====== Command-line Options ======

The general usage of the command line options is:
<code>parole [OPTION...] [FILES...]</code>

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

? Help Options
! <nowiki>-h, --help; --help-all; --help-gst; --help-gtk</nowiki>

? Application Options
! <nowiki>-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</nowiki>

===== 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

===== 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

? --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

===== 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:<code>GST_AUTOPLUG:5,GST_ELEMENT_*:3</code>

? --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


===== 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