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Install Rhythmbox 3.0 In Ubuntu 13.10 Or 13.04

Install Rhythmbox 3.0 In Ubuntu 13.10 Or 13.04

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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...

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Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin Gets New Coverflow View, Rhythmbox 2.99 Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">CoverArt Browser</a> is a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play your music library using an album art view.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIVHOEBIIVCWa958MhIhqqOSYi9TDFtTwHmBU6WJwmcQHA13svSY2H7S9sREFZ7Qu5AKJf8OIufpZGK9ZJdc9DiVsW6RumRj5aao42DkMhzRQTZOjPV449_wnkfA8NrFkUw8LYja1Mf8/s320/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The plugin comes with many useful features which basically transform Rhythmbox into a new music player: </b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>configurable search (all fields, albums, artists, etc.);</li><li>display all your music or only the play queue, top rated, recently added or recently played;</li><li>it integrates with another plugin to allow downloading cover art for all your albums;</li><li>export albums art in the tracks, useful to display cover art on mobile devices;</li><li>an optional tracks pane is available so you can easily view the tracks available in an album;</li><li>can be set to start automatically when launching Rhythmbox;</li><li>higly customizable;</li><li>more!</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest <b>CoverArt Browser 0.9</b>, released today, brings important changes like a stylish <b>new coverflow view which supports 4 different styles</b>:</div><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-coverartbrowser-flow1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rhythmbox CoverArt flow" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser-flow1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coverflow (regular)</td></tr></tbody></table><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-coverartbrowser-flow2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rhythmbox CoverArt flow" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser-flow2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coverflow (vertical)</td></tr></tbody></table><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-coverartbrowser-flow3.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rhythmbox CoverArt flow" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser-flow3_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carousel</td></tr></tbody></table><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-coverartbrowser-flow4.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rhythmbox CoverArt flow" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser-flow4_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roundabout</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">All the coverflow styles are customizable and you can set the width, scale, show or hide caption, select the maximum number of covers to display or background color:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/rhythmbox-coverart-preferenes.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Rhythmbox CoverArt flow" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/rhythmbox-coverart-preferenes_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Besides the new coverflow view, CoverArt Browser 0.9 also comes with the following changes:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">support for Rhythmbox 2.99;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">support for Python 3 for the upcoming Rhythmbox 3.0; </li><li style="text-align: justify;">advanced options to control the icon-view spacing and selection padding - this can give a very different look to the plugin;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">toggle buttons to switch view as well as new Properties button;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">access preferences for both Search and Browser plugins via Properties button;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">play random albums from your current playlist & search filters;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">quick filter track artists via Properties button;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">track view can be toggled automatically on click as well as configured to manually open.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Rhythmbox python3 support is not available in the PPA packages to to use this plugin with Rhythmbox 3.0, you must install the plugin manually!</b></div><br /><h2>Install Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu Saucy, Raring, Quantal and Precise users can install the latest Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin by using fossfreedom's PPA</b>, which by the way, contains many <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html">other useful Rhythmbox plugins</a>. Add the PPA and install the plugin using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">After the installation, launch Rhythmbox and enable CoverArt Browser from the Rhythmbox Plugins dialog.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>other Linux distributions,</b> see the installation instructions available on the CoverArt Browser <a class="external" href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">GitHub</a> page.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Report any bugs you may encounter @ <a class="external" href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser/issues">GitHub</a>. </div>

Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin Gets New Coverflow View, Rhythmbox 2.99 Support

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Rhythmbox Google Play Music Plugin: Rhythmbox-GMusic

