pytonectl(1)

pytonectl1

Remote control for pytone

Usage

pytonectl [option] command

Overview

pytonectl is a commandline remote control for a running PyTone instance. It communicates via Unix Sockets or TCP/IP with the running PyTone.

Options

-h, --help shows this help

-s, --server <hostname>

connects to PyTone instance on <hostname>

-p, --port <port>

connect to PyTone Server on given <port>

-f, --file <file>

connect to PyTone UNIX socket <file>

Commands

getplayerinfo

show information on the song currently being played

playerforward

play the next song in the playlist

playerpause

pause the player

playerstart

start/unpause the player

playertogglepause

pause the player, if playing, or play, if paused

playerstop

stop the player

playerratecurrentsong <rating>

rate the song currently being played (1<=rating<=5)

playlistaddsongs <filenames>

add files to end of playlist

playlistaddsongtop <filename>

play file immediately

playlistclear

clear the playlist

playlistdeleteplayedsongs

remove all played songs from the playlist

playlistreplay

mark all songs in the playlist as unplayed

playlistshuffle

shuffle the playlist

Releases

6 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.1–4.0
  2. 5.0–8

Author

PyTone was written by Jörg Lehmann <[email protected]>. This manpage was written by Alexander Wirt <[email protected]> for the Debian Distribution.

From pytone 3.0.0-1+b4 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.