# Rhythmbox

2002
Mark Finlay
2002
Mark Humphreys
2005
2006
Baptiste Mille-Mathias
2006
Victor Osadci
2008
Dean Sas
2018
2020
Andre Klapper
GNOME Documentation Project
Mark
Finlay
GNOME Documentation Project

    sisob@eircom.net

Mark
Humphreys
GNOME Documentation Project

    marquee@users.sourceforge.net

Baptiste
Mille-Mathias
GNOME Documentation Project

    baptiste.millemathias@gmail.com

Victor
Osadci
GNOME Documentation Project

    Victor.Osadci.GNOME@xhtml.md

Dean
Sas
Ubuntu Documentation Project

    dean@deansas.org

Andre
Klapper
GNOME Documentation Project

    ak-47@gmx.net

Rhythmbox Music Player Manual V0.0.2
October 2002

Mark Finlay

GNOME Documentation Project

Rhythmbox Music Player Manual V0.0.3
August 2003

Mark Humphreys

GNOME Documentation Project

Rhythmbox Music Player Manual V0.0.4
October 2005

Baptiste Mille-Mathias

GNOME Documentation Project

Rhythmbox Music Player Manual V2.0.2
April 2006

Luca Ferretti

GNOME Documentation Project

Rhythmbox Music Player Manual V2.0.3
May 2008

Dean Sas

GNOME Documentation Project

Rhythmbox Music Player Manual V3.4.4
Jaunary 2020

Andre Klapper

GNOME Documentation Project

This manual describes version 3.4.4 of Rhythmbox Music Player.

## Commenti

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the Rhythmbox Music Player application or this manual, visit the GNOME Issue Tracker.

Rhythmbox è il riproduttore musicale per lo GNOME Desktop.

## Introduzione

Rhythmbox Music Player is a music player and library for tagged files that supports various music formats.

Attualmente, le caratteristiche di Rhythmbox comprendono:

- Riproduzione di diversi formati musicali dalla Libreria dei file etichettati.

- Visualizzazione di informazioni riguardo la canzone attraverso la lettura dei meta-dati.

- Visualizzazione delle canzoni in modo organizzato.

- Creazione di scalette statiche trascinando le canzoni dalla Libreria.

- Creazione automatica di scalette attraverso diversi criteri.

- Ricerca delle canzoni da sorgenti come la Libreria o le Scalette.

- Ascolto di stazioni radio via Internet.

- Lettura di CD audio e recupero delle informazioni come i titoli delle tracce da Internet.

- Masterizzazione di CD audio dalle scalette.

- Transfer music to iPod, MTP and USB Mass Storage music players.

## Per iniziare

### Avviare Rhythmbox

You can launch the Rhythmbox Music Player in the following ways:

Applications grid

  Click Activities at the top left of the screen. Click the grid button in the dash. Choose Rhythmbox.

Command Line

  Type `rhythmbox`, then press Return.

### Eseguire l'assistente

The first time you launch the Rhythmbox Music Player, an assistant will help you import your music. On the second panel of the assistant, press the Browse button and select the folder where your music is stored.

## La finestra di Rhythmbox

### Panoramica

La finestra di Rhythmbox consente di esplorare e riprodurre la musica preferita. La mostra l'interfaccia di Rhythmbox con i componenti principali.

#### La finestra di Rhythmbox

Show the Rhythmbox Music Player window showing the different parts on the Rhythmbox Music Player interface. Callouts: Player area, Browser, Side pane, Statusbar.

La Tabella 1 descrive i componenti della finestra di Rhythmbox.

#### Componenti della finestra di Rhythmbox

Id | Componente | Descrizione
--- | --- | ---
1 | Barra degli strumenti | Provides access to player functions and details about the currently playing track. Includes the time slider which displays the position of the read of a track; it enables to jump to another part of a track. Also includes the volume slider and the button to access the application menu.
2 | Side Pane | Displays a list of available sources. Can also display the play queue.
3 | Catalogo | Consente di esplorare e filtrare le tracce per genere, artista o album. Fornisce anche una funzione di ricerca per visualizzare solo le tracce che corrispondono a un determinato criterio.
4 | Elenco tracce | Elenca tutte le tracce che appartengono alla sorgente selezionata.
5 | Barra di stato | Displays information about the source selected in the side pane.