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rhythmbox-GMusic is a Rhythmbox plugin for <a href="http://music.google.com/">Google Play Music</a>.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkqDWghagMjjT7JMWNg3Mf7aziVdbrzsDTUUA7zK9dR8dQdeAjt_IVfh0V5l_850NmO7XF_nrk3JzWQgQYlWj1Y72B8j3UN-Pa-l9fNnuvYeteje1zCru6ur_fn-jHUnErVLiDxESd8s/s1600/rhythmbox-gmusic.png"><img alt="Rhythmbox Google Music" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkqDWghagMjjT7JMWNg3Mf7aziVdbrzsDTUUA7zK9dR8dQdeAjt_IVfh0V5l_850NmO7XF_nrk3JzWQgQYlWj1Y72B8j3UN-Pa-l9fNnuvYeteje1zCru6ur_fn-jHUnErVLiDxESd8s/s320/rhythmbox-gmusic.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Using Rhythmbox-GMusic, you can play your Google Play music using Rhythmbox. The plugin features a very simple and uses an interface similar to the default Rhythmbox layout, with two columns for artists and albums followed by a list of tracks. There's also a search bar so you can easily search your Google Play Music.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There's no contect menu so you can't right click tracks to add them to the play queue, but you can do that by using drag and drop.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the plugin doesn't allow you to add tracks to local playlists (except the Queue playlist which I've mentioned above), but it can read playlists created using the Google Play Music web interface.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that for now, <i>Google Play Music All Access</i> is not supported.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Rhythmbox Google Music Plugin in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Rhythmbox-Gmusic in Ubuntu 13.04</b>, <b>use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-gmusic python-dateutil python-requests python-validictory</code></pre><b>For Ubuntu 12.10</b>, you need to manually download and install <i>python-validictory</i> from <a href="https://launchpad.net/~dput-ng-maint/+archive/daily/+build/4210644">HERE</a>, then run the commands above.<br /><br />Unfortunately the Ubuntu 12.04 package doesn't work properly, at least with the Rhythmbox 2.96 package available in the Ubuntu 12.04 repositories.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, open Rhythmbox (restart it if it was running), from its menu select <i>Plugins</i> and enable the <i>Google Play Music plugin</i>. You should then have a new "Google Music" entry in the Rhythmbox sidebar - here, enter you Google username and password (the password is stored in the GNOME Keyring) and upon logging in successfully, your Google Play music should show up.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For installing the Rhythmbox Google Music plugin via PIP, grab the source code or report bugs, see its <a href="https://github.com/nvbn/rhythmbox-gmusic">GitHub page</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/cloud-music-player-nuvola-sees-new.html">Nuvola Player,</a> a cloud music player that supports Google Play Music, Grooveshark, Hype Machine, 8tracks, Pandora, Deezer, Rdio and Amazon Cloud Player</i></div>

Rhythmbox Google Play Music Plugin: Rhythmbox-GMusic

Rhythmbox-GMusic is a Rhythmbox plugin for Google Play Music . Using Rhythmbox-GMusic, you can play your Google Play music using Rhythmbox. ...

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Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin 0.8 Released

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">CoverArt Browser</a>, a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play music using an album art view, has been updated to version 0.8 recently, getting improvements such as option to export embedded cover art in the album tracks, new light and dark icon theme and more.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser-plugin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rhythmbox coverartbrowser plugin" border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOIIp6oNX27Q9iS3Ioe_cUWNsCgaHIOutfu1hw1EUOCVmt9yCmGCTY2m5yfoh9eETrAuXq68i_o_G94bEVe37HZcUq3hRaFa6_Rf35u4Iovh_yuOHfKbmRmj9S6O0flOg1G_2m38LFMXb/s320/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser-plugin.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For those not familiar with CoverArt Browser for Rhythmbox, this is a plugin that comes with features such as:</b></div><ul><li>configurable search (all fields, albums, artists, etc.);</li><li>sort albums by: name, artist, year, rating, genre or decades;</li><li>display all music or play queue, top rated, recently added or recently played;</li><li>can automatically fetch album covers for all your albums;</li><li>more.</li></ul><br /><b>The latest CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin comes with the following additions:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>export albums and embed cover art in the album tracks - useful to display cover art on mobile devices;</li><li>the cover art search is now a separate plugin;</li><li>new light & dark theme buttons to complement light & dark desktop themes</li><li>optional flat-button toolbar style;</li><li>use album and album-artist sort order tags for sorting if these values are utilized;</li><li>play from Cover-view and Track view instead of queuing & playing;</li><li>allow user-defined genre names to be created mapped against default system genre icons;</li><li>allow user-defined genre icons to be displayed. These can override system genre icons if required;</li><li>support for other plugins via right-click menu options in a similar manner as the Library Browser.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that CoverArt Browser doesn't support the latest Rhythmbox 2.99, like most of the Rhythmbox plugins (and that's why I didn't upload Rhythmbox 2.99 in the WebUpd8 Rhythmbox PPA) for now.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install CoverArt Browser for Rhythmbox in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Ubuntu users can use fossfreedom's PPA</b> (which has many <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html">other useful Rhythmbox plugins</a>) <b>to install the latest CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin, by using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>other Linux distributions,</b> see the installation instructions available on the CoverArt Browser <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">GitHub</a> page.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Report any bugs you may encounter @ <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser/issues">GitHub</a>. </div>

Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin 0.8 Released

CoverArt Browser , a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play music using an album art view, has been updated to version 0.8 recently,...

