Parole - Command-line Options

Help Options
Application Options
GStreamer Options
GTK+ 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; --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

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:

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

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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