---
name: "audacious2"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "audacious"
version: "2.3-2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/audacious2"
---

# audacious2(1)

an advanced audio player.

## NAME

audacious2 - an advanced audio player.

## SYNOPSIS

**audacious2** \[OPTION\] ... \[FILE\] ...

## DESCRIPTION

Audacious is a free advanced audio player for Linux and many other UNIX-compatible systems. It focuses on low resource usage, high audio quality, and support for a wide range of audio formats. It was originally based on Beep Media Player, which was in turn based on XMMS.

## OPTIONS

**Getting help:**

- *-?, --help*

  Show a brief list of options.

- *--help-all*

  Show a complete list of options.

- *--help-gtk*

  Show a list of GTK+-related options.

- *--help-sm-client*

  Show a list of session management options.

**Opening files:**

- *-e, --enqueue*

  Do not clear the current playlist before adding the files on the command line to it.

- *-E, --enqueue-to-temp*

  Add the files on the command line to a new playlist.

**Controlling playback:**

- *-p, --play*

  If currently playing, go to the beginning of the song; otherwise, begin playing.

- *-u, --pause*

  If currently playing, pause; if paused, resume playing.

- *-t, --play-pause*

  If currently playing, pause; otherwise, begin playing.

- *-s, --stop*

  Stop playing and go to the beginning of the song.

- *-r, --rew*

  Go to the previous song in the playlist.

- *-f, --fwd*

  Go to the next song in the playlist.

**Miscellaneous:**

- *-v, --version*

  Show the installed version of Audacious.

- *-i, --interface newui \| skinned \| headless*

  Start Audacious with the given interface. "newui" is the native GTK+ interface. "skinned" is an interface which uses Winamp Classic skins. (Skins can be placed in *${prefix}/share/audacious/Skins*, *~/.local/share/audacious/Skins*, and the folder specified by the environment variable *SKINSDIR*. They can be unarchived or in the following archive formats: *.zip*, *.wsz*, *.tgz*, *.tar.gz*, and *.tar.bz2*.) In "headless" mode, Audacious starts without a user interface. In this mode, it can only be controlled from the command line or by a compatible client program.

- *-m, --show-main-window*

  Show the Audacious window if it is hidden and bring it to the top.

**GTK+-related:**

- *--display DISPLAY*

  Start Audacious on the given X display.

- *--screen SCREEN*

  Start Audacious on the given X screen.

- *--sync*

  Use synchronous X calls.

- *--name NAME*

  Set Audacious's program name (for use by the window manager).

- *--class CLASS*

  Set Audacious's program class (for use by the window manager).

- *--gtk-module MODULE*

  Load a GTK+ module manually.

- *--g-fatal-warnings*

  Treat all warnings as fatal errors.

**Session management:**

- *--sm-client-disable*

  Do not connect to the session manager.

- *--sm-client-id ID*

  Set session management ID.

- *--sm-client-state-file FILE*

  Load saved configuration from FILE.

## KEYBINDINGS

z	Previous song\
 x	Play\
 c, Space	Pause\
 v	Stop\
 b	Next song\
 Right arrow	Seek forward 5 seconds\
 Left arrow	Seek backward 5 seconds\
 Control + z	Go to beginning of playlist\
 Escape	Scroll to current song\
 Control + a	Select all songs in playlist\
 Shift + Control + a	Cancel selection\
 s	Toggle shuffle\
 r	Toggle repeat\
 Control + n	Toggle advancing in playlist\
 Control + m	Toggle stopping after current song\
 Control + e	Show elapsed time\
 Control + r	Show time remaining\
 Alt + e	Show/hide playlist\
 Alt + g	Show/hide equalizer\
 Control + o	Toggle windows always on top\
 Control + s	Toggle windows on all workspaces\
 Control + w	Toggle rolling up main window\
 Control + Alt + w	Toggle rolling up equalizer\
 Shift + Control + w	Toggle rolling up playlist\
 Control + d	Toggle double size\
 i	Display Song Information dialog\
 Control + j	Display Jump to Time dialog\
 j	Display Jump to Song dialog\
 Control + f	Display Search dialog\
 l	Display Open dialog\
 f	Display Add dialog\
 Control + l	Display Open Internet Address dialog\
 Control + h	Display Add Internet Address dialog\
 Control + p	Display Preferences dialog

## FILES

- \~/.config/audacious/config

  User's Audacious configuration.

- \~/.config/audacious/playlist.xspf

  Default playlist usually loaded on startup.

- \~/.config/audacious/gtkrc

  User's set of Audacious-specific GTK+ config settings. Options such as widget color and fonts sizes can be set here.

- \~/.local/share/audacious/Skins, ${prefix}/share/audacious/Skins

  Default location(s) where Audacious should look for skinfiles.

- \~/.local/share/audacious/Plugins

  Location of user-installed plugins.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **SKINSDIR**

  Colon separated list of paths where Audacious should look for skinfiles.

- **TARCMD**

  Tar command supporting GNU tar style decompression.  Used for unpacking gzip and bzip2 compressed skins.  Default is *tar*.

- **UNZIPCMD**

  Command for decompressing zip files (skins).  Default is *unzip*.

## SEE ALSO

[**audtool2**(1)](/audtool2/1.md)

## WEBSITE

*http://audacious-media-player.org*