NAME
orpheus − Light-weight text mode menu- and window-driven audio player
SYNOPSIS
orpheus [OPTION] ...
DESCRIPTION
Orpheus is a light-weight text mode menu- and window-driven audio player application for CDs and files in MP3 and Vorbis OGG format, which also supports HTTP proxies, CDDB and is fully user-configurable.
OPTIONS
−a, −−ascii
use ascii characters to draw windows and UI controls
−h, −−help
display command line usage
−r <cmd>, −−remote <cmd>
execute a remote command (see below for details)
−v, −−version
show the program version info
−xt, −−x−titles
show track information in xterm title bar
REMOTE CONTROL
With orpheus, you can control an already running instance of the program using its command-line interface. Assuming you have orpheus running and playing something somewhere in background or in another console, you can ake it to go to the next track. Everything you need to do is to run the following command:
orpheus -r next
You’ll hear the next song playing soon. Now, there is an overview on what can also be done using the remote command-line interface. Orpheus understands the following commands:
next
Goes to the next track.
prev
Plays previous track.
add
<files..>
Adds specified files to the current play list. Please note
the
command itself and file names must be the same parameters,
e.g.
be taken into quote characters like this:
$ orpheus -r add /home/konst/mp3/song1.mpg
Several files can be specified using this command as well:
$ orpheus -r add /home/konst/mp3/song1.mpg /home/konst/mp3/song2.mpg
load
<playlist>
Loads the speficied play list.
play <n>
Goes to the track number <n> in the current
playlist.
USUAL KEYBINDINGS
Ctrl-L
Redraws the screen in any place of program execution. If
output of
some kind of background programs or system messages spoil
your screen
just press it so orpheus display is refreshed.
Ctrl-Y
In a message writing mode removes entire current line.
Ctrl-K
Single line edit mode.
Kills entire content.
Ctrl-U
Single line edit mode.
Kills a part of line to the left from cursor.
Alt-H
Single line edit mode.
Invokes history of recently entered lines.
VERSION
orpheus 1.5
BUG REPORT
Report any bugs to orpheus-bugs [AT] konst.ua
AUTHOR
This page and orpheus itself are written by Konstantin Klyagin <konst [AT] konst.ua>. This page is also revised by Jose Parrella and Noritada Kobayashi.