---
name: "gxine"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gxine"
version: "0.5.908-3.1+b1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gxine"
---

# gxine(1)

a GTK/GNOME frontend to the xine video player

## NAME

gxine - a GTK/GNOME frontend to the xine video player

## SYNOPSIS

**gxine** \[*options*\] \[*files or MRLs*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

**gxine** plays MPEG system (audio and video) streams, MPEG elementary streams (e.g. .mp3, .mpa or .mpv files), MPEG transport streams, AVI files, ASF files, Quicktime files, (S)VCDs and DVDs - anything which xine-lib can handle.

Typical usage looks like

**gxine some.mpg**\
 **gxine -f dvd://**\
 **gxine dvd://home/user/dvd/my.iso**

Some directories and file names are not treated as ordinary files. They are:

- **DVD**

  A directory containing a DVD filesystem structure; or a UDF filesystem image, identified by file name (“\*.iso”).

- **VCD**

  A cue file, identified by file name.

You can override this by using **file://full/path/to/file**.

## OPTIONS

**-A** *audio\_driver*\
 **--audio** *audio\_driver*

Select which libxine audio driver to use. This setting is not permanent, but it does prevent selection of other drivers via the preferences window.

**-V** *video\_driver*\
 **--video** *video\_driver*

Select which libxine video driver to use. This setting is not permanent, but it does prevent selection of other drivers via the preferences window.

- **-S** **--no-splash**

  Don't show the splash window during startup.

- **-a** **--add**

  Don't clear the playlist before adding any MRLs; start playing the first new MRL.

- **-e** **--enqueue**

  Don't clear the playlist before adding any MRLs; don't start playing the first new MRL.

- **-f** **--full-screen**

  Start in full-screen mode.

**-c** *Javascript*\
 **--command** *Javascript*

Javascript command(s) to be executed immediately after starting up.

**-C** *KEY=VALUE*\
 **--configure** *KEY=VALUE*

Set configuration item KEY to VALUE, e.g. “-c gui.window\_size=100%”.

- **-v** **--verbose**

  Verbose mode: output information about plugins, the video stream, commands executed etc. Repeat for more verbosity.

## FEATURES

There are a couple of features which aren't immediately obvious: in full-screen mode, you can right-click to get access to the menus, or middle-click to show or hide the player controls.

## SEE ALSO

*http://www.xine-project.org/*, ⟨http://www.xine-project.org/⟩ [**xine**(1)](/xine/1.md), [**totem**(1)](/totem/1.md), [**kaffeine**(1)](/kaffeine/1.md).\
 [**xine**(5)](/xine/5.md) for MRL syntax documentation (libxine \>= 1.0.2).\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Darren Salt \<linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk\>. It is based on an older version written by Philipp Matthias Hahn \<pmhahn@titan.lahn.de\> for Debian.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001-2006 The xine project