If you are here looking for some way to control Rhythmbox via console, you can create alias or run the following commands:
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.rhythmbox /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Next # Next track dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.rhythmbox /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Previous # Previous track dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.rhythmbox /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPause # Play/Pause dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.rhythmbox /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Stop # Stop >From here: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Multimedia_Keys#Rhythmbox -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875064 Title: rhythmbox-client is missing Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: The rhythmbox-client has a man page, but is not in the rhythmbox package. $ dpkg -L rhythmbox | grep rhythmbox-client /usr/share/man/man1/rhythmbox-client.1.gz ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: rhythmbox 2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 15 16:37:24 2011 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr_CA:fr_CH:en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: rhythmbox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/875064/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp