.TH dtas-console 1 "" "dtas user manual"
.SH NAME
.PP
dtas-console - rudimentary curses console client for dtas-player
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
dtas-console
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
dtas-console displays the elapsed decoder time of the track, which can
be used as an approximation of the current playback time of a track.
.PP
It cannot display an accurate playback time due to variable buffering in
the sinks and pipes.
.PP
See dtas-player_protocol(7) for a detailed description of the protocol.
.SH KEYBOARD CONTROL
.PP
Key bindings are inspired partially by mplayer(1)
.IP \[bu] 2
\[aq]j\[aq]/\[aq]k\[aq] - seek backward/forward 5 seconds
.IP \[bu] 2
LEFT/RIGHT - seek backward/forward 10 seconds
.IP \[bu] 2
UP/DOWN - seek forward/backward 1 minute
.IP \[bu] 2
PGUP/PGDWN - seek forward/backward 10 minutes
.IP \[bu] 2
SPACE - toggle play/pause state of the playback
.IP \[bu] 2
\[aq]p\[aq]/\[aq]P\[aq] - decrease/increase timer resolution
.IP \[bu] 2
BACKSPACE - seek to the beginning of the track
.IP \[bu] 2
Ctrl-C - exit dtas-console
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.PP
DTAS_PLAYER_SOCK - the path to the dtas-player control socket.
This defaults to ~/.dtas/player.sock
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
dtas-player(1), dtas-player_protocol(7), dtas-ctl(1), dtas-sinkedit(1),
dtas-sourceedit(1)