Rhythmbox

Rhythmbox
The main window of Rhythmbox
Basic data
Maintainer	James Livingston, Jonathan Matthew
developer	The Gnome Project
Publishing year	2002
Current  version	3.4.3 ( December 30, 2018 )
operating system	GNU
programming language	C , python
category	Audio player
License	GNU GPLv2
German speaking	Yes
wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Rhythmbox

Rhythmbox is a free audio player that is one of the standard applications of many GNU / Linux distributions . It is for Gnome developed, but also in many other desktop environments - especially those who like Gnome on the GTK + - Toolkit based (such as Unity or Cinnamon ) - are used.

The development of Rhythmbox began in 2001 and was heavily inspired by iTunes , which was released in the same year : it functions, like this, as a player and at the same time as a database for organizing and cataloging music collections.

Functions

Rhythmbox has a plug-in interface with which the required functions can be added or those that are not required can be removed; some of those mentioned in the following are implemented via standard installed extensions. A list of several other third-party plugins can be found on the project's official website.

At the moment Rhythmbox ( out of the box ) offers the following functions:

• Playback of many audio formats : Rhythmbox accesses the GStreamer - Framework back and is therefore capable of a very wide range of audio and container formats to read - provided the necessary GStreamer plugins installed in the system
• Playback and ribs and - after activating the plugin audio CD recorder - burning of audio CDs
• Control of FM tuners such as part of a TV card for FM radio reception (plug-in FM radio )
• Reception of Internet radio stations
• Subscription to podcasts , browsing the podcast directories of the Miro Guide and the iTunes Store
• Searching and playing tracks on SoundCloud (Plugin SoundCloud )
• Playing and buying music from the Magnatune label (plug-in Magnatune music store )
• Scrobbling , i.e. transmission of track information, to Libre.fm or Last.fm (plug-in Last.fm )
• Provision of audio files and access to distributed audio files in the local network via the Digital Audio Access Protocol (plug-in DAAP music distribution )
• Transferring audio files to and playing tracks on MTP devices such as B. Android smartphones (plug-in portable playback devices - MTP ) as well as iPods and iPhones (plug-in portable playback devices - iPod )
• Creation of static and dynamic playlists
• Display and - after activating the search album cover plugin - loading album covers from the Internet
• Display and loading of lyrics from the Internet (plugin lyrics )
• Editing of the metadata of audio files
• Uninterrupted playback of audio files as well as crossfading with configurable fade length
• Use of automated replay gain volume normalization (plugin ReplayGain )
• Sending selected titles by email ( Send title plugin )
• Control of the player via a web browser (plug-in web remote control ) or via infrared remote control (plug-in LIRC )
• Output of the currently played title as user status in Empathy and Pidgin (plugin instant message status )