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Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin Sees New Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">CoverArt Browser</a>, a Rhythmbox plugin to browse and play music using an album art view, has been updated to version 0.7, getting some new features as well as improvements which should make the plugin start a lot faster.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffn6cSZ7qe9gy9naREtm6Cg0pEd9X4QYF0kqQM6sLcrDsB0h6U-Ctk1RusIjcBNkrbYyU8dng3OzUtpoz7I94eUhTDcRh7ZKieWpo5j81HRGz4baJ3_WJAxoZnox6pE6SafFbQM4L6nHl/s1600/rhythmbox-coverart-browser.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffn6cSZ7qe9gy9naREtm6Cg0pEd9X4QYF0kqQM6sLcrDsB0h6U-Ctk1RusIjcBNkrbYyU8dng3OzUtpoz7I94eUhTDcRh7ZKieWpo5j81HRGz4baJ3_WJAxoZnox6pE6SafFbQM4L6nHl/s320/rhythmbox-coverart-browser.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The plugin isn't the simple cover art browser it was the last time we <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/coverart-browser-rhythmbox-plugin.html">wrote</a> about it. Since then, Fossfreedom and Agustín Carrasco, the plugin developers, have worked very hard to improve it and CoverArt Browser has got many new features, including a tracks & covers pane which displays the tracks for the selected album under the cover art browser, an enhanced search that can be used to search all fields and not just the album name, an option to display album and artist name under the covers, playlist and ratings support and others.</div><br /><br /><b>Changes in the latest Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin 0.7 include:</b><br /><ul><li>find & display embedded covers in MP3, M4A, FLAC & Ogg files;</li><li>optional coverart search from Discogs Internet service;</li><li>configurable shadow effect behind cover display;</li><li>iconised filter & sort buttons that change icon depending upon option chosen;</li><li>brand new icons designed explicitly to the coverart browser plugin;</li><li>one click open and close track view for a cover;</li><li>plugin code refactored - much faster to start and display without any flashing effects;</li><li>display covers for play-queue/music library & playlists from within the coverart-view;</li><li>column header sort in track view;</li><li>revamped plugin preferences;</li><li>more.</li></ul>A complete changelog, including for older releases, can be found on <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser/wiki/History">GitHub</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new CoverArt Browser doesn't feel like a plugin any more, but like a completely new interface and you won't need to use the regular Rhythmbox interface once you give CoverArt Browser a try.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To use the Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin, (firstly install it, see below) enable it from the Rhythmbox Plugins dialog (<i>Edit > Plugins</i>). Then, if you don't already have covers for all your albums, the first thing you should do is to right click "CoverArt" in the left Rhythmbox sidebar and select "Download all the covers"; the plugin will now try to find and automatically download covers for all your albums. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now try the CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin and if something isn't the way you like it, go to<i> Edit > Plugins</i>, look for CoverArt Browser, then click Preferences - here, you can tweak the plugin settings: enable/disable displaying album info under cover (and change its font size), change or disable cover drop shadow, change cover size, change toolbar position and more.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin in Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I've tested the plugin and it works in Ubuntu 13.04 too, but there are no PPA packages for this Ubuntu version yet; you can, however, install it in Raring by adding the PPA using the above command and then editing the <i>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-rhythmbox-plugins-raring.list</i> file and replacing "raring" with "quantal".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the same PPA as CoverArt Browser, you'll find many other Rhythmbox plugins, including an equalizer, an enhanced last.fm plugin more, so check out: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html">Rhythmbox Third-Party Plugins Ubuntu PPA</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin via <a class="external" href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63246">AUR</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, see the CoverArt Browser <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">GitHub page</a> for instructions.</b></div>

Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin Sees New Release

CoverArt Browser , a Rhythmbox plugin to browse and play music using an album art view, has been updated to version 0.7, getting some new fe...

