novideo
Do not play the video stream.
-@ <playlist>, --list <playlist>
Load files to play from the playlist file.
-a, --audio-output <driver>[=<device>]
Set audio output driver (and device). See section audio drivers
for details.
-v, --visualization <plugin_name>
Use a plugin for visualization during audio playback.
-V, --visualization-list
Show a list of available audio visualization plugins which can
be used with the -v option.
-k <n>, --skip <n>
Skip the first 'n' seconds of each file.
-q, --quiet
Don't display any messages (title, codec, ui feedback).
--verbose
Print GStreamer pipeline used to play files
Besides filenames, playlist entries or command line args can be direc‐
tories. In this case, gst123 recursively searches the directory and
plays all files contained in it.
INTERRUPT
You can abort gst123 at any time by pressing Ctrl-C. If you are playing
multiple files, this will stop the current file and begin playing the
next one. If you want to abort playing immediately instead of skipping
to the next file, press Ctrl-C within the first second of the playback
of a new file.
KEYBOARD INPUT
cursor left/right
Seek 10 seconds backwards/forwards.
cursor down/up
Seek 1 minute backwards/forwards.
page down/up
Seek 10 minute backwards/forwards.
space Toggle pause.
+/- Increase/decrease volume by 10%.
m Toggle mute/unmute.
f Toggle fullscreen display (only for videos).
1 Normal video size (only for videos).
n Play next file.
q Quit gst123.
? Show keyboard help.
CONFIGURATION FILE
During start, gst123 will read ~/.gst123rc, if this file exists. Empty
lines and lines starting with a # are ignored. The following commands
are available:
audio_output <driver>[=<device>]
This sets the default audio driver and the default audio device.
It has the same effect as the -a / --audio-output command line
option. When both are present, a config file entry and the com‐
mand line option, the value from the command line option will be
used. Read the section on audio drivers for details on the
available drivers and syntax.
visualization <visualization_plugin>
Set default visualization plugin for audio files. This setting
has the same effect as the -v / --visualization command line
option. When both are present, the value from the command line
option will be used.
AUDIO DRIVERS
alsa=[<device>]
The ALSA driver; when used without argument (as in -a alsa), the
ALSA driver uses the default device. To select an ALSA device,
its possible to use for example alsa=hw:1 (which will use the
hw:1 ALSA device).
oss=[<device>]
The OSS driver; when used without argument (as in -a oss), the
OSS driver uses the default device. The device can be specified
using for example oss=/dev/dsp1 (which would use the OSS device
/dev/dsp1).
pulse=[<device>]
The PulseAudio driver. This driver optionally accepts a device
name using the pulse=<device> syntax.
jack The JACK driver. Device selection is not supported in this case.
none Dummy output driver, will not output any audio.
SEE ALSOgst123 Website (http://space.twc.de/~stefan/gst123.php
<http://space.twc.de/~stefan/gst123.php>)
Revision 921 2013-04-18 GST123(1)
