rhythmbox-client

NAME

rhythmbox-client - controls a running instance of rhythmbox

SYNOPSIS

rhythmbox-client [option...]

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

-?,--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
I --play-uri=URI
Play a specified URI, importing it if necessary
I --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

FORMAT OPTIONS

%at
Album title
%aT
Album title in lowercase
%aa
Album artist
%aA
Album artist in lowercase
%ay
Release year of album
%an
Album disc number
%aN
Album disc number with leading zero
%ag
Album genre
%aG
Album genre in lowercase
%tt
Track title
%tT
Track title in lowercase
%ta
Track artist
%tA
Track artist in lowercase
%tn
Track number
%tN
Track number with leading zero
%td
Track duration
%te
Elapsed time of track
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.

AUTHOR

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

SEE ALSO