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Rhythmbox 2.98 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3IOM2v16u32Gt8l7naixE3rSINIBS6dPnb9ckBFb9aZDSHC_2U4qgf5-uBTGTN4Fw7tFhz7SyxzxSa6u5EUVwKH8qL4jx_oYIRjVl0FEk0sfWsZyWjFu_cTIov0dB96kkGI7Q4FdImjY/s1600/rhythmbox.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="rhythmbox" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3IOM2v16u32Gt8l7naixE3rSINIBS6dPnb9ckBFb9aZDSHC_2U4qgf5-uBTGTN4Fw7tFhz7SyxzxSa6u5EUVwKH8qL4jx_oYIRjVl0FEk0sfWsZyWjFu_cTIov0dB96kkGI7Q4FdImjY/s320/rhythmbox.png" title="rhythmbox" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rhythmbox 2.98 has been released yesterday, bringing a new dialog for importing music into the library along with some other small, but interesting changes and many bug fixes.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Improvements in Rhythmbox 2.98:</b><br /><ul><li>New dialog for importing music into the library</li><li>New audio CD metadata lookup library, replacing libmusicbrainz</li><li>Improved transitions between album art images</li><li>Nautilus cluebar buttons now result in the right source being selected</li><li>Update notification buttons when playback state changes</li><li>Grilo plugin ported to grilo 0.2 API</li><li>Search musicbrainz for album art by album and artist name</li><li>Love/ban buttons visible in last.fm/libre.fm sources</li></ul>The complete changelog, including the bugs fixed in Rhythmbox 2.98, can be found <a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/rhythmbox/2.98/rhythmbox-2.98.news">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><br />Here's the new dialog for importing music:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5s5X5u0q16TimLqeDKBu9OI_I7J7IjPXyonIw8Tz-eWbTosqzxQL8Nvx7lDQGYA9G0O3yGMupSlU38PYNgpK5hZPttLYaRvfmdB8R7Yp7pxCNm3xmkglCz8a96ZGW7ZnGS2FRMqcV9xBZ/s1600/rhythmbox-2.98.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="rhythmbox 2.98" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5s5X5u0q16TimLqeDKBu9OI_I7J7IjPXyonIw8Tz-eWbTosqzxQL8Nvx7lDQGYA9G0O3yGMupSlU38PYNgpK5hZPttLYaRvfmdB8R7Yp7pxCNm3xmkglCz8a96ZGW7ZnGS2FRMqcV9xBZ/s320/rhythmbox-2.98.png" title="rhythmbox 2.98" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Rhythmbox 2.98 in Ubuntu</h2><br />The latest Rhythmbox 2.98 is available in our Rhythmbox PPA, for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. Add the PPA and install Rhythmbox using the commands below:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/rhythmbox<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Update: I've had to downgrade Rhythmbox from the WebUpd8 Rhythmbox PPA to version 2.97 for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin because there's a bug which causes some Python plugins to crash Rhythmbox. This bug won't be fixed for Ubuntu 12.04 so this is the best solution right now. However, luckily, the bug doesn't occur in newer Ubuntu versions like Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br />And a note: the plugins available in the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html">third-party Rhythmbox plugins PPA</a>, should work just fine with the latest Rhythmbox 2.98.

Rhythmbox 2.98 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

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CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox Plugin Ported To GTK3

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Rhythmbox Third-Party Plugins Ubuntu PPA

