rhythmbox-client(1) [centos man page]
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)
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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] [--previous] [--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 rhythmbox-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 playing song. --print-playing-format=format Print the formatted details of the song. Refer to the extended description to see valid format options. Multiple options can be combined using quotes. For example "%tn %aa %tt", will print the track number fol- lowed 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 |SUNWgnome-media-player | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
rhythmbox(1), attributes(5) NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007. SunOS 5.11 3 Dec 2007 rhythmbox-client(1)