Parole - Command-line Options
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; -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
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Help Options
- -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
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Application Options
- -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
- -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
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GStreamer Options
- --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
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GTK+ Options
- --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
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