4.2.2 Examples

gmerlin_remote -play

Play the current track (same as pressing the “play” button)

gmerlin_remote -host remote.example.com -play

Connect to remote.example.com and play the current track there

gmerlin_remote -seek-rel -10.0

Seek 10 seconds backwards

gmerlin_remote -next

Go to next track

gmerlin_remote -chapter +

Go to next chapter

gmerlin_remote -openplay cda:///dev/scd0

Open and play an audio CD in the first SCSI drive and start playing. Use commands like this in your desktop configuration for handling removable media.

gmerlin_remote -launch -addplay http://webradio.example.com/stream.ogg

Add the given gml to the Incoming album (launching a new player if necessary) and play it. Use commands like this as MIME-Handler in webbrowsers and filemanagers. A shortcut for this command is the script gmerlin_launcher.