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