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<refmeta><refentrytitle>rhythmbox</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="date">03 Dec 2007</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>
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<indexterm><primary>rhythmbox</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>music player and organizer for GNOME</primary></indexterm>
<refnamediv id="rhythmbox-1-name"><refname>rhythmbox</refname><refpurpose>music player and organizer for GNOME</refpurpose></refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv id="rhythmbox-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>
<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-debug</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-debug-match=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-dry-run</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-no-registration</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-no-update</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-playlists-file=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-quit</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option>-rhythmdb-file=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gst-std-options</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="rhythmbox-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>
<para><command>&cmd;</command> is an integrated music playing and management
application. It is designed to work well under the GNOME Desktop and based on
the powerful GStreamer media framework to support a wide range of audio formats
(including mp3 and ogg).  Note that you may need to purchase and install
additional plugins to support some formats.</para>
<para>
<command>&cmd;</command> features a flexible plugin system which can be used
to dynamically add new advanced features to <command>&cmd;</command>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="rhythmbox-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>
<para>The following options are supported:</para>
<variablelist termlength="wholeline">
<varlistentry>
<term><option>d</option>, <option>-debug</option></term>
<listitem><para>Enable debug output.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>D</option>, <option>-debug-match=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Enable debug output matching a specified <replaceable>string</replaceable>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-dry-run</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Do not save any data permanently (implies <option>-no-registration</option>).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>n</option>, <option>-no-registration</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Do not register the shell.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-no-update</option></term>
<listitem><para>Do not update the library with file changes.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-playlists-file=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Path for playlists <replaceable>file</replaceable> to use.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>q</option>, <option>-quit</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Quit Rhythmbox.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><option>-rhythmdb-file=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Path for database <replaceable>file</replaceable> to use.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gst-std-options</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Standard options available for use with most GStreamer applications.  See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gst-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="rhythmbox-1-oper"><title>&oper-tt;</title>
<para>The following operands are supported:</para>
<variablelist termlength="narrow">
<varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>The name of the URI to be played.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="rhythmbox-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>
<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>
<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow">
<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application
exited successfully</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application
exited with failure</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="rhythmbox-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>
<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>
<variablelist termlength="wholeline">
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename></term>
<listitem><para>
Executable for &cmd;
</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins</filename></term>
<listitem><para>
Location of <command>&cmd;</command> plugins.
</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/rhythmbox</filename></term>
<listitem><para>
Location of developer documentation for writing a <command>&cmd;</command>
plugin.
</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="rhythmbox-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>
<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>
for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">
<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">
<thead>
<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"
valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>gnome/media/gnome-media-player</para></entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry
colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="rhythmbox-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>
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<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gst-launch</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>rhythmbox-client</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gst-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="rhythmbox-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>
<para>Written Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