### The Side Pane

The side pane is where you can access your music library, internet radio, your playlists audio CDs, and the play queue. The side pane can contain the following sources:

- The Rhythmbox Music Player library, where all of the imported tracks will appear.

- Podcasts.

- The Radio source, with all internet radio stations.

- All playlists (normal and smart).

- Audio CD's inserted into the computer's CD drives.

- Portable players like iPod plugged to your computer.

- The DAAP Music shares discovered on the local network.

- Music stores like Jamendo and Magnatune.

- Music sharing websites like SoundCloud.

It can also contain the play queue if you press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select View Play Queue in Side Pane.

The display of the side pane can be toggled on or off if you press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select View Side Pane.

### La barra di riproduzione

L'area della barra fornisce accesso ai dettagli della traccia in riproduzione. Quando nessuna traccia è in riproduzione, quest'area non mostra alcuna informazione. Durante l'ascolto di una canzone, viene visualizzato il nome della traccia e sotto questo il nome dell'artista e il titolo dell'album.

A tracker which shows the progress of the playing track and a time slider are also displayed. When the time slider has focus, the arrow keys can be used to Fast-Forward or Rewind the playing track.

If you are using a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can adjust the volume by scrolling up or down while the mouse pointer is over the volume button in the right corner.

### La barra di stato

The statusbar contains additional information about the number of songs and the duration of the source selected.

## Usare Rhythmbox

### Ascoltare musica

To play a track, select the track and press the Play button on the toolbar, or simply double-click on the track to start playing.

When the track ends, Rhythmbox Music Player jumps to play the next track in the list showed in view pane.

In the you can play all songs from an artist or a single album simply selecting Album or Artist entry in the library browser.

#### Precedente/Riproduci/Successivo

The Next and Previous buttons can be used to skip between tracks while playing. If a track is currently playing, the previous button will restart the track. Pressing the Play button will start playing the current track. Shows buttons Previous, Play and Next in toolbar.

#### Ripeti

L'opzione Ripeti fa in modo che Rhythmbox riproduca la prima traccia nell'elenco quando viene raggiunta l'ultima traccia.

To activate repeat, press the button Repeat on the toolbar. Shows repeat button in the statusbar.

#### Mischia

L'opzione Mischia fa in modo che Rhythmbox riproduca tracce casualmente.

To activate shuffle, press the button Shuffle on the toolbar. Shows shuffle button in the statusbar.

#### Controllo del volume

The volume control is located in the right hand of the toolbar. Pressing the loudspeaker icon will show the volume slider. Sliding this up and down will increase and decrease the volume. The loudspeaker icon will change to reflect the relative volume. Shows volume slider in toolbar.

È possibile regolare il volume usando la rotellina del mouse sopra l'icona dell'altoparlante.

## Libreria

La libreria è la sorgente principale in Rhythmbox, è il database che contiene tutti i file musicali che vengono importati in Rhythmbox (archivia il percorso per accedere ai file, non i file).

The Library can not only contain music files which are physically on your computer (in your HOME Directory for instance), but it can also contain music files available over remote network services. Some examples of supported network services are:

- Public FTP

- Authenticated FTP

- NFS

- Windows Share

The files imported in the Library are displayed in the track list with the information (like the Artist name or the Album name) stored in the tags embedded on the tracks. Rhythmbox Music Player uses these tags to display the tracks in an organized manner.

Tags can be modified by right-clicking, then choosing Properties and filling in the details on the window that appears.

### Aggiungere tracce alla Libreria

To add tracks to the Library, you can follow these different methods:

- If you want to import several music files located in a folder, choose Import from the browser bar next to the search field, then select the folder in the file selector and press the Open button. All the music files located in the folder and its sub-folders will be imported.

