command line options

A list of QMP's command line options is available by clicking Menu → About QMP… → Q Tips. If for any reason you cannot access them that way, you can find them below.

  */play                  Start playing
  */play d:\trackXX.cda   Play track 'XX' on CDROM 'd:'
  */play c:\mediafile     Play 'mediafile'
  */add c:\mediafile      Add 'mediafile' to the playlist
  */pause                 Pause CD (if playing)
  */stop                  Stop CD (if playing)
  */trkfwd                Next track (if playing)
  */trkbwd                Back one track (if playing)
  */eject d:              Eject CDROM 'd:'
  */ejectall              Eject all CDROMs
  */closeall              Close all CDROMs
  */autoplay              Used for windows CD auto play feature,
                          won't override QCD's current state.

  */ontop                 Set QCD to be on top of all windows
  */notontop              Unset QCD to always be on top
  */hide                  Minimize QCD
  */show                  Shows QCD

  */noactivate            append this option to stop activation of
                          player with any of the above commands

  */shutdown              Shutdown QCD
  */safestart             Runs QCD without initializing plugins
  */newinst               Runs multiple instance of QCD
  */class classname       Runs QCD with different window classname