history

version	publication	Code name	Remarks
Older version; no longer supported: 0.1	March 9, 2002	The Double Merger Whammy	Maintainer: Bastien Nocera First publication
Older version; no longer supported: 0.2	April 14, 2002		New functions: playback in random order ( shuffle ); Search function for the music collection; configurable columns in playlists
Older version; no longer supported: 0.2.1	April 14, 2002
Older version; no longer supported: 0.3.0	August 7, 2002		New maintainer: Jorn Baayen Internationalization and first translations
Older version; no longer supported: 0.4.0	November 15, 2002		First publication of the user manual; Gnome Tray Icon New functions: LIRC support for control via infrared remote control ; Title rating; Playback statistics
Older version; no longer supported: 0.4.1	December 12, 2002
Older version; no longer supported: 0.5.0	August 16, 2003		New maintainer: Colin Walters Merge with the fork netRhythmbox New functions: Internet radio support; Sound Juicer integration for ripping audio CDs; Support for FLAC metadata
Older version; no longer supported: 0.5.1	August 18, 2003	You can have your keys back, I guess
Older version; no longer supported: 0.5.2	August 27, 2003
Older version; no longer supported: 0.5.3	September 4, 2003
Older version; no longer supported: 0.5.4	October 27, 2003	Morsel
Older version; no longer supported: 0.6.0	November 11, 2003	The Universe Is Finite	New feature: dynamic playlists
Older version; no longer supported: 0.6.1	November 21, 2003	Squish, click, squish, squish, click	New feature: MP4 metadata support
Older version; no longer supported: 0.6.2	December 18, 2003
Older version; no longer supported: 0.6.3	December 22, 2003	Sneaking
Older version; no longer supported: 0.6.4	January 8, 2004	Waiting for 0.7.0
Older version; no longer supported: 0.6.5	January 22, 2004	Grab bag
Older version; no longer supported: 0.7.0	February 6, 2004	My, your music looks tasty ...	Attempt to establish a new version scheme: from now on even minor version numbers should be used for stable, odd for developer versions (at the latest from version 0.9.0 this idea was obviously rejected again). New function: ReplayGain support
Older version; no longer supported: 0.6.6	February 27, 2004
Older version; no longer supported: 0.6.7	February 27, 2004
Older version; no longer supported: 0.7.1	March 16, 2004	On The Road Again	New feature: support for iPods
Older version; no longer supported: 0.6.10	March 28, 2004
Older version; no longer supported: 0.7.2	April 2, 2004
Older version; no longer supported: 0.8.0	April 16, 2004
Older version; no longer supported: 0.8.1	April 20, 2004
Older version; no longer supported: 0.8.2	April 30, 2004
Older version; no longer supported: 0.8.4	May 18, 2004
Older version; no longer supported: 0.8.5	June 24, 2004
Older version; no longer supported: 0.9.0	August 10, 2005		New Features: Burning Audio CDs; Editing of metadata
Older version; no longer supported: 0.9.1	October 16, 2005		New function: Support of the Digital Audio Access Protocol
Older version; no longer supported: 0.9.2	November 28, 2005		New Maintainer: James Livingston 's New: podcast and Audioscrobbler -support
Older version; no longer supported: 0.9.3	February 2, 2006		Use of GStreamer 0.10 New functions: Support for MP3 players ; Playback queue
Older version; no longer supported: 0.9.3.1	February 4, 2006
Older version; no longer supported: 0.9.4	April 16, 2006		New plugin: Python console New functions: ID3 tag editing; Party mode
Older version; no longer supported: 0.9.5	June 18, 2006		New plugins: album covers, lyrics New functions: Vorbis comment editing; Command line program rhythmbox-client
Older version; no longer supported: 0.9.6	October 1, 2006	Live from the shores of lake Burley-Griffin
Older version; no longer supported: 0.9.7	December 18, 2006	I love Perth	New plugins: Magnatune music store, Last.fm
Older version; no longer supported: 0.9.8	February 21, 2007	Type slowly	New plug-in: audio visualization New function: Support for the Jamendo online catalog
Older version; no longer supported: 0.10.0	April 3, 2007	The City Above
Older version; no longer supported: 0.10.1	May 28, 2007	Diamond in the rough
Older version; no longer supported: 0.11.0	May 29, 2007	Rough in the diamond	New features: uninterrupted playback; Dissolve
