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Basics

Description Command
quit cmus :q
cancel command ESC or C-c
auto-complete TAB
Description Key Binding
up k
down j
expand selection SPC
play selected song ENTER

Manage Music

Add a directory:

> :a /path/to/music

Clear playlist or library

> :c

Save playlist

> :save <playlist.pls>

Load playlist

> :load <playlist.pls>

Search for <keyword>

> /<keyword>ENTER

Go to next <keyword> occurrence

> n

Views

View Key Binding
Library 1
Playlist 3
Queue 4
Explorer 5
Settings 7

Library

Description Key Binding
switch tab TAB
previous track z
play x
pause c
stop v
next track b
shuffle s
Decrease volume -
Increase volume +
add selection to playlist y
queue selection e

Rebind Keys

In Settings view, we need to scroll up to the keybinding we wish to change. Hit Enter then

> :bind -f common <key> <action>

Preferences

We set preferences using the formula:

> :set <option>=<value>
Description Option
Repeat all replaygain=1
Change output plugin output_plugin=oss
Reshuffle when finished auto_reshuffle=true
Shuffle library or playlist shuffle=true
Use software volume control softvol=true

We can save our preferences to ~/.config/cmus/rc. For instance, in Linux:

set output_plugin=alsa
set dsp.alsa.device=default
set mixer.alsa.device=default
set mixer.alsa.channel=Master
set softvol=true

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