- Drag and drop files from the file manager (like Nautilus) over the Rhythmbox window.

Se è stata abilitata l'opzione di monitoraggio (consultare ), tutti i file musicali presenti nella directory scelta verranno aggiunti alla Libreria, compresi quelli che verranno aggiunti successivamente.

### Rimuovere tracce dalla Libreria

To remove a track from the library but leave it on the disk, right-click on the track and choose Remove. The track and its properties (like rating or the play count) are removed from the Rhythmbox database.

To delete a track from the Library and also from your disk, right-click on the track and choose Move to Trash. The track will be removed in the same way as previous, but the file will be moved in to the file manager Trash.

### Trovare tracce attraverso la ricerca

Rhythmbox comes with a search function, which enables you to find and filter tracks by using a search term.

Enter some text in the search entry, and as you type, only the tracks that match the text entered will be displayed. The search function does the lookup in all of the tags of the tracks stored in the Library.

To perform a more precise search, you can choose to lookup only in specific tags Artists, Albums or Titles.

### Trovare le tracce attraverso il Catalogo

Il Catalogo è un metodo conveniente per trovare delle tracce. Il Catalogo è un riquadro di visualizzazione a due o tre vie che consente di esplorare i generi musicali, gli artisti e gli album e di visualizzare le tracce che corrispondono alla ricerca.

First, to display the Browser, select Browse in the tool bar. Select artist, album and genre, and as you choose, only the tracks that match your choice will be displayed in the track list. The criteria on the columns apply from the left to the right.

È possibile scegliere diversi criteri della stessa categoria usando il tasto Ctrl.

You can also find from a selected track in the track list, all of the tracks with the same genre, artist or album name. Select a track in the track list, right-click on it, and choose Browse this Genre/Artist/Album. Then the browser will filter the tracks using the criteria chosen.

## Sorgente radio

È possibile utilizzare il sintonizzatore di radio Internet per ascoltare a flussi audio attraverso una rete, locale o Internet.

### Radio Internet in Rhythmbox

### Aggiungere una stazione

To add a new station to the Internet Radio tuner, select Add in the tool bar. Then enter the URL of the Internet radio, then press the button Add.

### Visualizzare e modificare le impostazioni di una stazione

You can view and edit the settings of an Internet Radio station by selecting the station and right-click, then choose Properties.

Quando si accedere alle proprietà di una stazione radio, è possibile modificarne il titolo, il genere ed è anche possibile modificarne la posizione e impostare un giudizio.

### Rimuovere una stazione

To remove a radio station from the radio stations list, right-click on the station and select Remove.

## Sorgenti podcast

Podcasting is a new way to broadcast audio content over the web; when an author publishes an episode, podcast subscribers are informed, through an XML feed.

Rhythmbox Music Player enables you to subscribe to podcast feeds, so when a new episode is available you'll be informed, it will download this episode and it will play it.

You can find more information about podcasts and podcasting by visiting the definition of Podcast on the site Wikipedia.

### L'interfaccia dei podcast

The Podcast interface with some registered podcasts

### Gestione dei podcast

#### Aggiungere un podcast

To register to a podcast, select Add in the tool bar. Then in the new window, enter the URL of the podcast feed. Rhythmbox will retrieve the list of episodes and the latest episode will be downloaded on your hard disk.

#### Eliminare un podcast

To delete a podcast, right-click on the podcast feed's name in the browser, and choose Delete Podcast Feed, then choose Delete Feed Only if you want to keep the podcast's episodes, or choose Delete Feed And Files if you want to delete the feed and all its related episodes.

#### Aggiornare i feed

To know if new episodes have been published for a podcast, right-click over the podcast name in the browser and choose Update Podcast Feed. If new episodes were published, they will appear in the episode list.

Rhythmbox Music Player checks regularly, on its own, the podcast feeds list to find out if they were updated.