Older version; no longer supported: 0.11.1	June 26, 2007	<codename: insert />	New function: Support for MTP and thus Android devices (revised in version 3.3, outsourced to a plugin)
Older version; no longer supported: 0.11.2	September 15, 2007	Inverted Ouroboros
Older version; no longer supported: 0.11.3	November 8, 2007	Splinter	New plugin: FM radio
Older version; no longer supported: 0.11.4	December 21, 2007		Support automatic installation of GStreamer plugins
Older version; no longer supported: 0.11.5	March 16, 2008
Older version; no longer supported: 0.11.6	July 7, 2008	Haunt you down
Older version; no longer supported: 0.12.0	March 19, 2009	Flood Victim	New maintainer: Jonathan Matthew New plug-in: audio CD recorder
Older version; no longer supported: 0.12.1	April 28, 2009	Easily Fooled
Older version; no longer supported: 0.12.2	May 31, 2009	We are underused	New plug-in: instant message status. New functions: Support for album images embedded in metadata
Older version; no longer supported: 0.12.3	July 5, 2009	Perfect Depth
Older version; no longer supported: 0.12.4	August 25, 2009	Raft
Older version; no longer supported: 0.12.5	September 18, 2009	Stop Breathin
Older version; no longer supported: 0.12.6	November 22, 2009	Range Life
Older version; no longer supported: 0.12.7	February 28, 2010	It's a hectic world	New plugin: Send title (to send via email or instant message)
Older version; no longer supported: 0.12.8	March 28, 2010	Extradition	New function: Search for album pictures on Last.fm
Older version; no longer supported: 0.13.0	July 2, 2010	Albatross	New logo New functions: Synchronization of music collections, playlists and podcasts with mobile devices; Support of additional metadata; Display of HTML podcast episode descriptions (uses WebKit )
Older version; no longer supported: 0.13.1	September 6, 2010	So tired
Older version; no longer supported: 0.13.2	October 31, 2010	Dagger	New plug-in: Zeitgeist New function: Support of the Digital Audio Control Protocol (DACP)
Older version; no longer supported: 0.13.3	January 16, 2011	Country Rain
Older version; no longer supported: 2.95	January 15, 2012	In min	Gnome 3 compatibility New plugin: Grilo (for UPNP support)
Older version; no longer supported: 2.96	March 11, 2012	Spanish Air
Older version; no longer supported: 2.97	June 3, 2012	Blue Skied to 'Clear	Use of libmusicbrainz to look up audio CD metadata New function: Podcast plug-in now supports iTunes and Miroguide searches
Older version; no longer supported: 2.98	September 30, 2012	Faults	Grilo plugin now uses Grilo 0.2; new metadata look-up library New function: new dialog for importing music files
Older version; no longer supported: 2.99	April 7, 2013	Future Delay Thinking	Use of GStreamer 1.0
Older version; no longer supported: 2.99.1	April 13, 2013	Strip light hate
Older version; no longer supported: 3.0	4th September 2013	I eat tapes	Plugins now use Python 3 New functions: revised user interface; Support of additional metadata
Older version; no longer supported: 3.0.1	October 13, 2013	I am nice to tapes
Older version; no longer supported: 3.0.2	March 23, 2014
Older version; no longer supported: 3.0.3	May 25, 2014	Devilfish
Older version; no longer supported: 3.1	September 28, 2014		Compatibility with GTK + 3.14
Older version; no longer supported: 3.2	March 29, 2015		New plugin: Soundcloud New functions: Album pictures can now be deleted, re-accessed and added manually; Support of additional metadata
Older version; no longer supported: 3.2.1	April 19, 2015
Older version; no longer supported: 3.3	January 24, 2016		New plugin: Portable playback devices - MTP (uses gvfsd-mtp )
Older version; no longer supported: 3.3.1	3rd April 2016		Better handling of locked Android devices; simplified and more stable ReplayGain processing; Switch from WebKit to WebKit2
Older version; no longer supported: 3.4	August 14, 2016		WebKit is no longer used; Grilo plugin now uses Grilo 0.3; Better handling of keyboard shortcuts New plug-in: web remote control New function: Soundcloud plug-in now allows you to pause, and a more productive search function
Older version; no longer supported: 3.4.1	September 10, 2016
Older version; no longer supported: 3.4.2	October 8, 2017		Audio visualization plugin removed
Current version: 3.4.3	December 30, 2018		Better support for Android devices
Legend: Old version Older version; still supported Current version Current preliminary version Future version

