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I use Rhythmbox as my primary music player in Ubuntu Linux, but a few months ago I switched from GNOME desktop to KDE. Since Rhythmbox is a GNOME-style program I couldn't find an easy way to setup global hotkeys in the KDE desktop that send commands like Pause and Play to the running instance of Rhythmbox. The command-line tool "rhythmbox-client" provides a solution:
Create a launcher anywhere in your desktop's menu system that runs the command you want, for example
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rhythmbox-client --play-pauseAnd then assign a global shortcut key to that launcher, for example Ctrl+Alt+\.
Here is a list of all the commands rhythmbox-client supports:
--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 to play |
Play a specified URI, importing it if necessary |
--enqueue |
Add specified tracks 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 |
Note that the launcher you create will probably NOT open a terminal by default, so any output that might result from your Rhythmbox command (from the "--print-playing" command, for example) will probably be lost.
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This was spot on. Thank-You, I simply put this in as custom shortcuts in the system settings with a hotkey... ty sir.
Hi there!
I did it and what happened was weird! I typed "$ rhythmbox-client --next" and the system asked me to type new command and I did Ctrl+ →, then, $ rhythmbox-client --previous and I typed Ctrl+ ← in order to change old defaut commands Alt+ → to play next song and Alt+ ← for previous. I have installed both Rhythmbox and Banshee for different uses, and now when I type Ctrl+ → or Ctrl+ ←, it executes Banshee! It doesn't make sense for me, however my question is: How can I set the default settings again? I mean by type Ctrl+ → or Ctrl+ ← without executing Banshee?
Thanks in advance.