XMMS2-ET(1)

NAME
xmms2-et - transmits an anonymous informative packet to the XMMS2 team on each song change

SYNOPSIS
xmms2-et

DESCRIPTION
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 determined 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 ALSO
xmms2(1), xmms2d(8), http://xmms2.xmms.org

HISTORY
The XMMS2 Project was started by Tobias Rundström and Anders Gustafsson. 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@foxybanana.com>