 
			| GNU/Linux | Ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty Jackalope) | |
|  | rhythmbox-client(1) |  | 
rhythmbox-client − controls a running instance of rhythmbox
rhythmbox-client [option...]
rhythmbox-client is a tool for controlling an already running instance of rhythmbox. It’s useful for remote control scripting or printing details of what’s playing.
−?,−−help
Show help options
−−debug
Enable debug output
−−no-start
Do not start a new instance of rhythmbox
| −−quit | Quit rhythmbox | 
−−no-present
Don’t present an existing rhythmbox window
| −−hide | Hide the rhythmbox window | |||
| −−next | Jump to next song | 
−−previous
Jump to previous song
−−notify
Show notification of the playing song
| −−play | Resume playback if currently paused | 
−−pause
Pause playback if currently playing
−−play-pause
Toggle play/pause mode
−−play-uri=URI
Play a specified URI, importing it if necessary
−−enqueue filename
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
Print formatted details of the song
−−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
| −−mute | Mute playback | 
−−unmute
Unmute playback
| %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 | |||
| %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.
This manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>, for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
rhythmbox(1).
|  | rhythmbox-client(1) |  |