Per verificare tutti i podcast è possibile anche fare clic col tasto destro del mouse sulla sorgente Podcast e scegliere Aggiorna tutti i feed.

#### Accedere alle proprietà del feed podcast

To access to the Feed properties, right-click on the Feed name, and choose Properties.

- On the Basic tab you can view the podcast Title, Author , the Last Updated date and the Description.

- On the Details tab you can view the feed Source, Language and the Copyright properties.

You can view the properties, and also edit the rating.

### Gestire gli episodi

#### Scaricare un episodio podcast

Per scaricare un episodio nel proprio disco, fare clic col tasto destro sull'episodio e scegliere Scarica episodio, Rhythmbox avvierà lo scaricamento nella posizione indicata nelle preferenze. È possibile vedere l'avanzamento dello scaricamento di un episodio nella colonna Stato.

By default, podcasts are downloaded in folder `Music/` in your home directory. To change location, see .

#### Ascoltare un episodio podcast

To play a podcast episode, select the episode you want to read, and press the button Play.

È necessario scaricare gli episodi prima di poterli ascoltare. Per maggiori informazioni, consultare .

#### Eliminare un episodio podcast

Per eliminare un episodio da un podcast, fare clic col tasto destro del mouse sull'episodio e scegliere Elimina, quindi scegliere Elimina solo episodio per mantenere l'episodio nel disco oppure Elimina episodio e file per rimuovere l'episodio dall'elenco e rimuovere i file dal disco.

After you delete an episode, it will no longer be available in the list of episodes, even if you update the podcast.

#### Visualizzare le proprietà di un episodio podcast

To access to the episode properties, right-click on the episode, and choose Properties.

- On the Basic tab you can view the podcast Title, Feed, the publication Data and the Description.

- On the Details tab you can view the podcast Source, Duration, the Bitrate, the Last Played Date, the Play count and the Rating.

## Coda di riproduzione

Play queue is a source designed to temporarily store the next tracks you want to play. When you add a track to the Play Queue, Rhythmbox Music Player will automatically switch to this source, after the track has played.

Once a track has been played, it will be automatically removed from the Play Queue Source. Once the Play Queue is empty, Rhythmbox Music Player will play the source which was played before.

### Add a track to the Play Queue

To add a track:

1. Select the track you want to play, in any source.

2. Right-click and choose Add to Queue.

### Rimuovere una traccia dalla Coda di riproduzione

To remove a track stored in Play Queue:

1. Select the track you want to remove in Play Queue source.

2. Right-click and choose Remove from Play Queue.

## Le scalette

Playlists are sources which are created from the tracks available in the Library source. They enable you to gather tracks following a particular 'genre', a specific group of artists, or even tracks that are of a particular 'mood', or whatever you want.

Rhythmbox Music Player has 2 kinds of playlists:

- Static Playlists

- Smart Playlists

Rhythmbox consente di masterizzare le tracce delle scalette su un CD audio.

### Scalette statiche

Le scalette statiche sono scalette create dalle tracce prese dalla Libreria.

#### Creare una scaletta statica

To create a new playlist, right-click on an item in the library. Select Add to Playlist Add to New Playlist . An empty playlist without name appears in the side pane. Enter a name for the playlist and press Enter.

#### Aggiungere tracce a una scaletta

To add tracks to a playlist, select tracks from the track list from the library and drag and drop your selection over the playlist icon in the side pane.

È anche possibile trascinare un genere, un artista o il nome di un album dal catalogo per creare una scaletta. Tutte le tracce associate verranno aggiunte automaticamente.

You can create a playlist with tracks in one action. Select tracks from the Tracks List, or directly one or more categories from the browser (Genre, Artist or Album) and drop the selection over the Side pane. It will automatically create a named playlist.

#### Rimuovere tracce da una scaletta

To remove tracks from a playlist, first select the tracks to remove. Then, right-click over the selection and choose Delete. This operation deletes the track only from playlist and not from the Library.

