Karin Chan

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">CoverArt Browser</a>, a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play music using an album art view, has been updated to version 0.8 recently, getting improvements such as option to export embedded cover art in the album tracks, new light and dark icon theme and more.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser-plugin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rhythmbox coverartbrowser plugin" border="0" height="235" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qnzj-Mm92iE/UXqNBoYi23I/AAAAAAAAPFI/SAzvc94jaT0/s320/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser-plugin.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For those not familiar with CoverArt Browser for Rhythmbox, this is a plugin that comes with features such as:</b></div><ul><li>configurable search (all fields, albums, artists, etc.);</li><li>sort albums by: name, artist, year, rating, genre or decades;</li><li>display all music or play queue, top rated, recently added or recently played;</li><li>can automatically fetch album covers for all your albums;</li><li>more.</li></ul><br /><b>The latest CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin comes with the following additions:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>export albums and embed cover art in the album tracks - useful to display cover art on mobile devices;</li><li>the cover art search is now a separate plugin;</li><li>new light & dark theme buttons to complement light & dark desktop themes</li><li>optional flat-button toolbar style;</li><li>use album and album-artist sort order tags for sorting if these values are utilized;</li><li>play from Cover-view and Track view instead of queuing & playing;</li><li>allow user-defined genre names to be created mapped against default system genre icons;</li><li>allow user-defined genre icons to be displayed. These can override system genre icons if required;</li><li>support for other plugins via right-click menu options in a similar manner as the Library Browser.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that CoverArt Browser doesn't support the latest Rhythmbox 2.99, like most of the Rhythmbox plugins (and that's why I didn't upload Rhythmbox 2.99 in the WebUpd8 Rhythmbox PPA) for now.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install CoverArt Browser for Rhythmbox in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Ubuntu users can use fossfreedom's PPA</b> (which has many <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html">other useful Rhythmbox plugins</a>) <b>to install the latest CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin, by using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>other Linux distributions,</b> see the installation instructions available on the CoverArt Browser <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">GitHub</a> page.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Report any bugs you may encounter @ <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser/issues">GitHub</a>. </div>

Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin 0.8 Released

CoverArt Browser , a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play music using an album art view, has been updated to version 0.8 recently,...

