help file for deadbeef player

CONFIGURATION

currently there's no gui for configuration.
there is one config file for player core, and separate file per plugin.

MAIN CONFIG FILE

example is located in PREFIX/share/doc/deadbeef/config-example
copy it into $HOME/.config/deadbeef/config, and modify according to your needs.

HOTKEYS PLUGIN CONFIGURATION

create file in $HOME/.config/deadbeef/hotkeys
syntax is following:

<key_combination>: <action>

some examples:

Ctrl Alt c: toggle_pause
Ctrl Alt z: prev
Ctrl Alt b: next
Ctrl Alt v: stop
Ctrl Alt x: play
Ctrl Alt n: play_random

full list of actions:

toggle_pause, play, prev, next, stop, play_random, seek_fwd, seek_back, volume_up, volume_down

LAST.FM PLUGIN CONFIGURATION

create file in $HOME/.config/deadbeef/lastfm

file must have 2 lines:
your_lastfm_login
your_lastfm_password

you can see if it works by looking at lastfm profile page after you start playing music (it should say something like "now playing with DeaDBeeF")

also note, that it's subject to last.fm policy to submit songs under certain rules.
songs without at least Artist and Title tags will not be submitted.