Editing Rhythmbox (section)

{{Short description|Free and open source audio player}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = Rhythmbox
| logo                   = Rhythmbox logo 3.4.4.svg
| logo size              = 
| screenshot             = File:GNOME Rhythmbox 3.4.4 with its preferences.png
| screenshot size        = 300px
| caption                = GNOME Rhythmbox 3.4.4 with its preferences (using Alternative Toolbar plug-in)
| developer              = [[The GNOME Project]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|2001|8|18}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q319897|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q319897|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q319897|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q319897|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]] ([[GTK]])
| operating system       = [[Linux]], [[Unix-like]]
| language               = Multilingual
| genre                  = [[Audio player (software)|Audio player]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| website                = {{URL|https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Rhythmbox}}
}}

'''Rhythmbox''' is a [[free and open-source]] [[audio player software]], [[tag editor]] and [[music organizer]] for [[digital audio]] files on [[Linux]] and [[Unix-like]] systems.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Apps/Rhythmbox - GNOME Wiki!|url = https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Rhythmbox/|website = wiki.gnome.org|access-date = 2015-09-02}}</ref>

Rhythmbox is designed to work well under [[GNOME]], but can function on other desktop environments. It is very scalable, able to handle libraries with tens of thousands of songs with ease. It provides a full feature set including full support for [[Unicode]], fast but powerful tag editing, and a variety of [[#Plug-ins|plug-ins]].

Rhythmbox is the default audio player on many [[Linux distribution]]s including [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/User_Guide/sect-User_Guide-Playing_multimedia-Rhythmbox_Music_Player.html|title=12.3. Rhythmbox Music Player|website=docs.fedoraproject.org|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806211124/https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/User_Guide/sect-User_Guide-Playing_multimedia-Rhythmbox_Music_Player.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfCq9wjiQpsC&q=fedora+rhythmbox+default+player&pg=PA258|title=Fedora Bible 2010 Edition: Featuring Fedora Linux 12|first1=Christopher|last1=Negus|first2=Eric|last2=Foster-Johnson|date=25 February 2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|access-date=10 April 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780470637036}}</ref> [[Ubuntu]] since v12.04 LTS,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview/Beta2|title=PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview/Beta2 - Ubuntu Wiki|website=wiki.ubuntu.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> and [[Linux Mint]] as of version 18.1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_serena_cinnamon_whatsnew.php|title=New features in Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon - Linux Mint|first=Carlos Porto of Design|last=Drifter|website=www.linuxmint.com|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726133519/https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_serena_cinnamon_whatsnew.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>