Command Line Arguments

From Performous

The available command line options are documented here. If you have trouble with the program (no songs found, audio not working, etc), try running it on a terminal. Some useful debug information is printed there.

Generic options

-h [ --help ]	you are viewing it
-v [ --version ]	display version number
--songlist arg	save a list of songs in the specified folder in xml format

Configuration options

--mics arg	specify the microphones to use, see --michelp
--pdev arg	specify the playback device, see --pdevhelp
--michelp	detailed help and device list for --mics
--pdevhelp	detailed help and device list for --pdev
--jstest	utility to get joystick button mappings

Any arguments without a switch are interpreted as song folders.

Version 0.6 / git master

This version has a new syntax for configuring audio devices, completely replacing --mics, --pdev, --michelp and --pdevhelp parameters by a single --audio argument. See Audio Configuration for details.

It also introduces a --verbose | -V argument that makes the console output more detailed.