### Scalette automatiche

Smart Playlists are playlists built from criteria, so tracks are added to it dynamically; all of the tracks matching the criteria will be added to the playlist.

By default, the playlists My Top Rated, Recently Added, and Recently played are available.

## Sorgente CD audio

Rhythmbox Music Player can also handle Audio CDs; it can play CDs and also let you burn your own.

### Riproduzione

When an Audio CD is inserted, it will appear in the side pane, and the tracks on it can be displayed in Rhythmbox Music Player's main window. If you are connected to the Internet, the CD details will be retrieved and displayed.

Per avviare o fermare la riproduzione o per saltare avanti e indietro, utilizzare gli stessi controlli usati per la riproduzione dalla libreria.

### Importare CD audio

If you wish to keep the tracks of your Audio CDs on your computer, you can import them.

To import Audio CD tracks, choose Extract in the tool bar.

### Creare CD audio

Rhythmbox consente di creare i propri CD audio utilizzando la musica presente nella Libreria.

To create an Audio CD:

1. Create a playlist, static or smart (see ) and add tracks.

2. Choose Playlist in the tool bar.

3. Select Create Audio CD.

4. Insert a blank CD.

5. Click the button Create, the burning process starts.

## Riproduttori audio portatili

Rhythmbox can detect when an portable audio player is plugged to your computer, and is able to read tracks stored on it. Rhythmbox Music Player should be able to deal with most portable audio players including Apple iPod, MTP players and Mass Storage players.

When you plug in a portable audio player, an icon for the Portable Audio Player is added to the side pane. This source works in the same way as the Library source.

If Rhythmbox Music Player does not detect your device as a portable audio player, you can create an empty file named `.is_audio_player` at the top level hierarchy of the filesystem of your player.

## Condivisioni DAAP

DAAP is a network protocol that allows you to share the music stored in Rhythmbox. DAAP stands for Digital Audio Access Protocol.

As DAAP is a standard protocol for music sharing, you can listen and share music not only with other Rhythmbox users, but also with other users who use DAAP compatible software, like iTunes.

When you start Rhythmbox, it will look for all DAAP shares published on your local network (your home or your office, not the whole Internet) by other users and will display them in the side pane. If sharing is enabled, at the same time Rhythmbox will publish your library and your playlists. In this way, you can listen to music stored on your friend's computers and they can listen your music.

To disable the Rhythmbox DAAP sharing feature, see in the preferences.

## Area di notifica

### Panoramica

The Notification Area allows you to control Rhythmbox Music Player and receive information when the Rhythmbox Music Player interface is not visible.

#### Rhythmbox nell'area di notifica

### Controllare Rhythmbox

Attraverso l'icona di Rhythmbox nell'area di notifica, è possibile inviare i seguenti comandi all'applicazione:

- Play — If selected, plays the currently selected song.

- Previous — Skip to previous song in the selected source.

- Next — Skip to next song in the selected source.

## Personalizzare Rhythmbox

This section describes how to customize Rhythmbox Music Player to suit your requirements and preferences.

### Impostare le proprie preferenze

Using the Preferences dialog you can customize how you want Rhythmbox Music Player to look and behave. To display the Preferences dialog, press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select Preferences.

#### Generale

Choose the way the Browser View will be displayed. You can choose to use three or two panes and what the panes should display.

Choose the Visible Columns you want to display in Rhythmbox Music Player. This option affects the following sources:

- Library

- Audio CD

- Portable Players

- Playlists

- DAAP Music shares

#### Music

- La Posizione libreria è una cartella monitorata da Rhythmbox alla ricerca di nuove canzoni. Quando vengono aggiunti nuovi file audio in questa cartella o nelle sue sotto-cartelle attraverso il gestore di file (come Nautilus), Rhythmbox li rileverà automaticamente e saranno aggiunti alla Libreria.

  Evitare di impostare la cartella `Home` come posizione per la libreria dato che questa caratteristica utilizza molto la CPU.

