User Commands                                        rhythmbox(1)



NAME
     rhythmbox - music player and organizer for GNOME

SYNOPSIS
     rhythmbox [--debug] [--debug-match=string]  [--dry-run]  [--
     no-registration]  [--no-update]  [--playlists-file=file] [--
     quit] [--rhythmdb-file=file]  [gnome-std-options]  [gst-std-
     options] URI

DESCRIPTION
     rhythmbox 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  addi-
     tional plugins to support some formats.

     rhythmbox features a flexible plugin  system  which  can  be
     used to dynamically add new advanced features to rhythmbox.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -d, --debug

         Enable debug output.



     -D, --debug-match=string

         Enable debug output matching a specified string.



     --dry-run

         Do  not  save  any  data  permanently   (implies   --no-
         registration).



     -n, --no-registration

         Do not register the shell.



     --no-update

         Do not update the library with file changes.




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     --playlists-file=file

         Path for playlists file to use.



     -q, --quit

         Quit Rhythmbox.


     --rhythmdb-file=file

         Path for database file to use.



     gnome-std-options

         Standard options  available  for  use  with  most  GNOME
         applications.   See gnome-std-options(5) for more infor-
         mation.



     gst-std-options

         Standard options available for use with  most  GStreamer
         applications.   See gst-std-options(5) for more informa-
         tion.



OPERANDS
     The following operands are supported:

     URI             The name of the URI to be played.



EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0        Application exited successfully



     >0       Application exited with failure







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FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/rhythmbox

         Executable for rhythmbox



     /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins

         Location of rhythmbox plugins.



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

         Location  of  developer  documentation  for  writing   a
         rhythmbox plugin.



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWgnome-media-player      
    
     Interface stability          Volatile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     gst-launch(1),  rhythmbox-client(1),  attributes(5),  gnome-
     std-options(5), gst-std-options(5)

NOTES
     Written Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.














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