Cmus

Updated: September 28, 2024

Music player for use in the terminal.


Table of Contents

tldr

# add music to library
:a ~/music

# change color scheme
:colorscheme red

VIEWS

1 - Display all tracks sorted as artist/album tree
2 - Sorted library view like 1 but as a simple list
3 - Playlist view that can be edited
4 - Play Next queue
5 - Directory browser
6 - List user defined filters
7 - Settings (remove bindings with D change with enter)

COMMAND LINE

Commands start with :

# add files to library
:a ~/music

# change output plugin
:set output_plugin=oss

# clear current view
:clear

# start playing
:player-play

# add to playlist
:a -p <playlist>

# add to play queue
:a -q

BINDINGS

q               # quit
b               # next
z               # prev
c               # pause
x               # play
v               # stop
r               # repeat
s               # shuffle
t               # toggle time remaining

-               # volume -10%
=               # volume +10%
[]              # add volume to right or left speaker
{}              # minus volume to right or left speaker

/               # search
n               # search-next
N               # search-prev
.               # seek +1m
,               # seek -1m
l, right        # seek +5s
h, left         # seek -5s
C               # continue
M               # play library
u               # update cache