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C H A P T E R 8
T H E P I A S A H O M E T H E A T R E P C
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To get started, just enter the console—or a terminal window if you’re using a desktop
environment—and type the following:
mocp
The standard
mocp
interface is split into two panes (see Figure 8-1). The left pane is a file
browser, which allows you to look for music to play. The cursor keys scroll up and down the list,
while the Enter key starts playback from the currently highlighted song. If you press Enter on a
directory name, the browser will enter that directory, while pressing it at the
../
entry at the
top of the list goes back one directory level. The right pane shows the current playlist.
Figure 8-1:
The standard
interface of the
mocp
console-
based music
player
Where the power of
mocp
becomes apparent is when you exit the application by pressing the Q
key. If
mocp
is in the middle of playing back music, it will continue to do so even as you use the
console or terminal window for other tasks. Running the
mocp
command again will restore the
interface, allowing you to change songs, pause or stop playback. You can also control
mocp
directly
from the terminal, without having to use the interface. Running the
mocp
command with flags—
the options that follow a command, prefixed with a hyphen character—allow you to start, stop,
pause, skip and otherwise change the playback without having to go into the software.