performous6
The free music and rhythm game
Overview
Performous is a free cross-platform karaoke, band and dancing game, where one or more players perform a song and the game scores their performances based on timing and accuracy.
Performous supports songs in UltraStar, Frets on Fire and StepMania formats. Also, microphones and instruments from SingStar, Guitar Hero and Rock Band as well as some dance pads are autodetected.
If you have trouble with the program (no songs found, audio not working, etc), try running it on a terminal. Some useful debug information is printed there.
Generic options:
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-h [ --help ] -
you are viewing it
-l[--log] arg-
subsystem name or minimum level to log
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-v [ --version ] -
display version number
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--songlist arg -
save a list of songs in the specified folder
Configuration options:
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--audio arg -
specify an audio device to use
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--audiohelp -
print audio related information
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--jstest -
utility to get joystick button mappings
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any arguments without a switch are interpreted as song folders.
Audio device configuration
Performous normally autodetects microphones and playback devices correctly, but if this fails on your machine, you will need to configure them in the Audio Devices screen. Advanced configuration is possible through the command line, just remember to enter the configuration menu and press Ctrl+S to save them to your config file so that they don't need to be specified every time the program starts.
The list of available PortAudio devices is printed to the console, but it can also be seen from the GUI.
Releases
8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 7 times.
--audio since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--audiohelp since Debian 7 (Wheezy).
--michelp until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--mics until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--pdev until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
--pdevhelp until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).