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWP5yU7TisThUut-PMKJTaUsenYkK2P4UjvRa8E2o0cy-fYFRabrLUwf3bg_WfhvYbTfpUfR5dkzS2Yo_Ie8cA-mdpgUK98v-DKiC_Jk6pyOUYviimOvW1VyygxAg35au4vjwYpjVRA6p/s1600/rhythmbox-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="rhythmbox equalizer" border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWP5yU7TisThUut-PMKJTaUsenYkK2P4UjvRa8E2o0cy-fYFRabrLUwf3bg_WfhvYbTfpUfR5dkzS2Yo_Ie8cA-mdpgUK98v-DKiC_Jk6pyOUYviimOvW1VyygxAg35au4vjwYpjVRA6p/s320/rhythmbox-ubuntu.png" title="rhythmbox equalizer" width="320" /></a></div><br />Now that Rhythmbox is once again the default music player in Ubuntu, AskUbuntu moderator fossfreedom has created a PPA for various Rhythmbox plugins that many Ubuntu users might find useful. Among the plugins included are: Equalizer, Jump-to-Playing, Tray Icon, Microblogger, Tablature plugin, JumpToWindow and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently, there are 22 plugins available in this PPA and they have been tested on Rhythmbox 2.96 which is available in the official Ubuntu 12.04 repositories.</div><br /><b>To add the PPA (for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 or 13.10), use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><b>Then, to install all the available plugins, use the command below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-complete</code></pre><br /><b>You can also install the plugins individually:</b><br /><br />- <a href="https://github.com/luqmana/rhythmbox-plugins/tree/master/equalizer">Equalizer</a>: add a 10-band equalizer to Rhythmbox.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2p70BBkysMhEw1yAxT4wSn4_xbNZb81YwZxH3jqJoXJG_SulN_MLX62wOLZU48hU0As57hK_4hAMsQT9objKU42bRWzWPtNHzbmKRA2g5ZhK_NlFup9q-qqXM_kPAX93jEQLc7Ha19obI/s1600/rhythmbox-equalizer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2p70BBkysMhEw1yAxT4wSn4_xbNZb81YwZxH3jqJoXJG_SulN_MLX62wOLZU48hU0As57hK_4hAMsQT9objKU42bRWzWPtNHzbmKRA2g5ZhK_NlFup9q-qqXM_kPAX93jEQLc7Ha19obI/s320/rhythmbox-equalizer.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-equalizer</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/asermax/lastfm_extension">Last.fm</a>: adds love/ban last.fm buttons and synchronizes playcount (it can only retrieve the playcount) and loved tracks(adds 5 stars to the track if it's marked as loved). The sync occurs only when playing a song and it needs to be enabled from the plugin preferences.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wxVC1REuhKM/T_I-IQs5P-I/AAAAAAAAJOg/GHMKk8hcmf0/s1600/rhythmbox-lastfm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="86" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wxVC1REuhKM/T_I-IQs5P-I/AAAAAAAAJOg/GHMKk8hcmf0/s320/rhythmbox-lastfm.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-lastfm-extension</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="http://github.com/aliva/rhythmbox-microblogger">Microblogger</a>: sends a notice about the currently playing track to identi.ca or Twitter.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-microblogger</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/luqmana/rhythmbox-plugins/tree/master/AlbumArtSearch">AlbumArt Search</a>: searches album art using Google Image search and allows the user to select one of the results (so it's not automated) </div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-albumartsearch</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/dmo60/JumpToPlaying">Jump-to-Playing</a>: adds a context menu and a toolbar button to jump to (highlught) the currently playing song.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-jumptoplaying</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="https://github.com/owais/remember-the-rhythm">Remember-the-Rhythm</a>: a plugin to remember the last playing song, source (radio station, playlist), browser values (genre, album, artist).<br /><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-remembertherhythm</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="http://mendhak.github.com/rhythmbox-tray-icon/">Tray Icon</a>: control Rhythmbox via a notification icon (like in previous Rhythmbox versions), useful for desktop environments that don't have a media player menu / Ubuntu indicator support. If you want to use this in Unity, you'll have to whitelist the systray.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-tray-icon</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/bkueng/JumpToWindow">JumpToWindow</a>: a Rhythmbox plugin that adds a feature similar to Winamp's "Jump to file", which includes the ability to enqueue a song.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0L0uH56Zcre76tP1V_pmmE-lhutQ6q_tTgjEXTw5QkFBAr0rWFGerLULq4VN0ZX_igF7JMyfP6ecJQd57S2xqgCRwnX5nnxeZMSRlSjx8ZZjfqpmh1Q9D192pME9_YaA54eMchZkEWy1n/s1600/rhythmbox-jumptowindow.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0L0uH56Zcre76tP1V_pmmE-lhutQ6q_tTgjEXTw5QkFBAr0rWFGerLULq4VN0ZX_igF7JMyfP6ecJQd57S2xqgCRwnX5nnxeZMSRlSjx8ZZjfqpmh1Q9D192pME9_YaA54eMchZkEWy1n/s320/rhythmbox-jumptowindow.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-jumptowindow</code></pre><br />The plugin interface doesn't come with a GUI to configure the keyboard shortcut used to trigger JumpToWindow, so to set a keyboard shortcut, go to <i>System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts</i> and add the following command under "Custom Shortcuts" (and there, also set the shortcut, like CTRL + J for instance):<br />/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/JumpToWindow/src/activate.py<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the JumpToWindow, you can use the space bar to start playing a song, ALT + Enter to enqueue, Enter to play and hide the window and escape to hide the window.