rhythmbox(1) General Commands Manual rhythmbox(1)
NAME
rhythmbox-client - controls a running instance of rhythmbox
SYNOPSIS
rhythmbox-client [option...][file...]
DESCRIPTION
rhythmbox-client is a tool for controlling an already running instance of rhythmbox. It's useful for remote control scripting, adding spe-
cific files to the library from the shell, or printing details of what's playing. Any files specified after the option arguments will be
added to the library. If the --enqueue option is given, the files will also be added to the play queue.
OPTIONS
-?,--help
Show help options
--debug
Enable debug output
--no-start
Do not start a new instance of rhythmbox
--no-present
Don't present an existing rhythmbox window
--next Jump to next song
--previous
Jump to previous song
--play Resume playback if currently paused
--pause
Pause playback if currently playing
--play-pause
Toggle play/pause mode
--play-uri=URI
Play a specified URI, importing it if necessary
--enqueue
Add specified tracks already in the library to the play queue
--clear-queue
Empty the play queue before adding new tracks
--print-playing
Print the title and artist of the playing song
--print-playing-format=format
Print formatted details of the song (see FORMAT OPTIONS below).
--set-volume
Set the playback volume
--volume-up
Increase the playback volume
--volume-down
Decrease the playback volume
--print-volume
Print the current playback volume
--select-source=URI
Select the source corresponding to a URI (device or mount point)
--activate-source=URI
Select the source corresponding to a URI (device or mount point) and start playing from it if not already playing.
--play-source=URI
Select the source corresponding to a URI (device or mount point) and start playing from it.
FORMAT OPTIONS
%at album title
%aa album artist
%aA album artist (lowercase)
%as album artist sortname
%aS album artist sortname (lowercase)
%ay album year
%ag album genre
%aG album genre (lowercase)
%an album disc number
%aN album disc number, zero padded
%st stream title
%tn track number (i.e 8)
%tN track number, zero padded (i.e 08)
%tt track title
%ta track artist
%tA track artist (lowercase)
%ts track artist sortname
%tS track artist sortname (lowercase)
%td track duration
%te track elapsed time
Variables 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.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>, for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
SEE ALSO
rhythmbox(1).
GNOME
2007-06-28 rhythmbox(1)
