XMMS2-ET(1)XMMS2-ET(1)NAMExmms2-et - transmits an anonymous informative packet to the XMMS2 team
on each song change
SYNOPSISxmms2-etDESCRIPTION
XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS (http://www.xmms.org) music player. It
features a client-server model, allowing multiple (even simultaneous!)
user interfaces, both textual and graphical. All common audio formats
are supported using plugins. On top of this, there is a flexible media
library to organize your music.
xmms2-et is the ET Phone Home Client for XMMS2. xmms2-et is designed
to transmit a packet of information to the XMMS2 team whenever a new
song is played. The packet is anonymous and does not contain metadata
about the song being played. The specifics of what data is transmitted
to the XMMS2 team can be found in the ET PACKET section of this manual
page.
xmms2-et is used for release engineering by the XMMS2 team. During a
release cycle, the usage of various plugins, operating systems, and
XMMS2 components is collected from data transmitted by the xmms2-et
client. A release is made when sufficient testing has occured as deter‐
mined by the number of related xmms2-et packets that the XMMS2 team has
received.
ET PACKET
The following data is transmitted with every packet transmitted by
xmms2-et:
XMMS2-ET status
Begins XMMS2-ET packets; status gives a descriptive message
denoting what this packet is about. (e.g. Clean shutdown,
Unclean shutdown, New media)
version=version
contains the version of the XMMS2 daemon
system=os
contains the name and release of the operating system on which
xmms2d is running
output=output_plugin
contains the output plugin being used to playback audio by
xmms2d
starttime=start_time
contains the time at which the xmms2-et client was started
uptime=xmms2d_uptime
contains the uptime of the xmms2-et client
playlistloads=times
contains the number of times a playlist has been loaded from the
Media Library
mlibresolves=times
contains the number of times that metadata has been resolved for
media in the Media Library
The following data is different for each song being played:
decoder=plugin
contains the decoder plugin used to playback the last played
song
transport=plugin
contains the transport plugin used to read the last played song
samplefmt:in=in_fmt
contains the sample format of the original audio file of the
last played song
samplefmt:out=out_fmt
contains the sample format that was sent to the output plugin
for the last played song
samplerate:in=in_rate
contains the sample rate of the original audio file of the last
played song
samplerate:out=out_rate
contains the sample rate that was sent to the output plugin for
the last played song
channels:in=number_in
contains the number of channels of the original audio file of
the last played song
channels:out=number_out
contains the number of channels that were sent to the output
plugin for the last played song
ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES
XMMS_PATH
The URL path to xmms2d. See IPC SOCKET in xmms2d(8) for details
of possible values for this variable
SEE ALSOxmms2(1), xmms2d(8), http://xmms2.xmms.org
HISTORY
The XMMS2 Project was started by Tobias Rundström and Anders Gustafs‐
son. It is developed with their lead by a small group of contributers
from all over the world.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Alexander Botero-Lowry <alex@foxy‐
banana.com>
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