tldr/pages/common/audacious.md

audacious

An open-source audio player. Indirectly based on XMMS. See also: audtool, clementine, mpc, ncmpcpp. More information: https://manned.org/audacious.

• Launch the GUI:

audacious

• Start a new instance and play an audio:

audacious {{[-N|--new-instance]}} {{path/to/audio}}

• Enqueue a specific directory of audio files:

audacious {{[-e|--enqueue]}} {{path/to/directory}}

• Start or stop playback:

audacious {{[-t|--play-pause]}}

• Skip forwards ([fwd]) or backwards ([rew]) in the playlist:

audacious --{{fwd|rew}}

• Stop playback:

audacious {{[-s|--stop]}}

• Start in CLI mode (headless):

audacious {{[-H|--headless]}}

• Exit as soon as playback stops or there is nothing to playback:

audacious {{[-q|--quit-after-play]}}