See also

Portal: Free Software  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the subject of Free Software

Web links

Commons : Rhythmbox  - collection of images

• Rhythmbox user documentation
• Rhythmbox source code repository
• Bugtracker from Rhythmbox

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rhythmbox / MAINTAINERS. In: Gnome Git Repository. Retrieved October 18, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} News. In: Rhythmbox project website. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002 ; accessed on October 18, 2018 (English). 
3. ↑ Rhythmbox 3.4.3 . In: Gnome Git Repository . (accessed on February 24, 2019).
4. ↑ ^{a b} rhythmbox.doap . In: Gnome Git Repository . (English, accessed October 18, 2018).
5. ^ The Rhythmbox Open Source Project on Open Hub: Languages ​​Page . In: Open Hub . (English, accessed October 19, 2018).
6. ↑ rhythmbox / COPYING. In: Gnome Git Repository. Retrieved October 18, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Bastien Nocera: Rhyhmbox is in CVS. In: Rhythmbox-devel mailing list. Sourceforge, August 18, 2001, archived from the original on January 21, 2002 ; accessed on March 21, 2016 (English). 
8. ↑ Jorn Baayen: ANNOUNCE: RhythmBox 0.3.0. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. August 7, 2002, accessed on March 21, 2016 (English): "Rhythmbox is music management and playback software, inspired by Apple's iTunes." 
9. ↑ Third Party Plugins for Rhythmbox. In: gnome.org. The Gnome Project, accessed May 26, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Rhythmbox music player. In: Gnome Help. The Gnome Project, accessed April 3, 2017 . 
11. ↑ rhythmbox / plugins /. In: Gnome Git Repository. Retrieved October 18, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Frequently Asked Questions: What audio file formats does Rhythmbox support? In: gnome.org. The Gnome Project, accessed March 28, 2017 . 
13. ↑ rhythmbox / NEWS. In: Gnome Git Repository. Retrieved October 18, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Jorn Baayen: ANNOUNCE: RhythmBox 0.3.0. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. August 7, 2002, accessed April 5, 2017 . 
15. ↑ Jorn Baayen: MAINTAINERS (Initial revision). In: Gnome Git Repository. June 9, 2002, accessed October 18, 2018 . 
16. ↑ Olivier Martin: Rhythmbox 0.4.0. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. November 15, 2002, accessed April 5, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Olivier Martin: ANNOUNCE: Rhythmbox 0.4.1. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. December 12, 2002, accessed April 5, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.5.0. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. August 16, 2003, accessed April 5, 2017 . 
19. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.5.1 - "You can have your keys back, I guess". In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. August 18, 2003, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
20. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.5.2. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. August 27, 2003, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
21. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.5.3. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. September 4, 2003, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
22. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.5.4 "Morsel". In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. October 27, 2003, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
23. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.6.0: "The Universe Is Finite". In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. November 11, 2003, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
24. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.6.1: "Squish, Click, Squish, Squish, Click". In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. November 21, 2003, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
25. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.6.2. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. December 18, 2003, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
26. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.6.3: "Sneaking". In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. December 22, 2003, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
27. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.6.4: "Waiting for 0.7.0". In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. January 8, 2004, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
28. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.6.5: "Grab Bag". In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. January 22, 2004, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
29. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.7.0: "My, your music looks tasty ..." In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. February 6, 2004, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
30. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.6.6. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. February 27, 2004, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
31. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.6.7. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. February 27, 2004, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
32. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.7.1: "On The Road Again". In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. March 16, 2004, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
33. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.6.10. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. March 28, 2004, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
34. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.8.0. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. April 16, 2004, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
35. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.8.1. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. April 16, 2004, accessed April 20, 2017 . 
36. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.8.2. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. April 30, 2004, accessed April 20, 2017 . 
37. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.8.4. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. May 18, 2004, accessed April 20, 2017 . 
38. ↑ Colin Walters: Rhythmbox 0.8.5. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. June 24, 2004, accessed April 20, 2017 . 
39. ↑ William Jon McCann: rhythmbox / MAINTAINERS. In: Gnome Git Repository. December 10, 2005, accessed October 18, 2018 . 
40. ↑ James Livingston: Rhythmbox 0.9.3.1. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. February 4, 2006, accessed April 20, 2017 . 
41. ↑ James Livingston: Rhytymbox 0.10.0 "The City Above". In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. April 3, 2007, accessed April 20, 2017 . 
42. ↑ James Livingston: Rhythmbox 0.10.1 "Diamond in the rough" released. In: gnome-announce-list mailing list. May 28, 2007, accessed April 20, 2017 . 
43. ↑ Jonathan Matthew: rhythmbox / MAINTAINERS. In: Gnome Git Repository. July 26, 2008, accessed October 18, 2018 .