RHYTHMBOX-CLIENT(1)

✨ RHYTHMBOX-CLIENT ✨ 💖

okay bestie, so this is rhythmbox-client, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section of your friendly neighbourhood man pages. she's the little remote-control bestie for a rhythmbox that's already running — no cap, she does not do the launching herself, she does the bossing around. 🎀

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🦋 NAME 🦋

rhythmbox-client — controls a running instance of rhythmbox

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rhythmbox-client [option...][file...]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so like. rhythmbox-client is a tool for controlling an already running instance of rhythmbox. it's giving remote control, fr fr. super useful for:

• scripting your remote-control shenanigans 👑
• adding specific files to the library straight from the shell 🐚
• printing out the details of whatever's playing rn ✨

and she also has an interactive mode which is chef's kiss for controlling playback remotely over ssh. iconic.

any files you drop after the option arguments get added to the library. and if you pass the --enqueue option, those files get added to the play queue too. periodt. 💖

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -?, --help — show help options 🫶
• --debug — enable debug output 🐛
• --no-start — do not start a new instance of rhythmbox
• --quit — quit rhythmbox 💀
• -i, --interactive — start interactive mode 🎮
• --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 🔁
• --stop — stop playback if currently playing ⏹️
• --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. 🔥

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🎀 FORMAT OPTIONS 🎀

these are the little magic codes, bestie. memorize them iykyk ✨

• %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. slay. 💅

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🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

this manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>, for the Debian system (but may be used by others). shoutout to the og. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• rhythmbox(1).

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and that's the whole vibe, bestie — this page came from the GNOME crew, dated June 28, 2007, and it's literally the RHYTHMBOX-CLIENT(1) manual page. go control that music player, main character. mwah. 💖✨🎀🦋