  Per disabilitare la funzionalità di monitoraggio, deselezionare Monitoraggio di nuovi file nella libreria.

  If you want to add more than one folder to watch, use dconf-editor and add it to the list at /org/gnome/rhythmbox/rhythmboxdb/locations

#### Podcast

- The Download Location of Podcasts is defined by default to the `Podcasts/` folder in your home directory.

  If this location doesn't fit your needs, select another folder in the drop-down list or choose Other to make the File Selector appear.

- Scegliere la frequenza con cui Rhythmbox controllerà la presenza di nuovi episodi podcast.

#### Condivisioni

Rhythmbox può far condividere il contenuto della propria Libreria attraverso la rete locale ad altri utenti Rhythmbox o Apple iTunes.

- Selezionare Condividere la mia musica personale per abilitare gli utenti della rete alla visualizzazione e alla lettura delle proprie canzoni.

- Inserire il nome con cui apparire nella rete nel campo Nome musica condivisa.

#### Last.fm and Libre.fm profiles

The Last.fm profile plugin collects information about the songs you listen to and sends it to the Last.fm or Libre.fm website, building up a profile of your listening habits. With this profile, you can:

- consult statistics, such as most played songs or most played artists.

- receive recommendations about artists that you might like.

In order to use one of these plugins, you must have an account on one of these websites. Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select Preferences. Select the Plugins tab. Select the Last.fm item and press the Preferences button. Select a service and close the dialog. In the sidebar, select the service. Press the Log in button in the upper right corner and enter your account details in the web browser window.

## Scorciatoie

### Scorciatoie da tastiera

#### Scorciatoie del riproduttore

Scorciatoie | Azioni
--- | ---
Ctrl P | Riproduce / Pausa
Ctrl Left | Salta alla traccia precedente / Torna all'inizio della traccia
Ctrl Right | Salta alla traccia successiva
Ctrl Up | Increase playback volume
Ctrl Down | Decrease playback volume
Ctrl R | Abilita / Disabilita l'opzione Ripeti
Ctrl U | Abilita / Disabilita l'opzione Mischia

#### Scorciatoie generali

Scorciatoie | Azioni
--- | ---
Ctrl A | Seleziona tutto
Shift Ctrl A | Deseleziona tutto
Ctrl J | Salta alla canzone in riproduzione
Alt S | Jump to search field
Alt Return | Visualizza le proprietà della traccia

#### Scorciatoie per la finestra

Scorciatoie | Azioni
--- | ---
Ctrl Q | Esce da Rhythmbox
Ctrl B | Mostra / Nascone il catalogo
F9 | Show / Hide the side pane
Ctrl K | Mostra / Nasconde la Coda di riproduzione
F11 | Commuta la modalità a schermo intero

### Tasti multimediali

Rhythmbox supporta i tasti multimediali delle tastiere se configurati nell'ambiente grafico.

#### Scorciatoie per la finestra

Scorciatoie | Azioni
--- | ---
Stop | Stop
Pause / Play | Pause / Play
Prev | Traccia precedente
Next | Traccia successiva

### Linux Infrared Remote Control

Rhythmbox comprende un plug-in per il supporto LIRC (Linux Infrared Remote Control). I seguenti comandi sono supportati utilizzando il comando «rhythmbox»:

#### Scorciatoie per la finestra

Stringa di comando | Azione
--- | ---
play | Avvia la riproduzione
pause | Mette in pausa la riproduzione
playpause | Commuta tra riproduzione e pausa
shuffle | Commuta la modalità mischia
repeat | Commuta la modalità di ripetizione
next | Salta alla traccia successiva
previous | Salta alla traccia precedente
seek_forward | Salta 10 secondi avanti nella traccia in riproduzione
seek_backward | Salta 10 secondi indietro nella traccia in riproduzione
volume_up | Aumenta il volume di riproduzione del 10%
volume_down | Diminuisce il volume di riproduzione del 10%
mute | Silenzia la riproduzione