Rhythmbox

Rhythmbox is the default audio player free GNOME desktop environment for Unix-like systems.

Functions

Development began in 2003 and was heavily inspired among others by iTunes, so Rhythmbox acts as the player, as well as a database to organize and catalog a music collection. The developers focus - as with GNOME common - primarily on ease of use and intuitive operation. Rhythmbox uses the GStreamer framework and is thus able to read a very large range of audio and container formats, provided the necessary GStreamer plug- ins are installed in the system. Furthermore, the software itself has a plug- in interface, switched with which other functions, or unneeded can be removed. In addition, lists of third parties contained in the official website of plug-ins.

During playback, existing replay gain values ​​are taken into account and automatically rated songs depending on how often you are calling. The ratings are later about used popular play in shuffle mode the songs more often. Also, " smart playlists " are created, the contents of the reviews will change accordingly. Furthermore, Rhythmbox is to receive in a position Internet radio; for FM radio reception an FM tuner (as in a TV card ) to control; to act as a DAAP client; To copy audio CDs with the help of Sound Juicer to the hard disk; Subscribe to podcasts and hardware audio player to use as the iPod.

Integration ( excerpt)

  • Nautilus context menu integration ( off by default in version 0.8.8 ).
  • XChat XChat via a plug- in
  • Pidgin - Rhythmbox automatically updates the Pidgin user profile with the song immediately played
  • Rhythmbox Applet, a GNOME panel applet provides the control of reproduction in the panel
  • With the Jamendo plug- in allows all songs free music platform Jamendo as search the normal music library and play
  • Rhythmbox XSLT allows for the consideration of the playlist as a Web page
  • Drivel inserts the name of the track being played added a blog post
  • Rhythmbox Tune Publisher publishes the currently played track over XMPP with the User Tune protocol (used by Jabber World Map )
  • Blue Remote allows control over Rhythmbox with a Bluetooth - enabled mobile phone
  • FoxyTunes, a Mozilla Firefox extension provides control over playback in browser
  • The Last.fm plug- in allows the program to work with the same online service.
Software framework Audioformat Digital Audio Access Protocol Client (computing) GNOME Files Widget engine
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