slimserver8

Streaming audio server

Usage

slimserver.pl [--help] [--audiodir dir] [--playlistdir dir] [--cachedir dir] [--daemon] [--diag] [--logfile dir] [--stdio] [--user userid] [--group groupid] [--httpport portnumber [--httpaddr listenip]] [--cliport portnumber [--cliaddr listenip>]] [--prefsfile prefsfilepath] [--pidfile pidfilepath>] [--quiet] [--playeraddr listenip] [--priority priority] [--streamaddr listenip] [--scanonly] [--noscan] [--nosetup] [--noserver] [--perfmon]

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the slimserver.pl command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation inline.

Options

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the slimserver.pl --help output.

--help: Show this usage information.

--audiodir: The path to a directory of your MP3 files.

--playlistdir: The path to a directory of your playlist files.

--cachedir: Directory for SlimServer to save cached music and web data.

--diag: Use diagnostics, shows more verbose errors.

: Also slows down library processing considerably.

--logfile: Specify a file for error logging.

--daemon: Run the server in the background.

: This may only work on Unix-like systems.

--stdio: Use standard in and out as a command line interface to the server.

--user: Specify the user that server should run as.

: Only usable if server is started as root. This may only work on Unix-like systems.

--group: Specify the group that server should run as.

: Only usable if server is started as root. This may only work on Unix-like systems.

--httpport: Activate the web interface on the specified port.

: Set to 0 in order disable the web server.

--httpaddr: Activate the web interface on the specified IP address.

--cliport: Activate the command line interface TCP/IP interface on the specified port. Set to 0 in order disable the command line interface server.

--cliaddr: Activate the command line interface TCP/IP interface on the specified IP address.

--prefsfile: Specify where the preferences file should be stored.

--pidfile: Specify where a process ID file should be stored.

--quiet: Minimize the amount of text output.

--playeraddr: Specify the _server's_ IP address to use to connect to SLIMP3 players.

--priority: Set process priority from -20 (high) to 20 (low) no effect on non-Unix platforms.

--streamaddr: Specify the _server's_ IP address to use to connect to streaming audio sources.

--scanonly: Only run the library scanner, then exit.

--noscan: Don't scan the music library.

--nosetup: Disable setup via http.

--noserver: Disable web access server settings, but leave player settings accessible. Settings changes arenot preserved.

--perfmon: Enable internal server performance monitoring.

Configuration

You can change startup parameters by editing /etc/default/slimserver.