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Install Rhythmbox 3.0 In Ubuntu 13.10 Or 13.04

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rhythmbox 3.0</b> was released more than a month ago, bringing an improved user interface, Python 3 support for the plugins and more. Unfortunately, the new version didn't make it into Ubuntu 13.10, but there's a PPA you can use to install it (also available for Ubuntu 13.04).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/rhythmbox-3.0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rhythmbox 3.0" border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1__oPTe0v17pAeefbpcWx5dof0uCSfZ8dZ7lfOGGWr2Wmx0sXBqTbzNSgM-OQbihG_Rhciy4vJqDksioPeSYk9EuGaoWS2YJi8RdrfPVkJ12xBtX15Rt6q2vAUIK9oZxHgAn2VvrlcvM/s320/rhythmbox-3.0.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Changes in Rhythmox 3.0:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">the plugins now use Python 3;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new task progress display below the track list (used for various things including track transfers and import jobs);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">support for composer tags;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">restyled playback controls;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">restyled source list using symbolic icons;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">better introspection of everything;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">separate CBR and VBR encoding styles with different sets of exposed properties;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">playlist settings (browser visibility etc.) saved in playlists.xml;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">better use of RTL icons where appropriate;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">fixed IM status and ReplayGain plugins;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">many other bug fixes.</li></ul><br />A complete Rhythmbox 3.0 changelog can be found <a href="http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/rhythmbox/3.0/rhythmbox-3.0.news">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Rhythmbox 3.0 in Ubuntu 13.10 or 13.04</h2><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/rhythmbox-3.0_2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rhythmbox 3.0 Ubuntu" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/rhythmbox-3.0_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhythmbox 3.0 in Ubuntu 13.10 (Unity)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Because Rhythmbox 3.0 uses Python3 for plugins instead of Python 2, <b>none of the plugins available in the Rhythmbox <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html" title="Rhythmbox third-party plugins PPA">third-party plugins PPA</a> will work</b>. You can get some of them to work by installing them manually (including the Equalizer plugin and the cool <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/08/rhythmbox-coverart-browser-plugin-gets.html">CoverArt browser</a>) - for more info, see <a href="http://xpressubuntu.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/how-to-install-rhythmbox-3-0-in-saucy/">THIS</a> article.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rhythmbox 3.0 is available in an unofficial PPA maintained by Jacob Zimmermann, for Ubuntu 13.10 and 13.04 (and derivatives). <b>Add the PPA and install/upgrade Rhythmbox 3.0 using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jacob/media<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/10/installare-rhythmbox-30-in-ubuntu-1310.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

Install Rhythmbox 3.0 In Ubuntu 13.10 Or 13.04

Rhythmbox 3.0 was released more than a month ago, bringing an improved user interface, Python 3 support for the plugins and more. Unfortuna...