The general usage of the command line options is:

parole [OPTION...] [FILES...]

Here is a summary of all the options, grouped by type. Explanations are in the following sections.

? Help Options ! -h, --help; --help-all; --help-gst; --help-gtk

? Application Options ! -i, --new-instance; -n, --no-plugins; -d, --device; --xv; -E, --embedded; -F, --fullscreen; -p, --play; -N, --next; -P, --previous; -r, --volume-up; -l, --volume-down; -m, --mute; -u, --unmute; -a, --add; -V, --version; --display=DISPLAY

? -h, –help ! List the various command line options supported by Parole and exit

? –help-all ! List all command line options supported by Parole and exit

? –help-gst ! List all GStreamer multimedia framework options supported by Parole and exit

? –help-gtk ! List all GTK+ platform options supported by Parole and exit

? -i, –new-instance ! Opens a new instance of Parole

? -n, –no-plugins ! Starts Parole without loading its plugins

? -d, –device ! Sets the Audio-CD/VCD/DVD device path

? –xv ! Enables/Disables the X video extension for the X Window System (true or false, default=true)

? -E, –embedded ! Starts Parole in embedded mode

? -F, –fullscreen ! Starts Parole in fullscreen mode

? -p, –play ! Plays, or pauses Parole if already playing

? -N, –next ! Plays the next track

? -P, –previous ! Plays the previous track

? -r, –volume-up ! Raises the volume of Parole's output audio

? -l, –volume-down ! Lowers the volume of Parole's output audio

? -m, –mute ! Mutes the volume of Parole's output audio

? -u, –unmute ! Unmutes (restores) the volume of Parole's output audio

? -a, –add ! Add files to Parole's playlist

? -V, –version ! Prints Parole's version information and exit

? –display=DISPLAY ! Default X display to use

? –gst-version ! Prints the GStreamer Core Library version and exit

? –gst-fatal-warnings ! Make all warnings fatal

? –gst-debug-help ! Prints the available debug categories and exit

? –gst-debug-level=LEVEL ! Default debug level from 1 (only error) to 5 (anything) or 0 for no output

? –gst-debug=LIST ! Comma-separated list of category_name:level pairs to set specific levels for the individual categories. Example:

GST_AUTOPLUG:5,GST_ELEMENT_*:3

? –gst-debug-no-color ! Disables colored debugging output

? –gst-debug-color-mode ! Changes coloring mode of the debug log. Possible modes: off, on, disable, auto, unix

? –gst-debug-disable ! Disables debugging

? –gst-plugin-spew ! Enables verbose plugin loading diagnostics

? –gst-plugin-path=PATHS ! Colon-separated paths containing plugins

? –gst-plugin-load=PLUGINS ! Comma-separated list of plugins to preload in addition to the list stored in environment variable GST_PLUGIN_PATH

? –gst-disable-segtrap ! Disables trapping of segmentation faults during plugin loading

? –gst-disable-registry-update ! Disables updating the registry

? –gst-disable-registry-fork ! Disables spawning a helper process while scanning the registry

? –class=CLASS ! Program class as used by the window manager

? –name=NAME ! Program name as used by the window manager

? –gdk-debug=FLAGS ! GDK debugging flags to set

? –gdk-no-debug=FLAGS ! GDK debugging flags to unset

? –gtk-module=MODULES ! Loads additional GTK+ modules

? –g-fatal-warnings ! Make all warnings fatal

? –gtk-debug=FLAGS ! GTK+ debugging flags to set

? –gtk-no-debug=FLAGS ! GTK+ debugging flags to unset