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NAME

performous - The free Linux karaoke game

DESCRIPTION

Performous is a free cross-platform clone of the Playstation 2 game Singstar.

While Performous might be classified as a karaoke program, it is actually much more than that. Instead of just displaying the lyrics, notes are also displayed and the performance is scored based on how well you hit the notes and you can see your own singing pitch on screen.

Performous was previously known as UltraStar Next Generation (USNG) because it supports the UltraStar song format. It is not a fork of the Delphi-based UltraStar games, as Performous is rewritten from scratch in C++.

If you have trouble with the program (no songs found, audio not working, etc), try running it on a terminal. Some useful debug information such a list of the song folders is printed there.

Generic options:

-h [ --help ]

you are viewing it

-v [ --version ]

display version number

Configuration options:

-t [ --theme ] arg (=lima) set theme (name or absolute path)

-f [ --fs ]

enable full screen mode

--fps

benchmark rendering speed also disable 100 FPS limit

--songlist arg

print list of songs to console --songlist=[title|artist|path]

-W [ --width ] arg (=800)

set horizontal resolution

-H [ --height ] arg (=600) set vertical resolution

--cdev arg

set capture device (disable autodetection) --cdev=dev[:settings] --cdev=help for list of devices

--pdev arg

set playback device (disable autodetection) --pdev=dev[:settings] --pdev=help for list of devices

--crate arg (=48000)

set capture frequency 44100 and 48000 Hz are optimal

--prate arg (=48000)

set playback frequency 44100 and 48000 Hz are optimal

-c [ --clean ]

disable internal default song folders

-s [ --songdir ] arg

additional song folders to scan may be specified without -s or -songdir too

NAVIGATION

In-game navigation uses the following keys:

Global shortcuts:

Esc

Exit the current screen

Alt+Enter

Switch between full screen and windowed modes

Main menu:

S

Sing: single player game

P

Practice: displays the tones detected and a VU meter for checking microphone recording levels

C

Configuration: adjust settings

Song selection:

Enter

Pick the currently selected song

Left/Right/PgUp/PgDn

Browse the list of songs

Up/Down

Switch the sort order (song name, artist, edition, genre or song folder path)

Any text

Search for songs (write the text to find, uses regexp format)

Pause or Space

Pause song preview and automatic song switching

Tab

Randomize songs (sort them again)

Ctrl+R

Refresh song list (reload from disk)

Esc

Exit to main menu or quit search mode

Singing screen:

Left/Right/Up/Down/Home

Fast forward or rewind the song

Enter

Skip long instrumental breaks, or get the grading instantly at the end of song.

Pause or Space

Pause the game

F5/F6

Adjust audio/video sync. Use if the notes pass the black line at incorrect time.

F7/F8

Adjust audio roundtrip latency. Use if the pitch wave does not match the notes, when you match your timing to what you hear.

Ctrl+R

Hot reload song from disk (useful for making or repairing songs)

SEE ALSO

You can find more information at http://performous.org/ or http://sourceforge.net/projects/performous/