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rhythmbox-client(1) User Commands rhythmbox-client(1)

NAME
rhythmbox-client - controls a running instance of rhythmbox

SYNOPSIS
rhythmbox-client [--clear-queue] [--debug] [--enqueue=filename]
[--help] [--hide] [--mute] [--next] [--no-present] [--no-start]
[--notify] [--pause] [--play] [--play-pause] [--play-uri=uri] [--previ‐
ous] [--print-playing] [--print-playing-format=format] [--print-volume]
[--quit] [--set-volume=float] [--unmute] [--volume-down] [--volume-up]

DESCRIPTION
rhythmbox-client is a tool for controlling an already running instance
of rhythmbox. It is useful for remote control scripting or printing
details of what is playing.

OPTIONS
The following options are supported:

--client-queue Empty the play queue before adding new
tracks.

--debug Display debug output.

--enqueue=filename Add specified tracks already in the
library to the play queue.

-?, --help Show help options.

--hide Hide the rhythmbox-client window.

--mute Mute playback.

--next Jump to next song.

--no-present Do not present an existing rhythmbox-
client window.

--no-start Do not start a new instance of rhythm‐
box-client.

--notify Show notification of the playing song.

--pause Pause playback if currently playing.

--play Resume playback if currently paused.

--play-pause Toggle play/pause mode.

--play-uri=uri Play a specified uri, importing it if
necessary.

--previous Jump to previous song.

--print-playing Print the title and artist of the play‐
ing song.

--print-playing-format=format Print the formatted details of the
song. Refer to the extended descrip‐
tion to see valid format options. Mul‐
tiple options can be combined using
quotes. For example "%tn %aa %tt",
will print the track number followed by
the artist and the title of the track.

--print-volume Print the current playback volume.

--quit Quit Rhythmbox.

--set-volume=float Set the playback volume.

--unmute Unmute playback

--volume-down Decreate the playback volume.

--volume-up Increase the playback volume.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
rhythmbox-client accepts the following format options to be used with
the --print-playing-format option:

%at Album title

%aT Album title in lowercase

%aa Album artist

%aA Album artist in lowercase

%ay Release year of album

%an Album disc number

%aN Album disc number with leading zero

%ag Album genre

%aG Album genre in lowercase

%tt Track title

%tT Track title in lowercase

%ta Track artist

%tA Track artist in lowercase

%tn Track number

%tN Track number with leading zero

%td Track duration

%te Elapsed time of track

EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:

0 Application exited successfully

>0 Application exited with failure

FILES
The following files are used by this application:

/usr/bin/rhythmbox-client

Executable for rhythmbox-client

/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins

Location of rhythmbox-client plugins.

/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/rhythmbox

Location of developer documentation for writing a rhythmbox-client
plugin.

ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

┌─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │gnome/media/gnome-media-player │
├─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┘