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`qnxplayer`

Play audio files

Syntax:

qnxplayer [options]

-s filename: Start qnxplayer with the skin indicated by filename.
-u [url]: Start only if a qnxplayer isn't already running. You can specify an optional url in the form of "file://" or "http://" which qnxplayer loads, or if another is running, this file is sent to the existing qnxplayer.

The qnxplayer utility is an audio player based on the multimedia library. It has the following features:

qnxplayer

An example of qnxplayer with a playlist.

Click the icon in the upper left hand corner of the qnxplayer window to view menus for the utility.

You can use the following commands:

Command	Menu	Keyboard
Toggle the Playlist	Playlist Editor	Ctrl-E
Toggle between displaying elapsed time and time remaining	Options-Time elapsed, Options-Time remaining	Ctrl-T
Keep `qnxplayer` always on top	Options-Always On Top	Ctrl-A
View `qnxplayer` at double size	Options-Double Size	Ctrl-D
Toggle playlist repeat	Options-Repeat	R
Toggle random shuffle of the playlist	Options-Shuffle	S
Set the http proxy to access files through a firewall	Options-Http Proxy
Set the CD Digital Audio (CDDA) buffer size	Options-Cdda

Command	Menu	Keyboard
Play a file	Play-File	L
Play a location	Play-Location	Ctrl-L
Play previous track	Playback-Previous	Z
Play current track	Playback-Play	X
Pause playback	Playback-Pause	C
Stop playback	Playback-Stop	V
Play next track	Playback-Next	B
Stop after the current track	Playback-Stop after current	Ctrl-V
Move back 5 seconds	Playback-Back 5 seconds	Left
Move forward 5 seconds	Playback-Forward 5 seconds	Right
Start playing first item in playlist	Playback-Start of list	Ctrl-Z

Command	Menu
Browse available skins	Options-Skins-Browse
Select the default skin	Options-Skins-Browse-Base Skin
Find more skins (requires internet access)	Options-Skins-Get more skins!

In some skins, the qnxplayer interface has shortcuts for commonly used commands:

qnxplayer menu

Shortcuts for qnxplayer.

The shortcuts are: