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 specific 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
- --quit Quit rhythmbox
- --no-present
- Don't present an existing rhythmbox window
- --hide Hide the rhythmbox window
- --next Jump to next song
- --previous
- Jump to previous song
- --notify
- Show notification of the playing 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
- --mute Mute playback
- --unmute
- Unmute playback
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).