---
name: "xmms2-et"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xmms2"
version: "0.9.7-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xmms2-et"
---

# xmms2-et(1)

transmits an anonymous informative packet to the XMMS2 team on each song change

## NAME

xmms2-et - transmits an anonymous informative packet to the XMMS2 team on each song change

## SYNOPSIS

*xmms2-et*

## DESCRIPTION

**XMMS2** is a redesign of the XMMS (https://github.com/xmms2) music player. It features a client-server model, allowing multiple (even simultaneous!) user interfaces, both textual and graphical. All common audio formats are supported using plugins. On top of this, there is a flexible media library to organize your music.

*xmms2-et* is the ET Phone Home Client for **XMMS2.** *xmms2-et* is designed to transmit a packet of information to the **XMMS2** team whenever a new song is played. The packet is anonymous and does not contain metadata about the song being played. The specifics of what data is transmitted to the **XMMS2** team can be found in the **ET PACKET** section of this manual page.

*xmms2-et* is used for release engineering by the **XMMS2** team. During a release cycle, the usage of various plugins, operating systems, and XMMS2 components is collected from data transmitted by the *xmms2-et* client. A release is made when sufficient testing has occured as determined by the number of related *xmms2-et* packets that the **XMMS2** team has received.

## ET PACKET

The following data is transmitted with every packet transmitted by *xmms2-et:*

- *XMMS2-ET status*

  Begins XMMS2-ET packets; *status* gives a descriptive message denoting what this packet is about. (e.g. Clean shutdown, Unclean shutdown, New media)

- *version=version*

  contains the version of the **XMMS2** daemon

- *system=os*

  contains the name and release of the operating system on which *xmms2d* is running

- *output=output\_plugin*

  contains the output plugin being used to playback audio by *xmms2d*

- *starttime=start\_time*

  contains the time at which the *xmms2-et* client was started

- *uptime=xmms2d\_uptime*

  contains the uptime of the *xmms2-et* client

- *playlistloads=times*

  contains the number of times a playlist has been loaded from the Media Library

- *mlibresolves=times*

  contains the number of times that metadata has been resolved for media in the Media Library

The following data is different for each song being played:

- *decoder=plugin*

  contains the decoder plugin used to playback the last played song

- *transport=plugin*

  contains the transport plugin used to read the last played song

- *samplefmt:in=in\_fmt*

  contains the sample format of the original audio file of the last played song

- *samplefmt:out=out\_fmt*

  contains the sample format that was sent to the output plugin for the last played song

- *samplerate:in=in\_rate*

  contains the sample rate of the original audio file of the last played song

- *samplerate:out=out\_rate*

  contains the sample rate that was sent to the output plugin for the last played song

- *channels:in=number\_in*

  contains the number of channels of the original audio file of the last played song

- *channels:out=number\_out*

  contains the number of channels that were sent to the output plugin for the last played song

## ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES

- *XMMS\_PATH*

  The URL path to *xmms2d.* See **IPC SOCKET** in *xmms2d(8)* for details of possible values for this variable

## SEE ALSO

[xmms2(1)](/xmms2/1.md), xmms2d(8), https://github.com/xmms2

## HISTORY

The **XMMS2** Project was started by Tobias Rundström and Anders Gustafsson. It is developed with their lead by a small group of contributers from all over the world.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Alexander Botero-Lowry \<alex@foxybanana.com\>