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="http://code.google.com/p/tab-rhythmbox-plugin/">Tabulature</a>: Find and display the guitar tablature of the current playing song from tab websites. </div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-tabguitar</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/dmo60/lLyrics">lLyrics</a>: an alternative lyrics plugin, useful if the default lyrics plugin doesn't work for you.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-llyric</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/countdown-playlist">Countdown Playlist</a>: a plugin to create playlists based on some keywords you set, for the duration you define:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iSBim8FOoNPVDfScki-ckbpWQF49C7XniXh0oKOrcBfJsJc5yl3EPJJ-Y7sJluyhJvIrRHPyHYAtVI-43Us-qeFuFPcEJpyjN7W-_tSkYjGtUfQDpmF5H544OlVjGEjXSUrgiCF88HLK/s1600/countdownplaylist-plugin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iSBim8FOoNPVDfScki-ckbpWQF49C7XniXh0oKOrcBfJsJc5yl3EPJJ-Y7sJluyhJvIrRHPyHYAtVI-43Us-qeFuFPcEJpyjN7W-_tSkYjGtUfQDpmF5H544OlVjGEjXSUrgiCF88HLK/s320/countdownplaylist-plugin.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-countdown-playlist</code></pre><br />- <a href="https://github.com/javonharper/Rhythmbox-Random-Album-Player">Random Album Player</a>: a simple plugin to play random albums. <br /><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-randomalbumplayer</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/coverart-browser-rhythmbox-plugin.html">CoverArt Browser</a> is a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play your music via an album art view similar to the one available in Banshee:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jYAlrS3q1Hc/UFcv7i2DMrI/AAAAAAAAKJ0/v7aENsAHMjk/s1600/rhythmbox-coverart.png"><img alt="Rhythmbox cover art" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jYAlrS3q1Hc/UFcv7i2DMrI/AAAAAAAAKJ0/v7aENsAHMjk/s320/rhythmbox-coverart.png" /></a></div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- LastFM-Queue</b> automatically enqueues tracks from your library based on last.fm suggestions for the currently playing track. This plugin only works on 64bit!</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-lastfm-queue</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="https://gitorious.org/open-containing-folder-plugin-for-rhythmbox">Open Containing Folder</a> adds an option to open the folder containing the selected track(s) to the right click context menu. Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-opencontainingfolder</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/radio-browser">Radio-Browser</a> Rhythmbox plugin lets you find, play and rip tracks from internet radio stations. Installation:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-radio-browser</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="https://launchpad.net/repeat-one-song">Repeat One Song</a> - just like its name says, it lets you repeat one song. Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-repeat-one-song</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/asermax/send_first">Send-First</a> Rhythmbox plugin lets you enqueue tracks at the beginning of the queue playlist instead of the default behaviour which is at the end. Installation:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-send-first</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/smallwindow">Small-Window</a> shrinks the Rhythmbox user interface to a small window which only has the basic controls: play/pause, previous/next track. Installation:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-smallwindow</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="https://github.com/srijan/StopAfterCurrentTrack-Plugin-for-Rhythmbox">Stop After Current Track</a>: stops playback after the current track. Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-stopafter</code></pre><br /><br />- <b>Suspend PC</b> lets you suspend the computer when the playlist of the queue finishes. Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-suspend</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/afrancoto/WebMenu">Web Menu</a> can be used to quickly search the playing/selected song on YouTube, search for its album on Wikipedia, AllMusic, RateYourMusic, AllAboutJazz, DiscoGS, Last.fm, Grooveshark, Facebook, Amazon. Search its artist on Wikipedia, AllMusic, RateYourMusic, DiscoGS, Last.fm, Facebook, Myspace, Torrentz. It even lets you open the artist official website.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-webmenu</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/benjaoming/rhythmbox-fullscreen">Fullscreen</a>: a plugin that gives you a nice full-screen window you can use at parties which includes album art, a pulsating hover effect, play pause and skip controls, animated progress bar, queued tracks managed. The window can be either full screen or maximized - this can be changed from the plugin preferences. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Installation:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-fullscreen</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <b>Rating filters</b>: The plugin adds rating filters to the library browser, allowing you to filter favourite or unrated tracks. You can set the favourites threshold in the plugin preferences.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-rating-filter</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><b>After installing any of the above Rhythmbox plugins, enable them from the menu: Edit > Plugins.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>More info about the plugins available in this PPA can be found at <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/147942/how-do-i-install-third-party-rhythmbox-plugins">AskUbuntu</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to fossfreedom for the tip!</i></div>

Rhythmbox Third-Party Plugins Ubuntu PPA

Now that Rhythmbox is once again the default music player in Ubuntu, AskUbuntu moderator fossfreedom has created a PPA for various Rhythmbox...

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