vuxctl vux ogg/mp3 player control interface

vuxctl [commands]

vuxctl is a control interface to the vux program. It provides greater control than the two signals provided by vux itself. See vux(1) for details.

Most commands are mutually exclusive with other commands. When given on the same command line, only the last of these commands will be honored. vuxctl with no arguments is equivalent to vuxctl help.

start

Invokes vux -x play in the background if no playing vux exists. This command causes all other commands given on the same line to be ignored.

clean

Removes possibly stale files in the vux directory that would prevent vux from running. Files removed are the vuxctl socket and any lockfiles. By default, these are: .vux/ctl, .vux/vux.pid, .vux/scorelist.lock, .vux/agelist.lock and .vux/countlist.lock.

double

Double the rating multiplier for current song. Mutually exclusive with half.

half

Halve the rating multiplier for current song. Since the rating multiplier is an integer, halving the initial rating multiplier of 1 has no effect. Mutually exclusive with double.

up

Increase the rating of the current song using the current rating increase method. Mutually exclusive with down and number.

down

Decrease the rating of the current song using the current rating decrease method. Mutually exclusive with up and number.

number

Change the rating of the current song to number. Mutually exclusive with up and down.

next

Proceed to next song. This does not effect current rating unless up, down or number is also given. Mutually exclusive with previous, forward and replay.

previous

Proceed to previous song. This does not effect current rating unless up, down or number is also given. If no previous song exists, previous acts as replay. Mutually exclusive with next, forward and replay.

forward

Proceed to next random song, ignoring history. This does not effect current rating unless up, down or number is also given. Mutually exclusive with next, previous and replay.

replay

Replay current song. This does not effect current rating unless up, down or number is also given. Mutually exclusive with next, previous and forward.

pause

Pause or resume running ogg or mp3 player and its child. This will only work as a toggle if ps supports the -o option (ps from procps in Debian does.) Mutually exclusive with resume, stop, reload, save, after and history.

resume

Resume running ogg or mp3 player and its child. Mutually exclusive with pause, stop, reload, save, after and history.

stop

Quit vux. Mutually exclusive with pause, resume, reload, save, after and history.

after

Quit vux after the current playing song is finished. Mutually exclusive with pause, stop, resume, reload, save and history.

reload

Reload scorelist. Mutually exclusive with pause, resume, stop, save, after and history.

save

Save scorelist. Mutually exclusive with pause, resume, stop, reload, after and history.

history

Show previous/next history of songs. As stated above, output is generated by vux. Mutually exclusive with pause, resume, stop, reload, after and save.

help

Show summary of options. As stated above, output is generated by vux. This command causes all other commands given on the same line to be ignored.

vuxctl will exit 0 if there are no errors. Otherwise, the following exit codes are used:

1

Command failed.

2

Start command was given, but vux.pid already exists.

3

Command given, but no vux.pid exists.

vuxctl next

Proceed to the next song without changing the rating of the current song.

vuxctl up next

Increase the rating of the current song and proceed to the next song.

vuxctl 50

Set the rating of the current song to 50.

vuxctl replay

Replay current song.

vuxctl previous

Proceed to the previous song without changing the rating of the current song.

vuxctl up previous

Increase the rating of the current song and proceed to the previous song.

vuxctl double up next

Increase the rating of the current song by twice the usual amount and proceed to the next song.

vuxctl double down

Decrease the rating of the current song by twice the usual amount but continue playing it.

vuxctl double

Double the rating multiplier, affecting the rating change when the song is skipped or played fully.

Use the Debian Bug Tracking System for reporting bugs and making suggestions.

vux(1)

/etc/vuxrc

system configuration file

$HOME/.vux/vuxrc

user configuration file

$HOME/.vux/scorelist

default scorelist

$HOME/.vux/*.bak

default backup file; made before saving

$HOME/.vux/*.lock

default lockfile preventing a file save or load while saving

$HOME/.vux/vux.pid

file containing PID of any vux process using -x play

$HOME/.vux/ctl

vux control socket

This manual page was written by Brian Nelson <bnelson@bloodclot.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).