Editing Rhythmbox (section)

==Features==
Rhythmbox offers a significant number of features, including:

===Music playback===
Playback from a variety of digital music sources is supported. The most common playback is music stored locally as files on the computer (the 'Library'). Rhythmbox supports playing streamed [[Internet radio]] and [[podcast]]s as well. The [[ReplayGain]] standard is also supported. Rhythmbox also supports searching of music in the library.

[[Playlist]]s may be created to group and order music. Users may also create 'smart playlists,' ones that are automatically updated (like a database query) based on a customized rule of selection criteria rather than an arbitrary list of tracks. Music may be played back in shuffle (random) mode or repeat mode.

Track ratings are supported and used by the shuffle mode algorithm to play higher-rated tracks more often.

===Gapless playback===
Enabling the crossfading backend option with a duration of 0.0 switches Rhythmbox into gapless playback mode for music formats that support it. [[Gapless playback]] is not enabled by default.

===Music importing===
* Audio CD ripping
* Comprehensive audio format support through [[Gstreamer|GStreamer]]
* [[iPod]] support
* [[Android (operating system)|Android]] support

===Audio CD burning===
Since the 0.9 release, Rhythmbox can create audio CDs from playlists.

===Album cover display===
Since the 0.9.5 release, Rhythmbox can display cover art of the currently playing album. The plugin can search the internet to find corresponding artwork, and as of 0.12.6, can read artwork from ID3 tags. If an image file is saved in the same directory as the audio track this is used instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Rhythmbox/FAQ|title=Apps/Rhythmbox/FAQ - GNOME Wiki!|website=wiki.gnome.org|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>

===SoundCloud===
Rhythmbox can browse and play sounds from SoundCloud, via built-in SoundCloud plugin.

===Song lyrics display===
Since the 0.9.5 release, Rhythmbox can provide song lyrics of the currently playing song by pressing [ctrl + L], as long as the lyrics are stored in a lyrics database.

===Audio scrobbling===
Rhythmbox can submit played songs info to a remote [[scrobbling]] service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Last.fm Scrobbling: How is it Used For Music?|url=https://www.lifewire.com/how-is-last-fm-scrobbling-used-for-music-2438585}}</ref> This information is used by the remote service to provide user specific music recommendations. Rhythmbox currently supports three scrobbling services:
* [[Last.fm]] 
* [[Libre.fm]], the open-source drop-in replacement
* [[ListenBrainz]]

Music can be scrobbled to all services at the same time.

[[File:Rhythmbox web remote control.png|200px|thumb|Control remote rhythmbox via GNOME web browser]]

===DAAP music sharing===
Rhythmbox supports sharing music and playing shared music on local network via [[Digital Audio Access Protocol|DAAP]] sharing plugin. The plugin uses [https://www.flyn.org/projects/libdmapsharing/ libdmapsharing] to provide this feature.

===Devices===
Rhythmbox uses the Linux [[udev]] subsystem to detect player devices.

===Podcasting===
Rhythmbox can subscribe to podcasts from the [[iTunes Store]], Miroguide or by manually providing a podcast feed URL. Subsequently, new podcasts are automatically downloaded and available from the Library under the section Podcasts.

===Web remote control===
Rhythmbox can be controlled remotely with a Web browser, via inbuilt Web remote control plugin.