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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--FzeWysd2f8/UB_c45sH7jI/AAAAAAAAJcw/y4LOXKaRV-w/s1600/rhythmbox-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="rhythmbox equalizer" border="0" height="207" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--FzeWysd2f8/UB_c45sH7jI/AAAAAAAAJcw/y4LOXKaRV-w/s320/rhythmbox-ubuntu.png" title="rhythmbox equalizer" width="320" /></a></div><br />Now that Rhythmbox is once again the default music player in Ubuntu, AskUbuntu moderator fossfreedom has created a PPA for various Rhythmbox plugins that many Ubuntu users might find useful. Among the plugins included are: Equalizer, Jump-to-Playing, Tray Icon, Microblogger, Tablature plugin, JumpToWindow and more.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently, there are 22 plugins available in this PPA and they have been tested on Rhythmbox 2.96 which is available in the official Ubuntu 12.04 repositories.</div><br /><b>To add the PPA (for Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 or 13.10), use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins<br />sudo apt-get update</code></pre><br /><b>Then, to install all the available plugins, use the command below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-complete</code></pre><br /><b>You can also install the plugins individually:</b><br /><br />- <a href="https://github.com/luqmana/rhythmbox-plugins/tree/master/equalizer">Equalizer</a>: add a 10-band equalizer to Rhythmbox.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mQKie6ArF-s/T_I-CkvAIWI/AAAAAAAAJOY/DOWSsmdOCuw/s1600/rhythmbox-equalizer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mQKie6ArF-s/T_I-CkvAIWI/AAAAAAAAJOY/DOWSsmdOCuw/s320/rhythmbox-equalizer.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-equalizer</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/asermax/lastfm_extension">Last.fm</a>: adds love/ban last.fm buttons and synchronizes playcount (it can only retrieve the playcount) and loved tracks(adds 5 stars to the track if it's marked as loved). The sync occurs only when playing a song and it needs to be enabled from the plugin preferences.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wxVC1REuhKM/T_I-IQs5P-I/AAAAAAAAJOg/GHMKk8hcmf0/s1600/rhythmbox-lastfm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="86" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wxVC1REuhKM/T_I-IQs5P-I/AAAAAAAAJOg/GHMKk8hcmf0/s320/rhythmbox-lastfm.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-lastfm-extension</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="http://github.com/aliva/rhythmbox-microblogger">Microblogger</a>: sends a notice about the currently playing track to identi.ca or Twitter.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-microblogger</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/luqmana/rhythmbox-plugins/tree/master/AlbumArtSearch">AlbumArt Search</a>: searches album art using Google Image search and allows the user to select one of the results (so it's not automated) </div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-albumartsearch</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/dmo60/JumpToPlaying">Jump-to-Playing</a>: adds a context menu and a toolbar button to jump to (highlught) the currently playing song.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-jumptoplaying</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="https://github.com/owais/remember-the-rhythm">Remember-the-Rhythm</a>: a plugin to remember the last playing song, source (radio station, playlist), browser values (genre, album, artist).<br /><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-remembertherhythm</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="http://mendhak.github.com/rhythmbox-tray-icon/">Tray Icon</a>: control Rhythmbox via a notification icon (like in previous Rhythmbox versions), useful for desktop environments that don't have a media player menu / Ubuntu indicator support. If you want to use this in Unity, you'll have to whitelist the systray.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-tray-icon</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/bkueng/JumpToWindow">JumpToWindow</a>: a Rhythmbox plugin that adds a feature similar to Winamp's "Jump to file", which includes the ability to enqueue a song.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GABvrldzHp8/T_I-QV1n_lI/AAAAAAAAJOo/UJdPD-JOQ2A/s1600/rhythmbox-jumptowindow.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GABvrldzHp8/T_I-QV1n_lI/AAAAAAAAJOo/UJdPD-JOQ2A/s320/rhythmbox-jumptowindow.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-jumptowindow</code></pre><br />The plugin interface doesn't come with a GUI to configure the keyboard shortcut used to trigger JumpToWindow, so to set a keyboard shortcut, go to <i>System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts</i> and add the following command under "Custom Shortcuts" (and there, also set the shortcut, like CTRL + J for instance):<br />/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/JumpToWindow/src/activate.py<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the JumpToWindow, you can use the space bar to start playing a song, ALT + Enter to enqueue, Enter to play and hide the window and escape to hide the window.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="http://code.google.com/p/tab-rhythmbox-plugin/">Tabulature</a>: Find and display the guitar tablature of the current playing song from tab websites. </div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-tabguitar</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/dmo60/lLyrics">lLyrics</a>: an alternative lyrics plugin, useful if the default lyrics plugin doesn't work for you.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-llyric</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/countdown-playlist">Countdown Playlist</a>: a plugin to create playlists based on some keywords you set, for the duration you define:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tpHU1TFNXBE/UBvUf4dwHnI/AAAAAAAAJYw/qWNz7rXwETY/s1600/countdownplaylist-plugin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tpHU1TFNXBE/UBvUf4dwHnI/AAAAAAAAJYw/qWNz7rXwETY/s320/countdownplaylist-plugin.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-countdown-playlist</code></pre><br />- <a href="https://github.com/javonharper/Rhythmbox-Random-Album-Player">Random Album Player</a>: a simple plugin to play random albums. <br /><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-randomalbumplayer</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/coverart-browser-rhythmbox-plugin.html">CoverArt Browser</a> is a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play your music via an album art view similar to the one available in Banshee:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jYAlrS3q1Hc/UFcv7i2DMrI/AAAAAAAAKJ0/v7aENsAHMjk/s1600/rhythmbox-coverart.png"><img alt="Rhythmbox cover art" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jYAlrS3q1Hc/UFcv7i2DMrI/AAAAAAAAKJ0/v7aENsAHMjk/s320/rhythmbox-coverart.png" /></a></div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- LastFM-Queue</b> automatically enqueues tracks from your library based on last.fm suggestions for the currently playing track. This plugin only works on 64bit!</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-lastfm-queue</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="https://gitorious.org/open-containing-folder-plugin-for-rhythmbox">Open Containing Folder</a> adds an option to open the folder containing the selected track(s) to the right click context menu. Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-opencontainingfolder</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/radio-browser">Radio-Browser</a> Rhythmbox plugin lets you find, play and rip tracks from internet radio stations. Installation:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-radio-browser</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="https://launchpad.net/repeat-one-song">Repeat One Song</a> - just like its name says, it lets you repeat one song. Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-repeat-one-song</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/asermax/send_first">Send-First</a> Rhythmbox plugin lets you enqueue tracks at the beginning of the queue playlist instead of the default behaviour which is at the end. Installation:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-send-first</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/smallwindow">Small-Window</a> shrinks the Rhythmbox user interface to a small window which only has the basic controls: play/pause, previous/next track. Installation:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-smallwindow</code></pre><br /><br />- <a href="https://github.com/srijan/StopAfterCurrentTrack-Plugin-for-Rhythmbox">Stop After Current Track</a>: stops playback after the current track. Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-stopafter</code></pre><br /><br />- <b>Suspend PC</b> lets you suspend the computer when the playlist of the queue finishes. Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-suspend</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/afrancoto/WebMenu">Web Menu</a> can be used to quickly search the playing/selected song on YouTube, search for its album on Wikipedia, AllMusic, RateYourMusic, AllAboutJazz, DiscoGS, Last.fm, Grooveshark, Facebook, Amazon. Search its artist on Wikipedia, AllMusic, RateYourMusic, DiscoGS, Last.fm, Facebook, Myspace, Torrentz. It even lets you open the artist official website.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-webmenu</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="https://github.com/benjaoming/rhythmbox-fullscreen">Fullscreen</a>: a plugin that gives you a nice full-screen window you can use at parties which includes album art, a pulsating hover effect, play pause and skip controls, animated progress bar, queued tracks managed. The window can be either full screen or maximized - this can be changed from the plugin preferences. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Installation:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-fullscreen</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">- <b>Rating filters</b>: The plugin adds rating filters to the library browser, allowing you to filter favourite or unrated tracks. You can set the favourites threshold in the plugin preferences.</div><br />Installation:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-rating-filter</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><b>After installing any of the above Rhythmbox plugins, enable them from the menu: Edit > Plugins.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>More info about the plugins available in this PPA can be found at <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/147942/how-do-i-install-third-party-rhythmbox-plugins">AskUbuntu</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to fossfreedom for the tip!</i></div>

Rhythmbox Third-Party Plugins Ubuntu PPA

Now that Rhythmbox is once again the default music player in Ubuntu, AskUbuntu moderator fossfreedom has created a PPA for various Rhythmbox...

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