Development

Rhythmbox is developed on the GNOME GitLab platform and is translated by GNOME translation teams. You can build the current development version of Rhythmbox on any recent operating system that includes GNOME development libraries and tools. A brief overview of the installation requirements is included with the source code.

Contact

Bug reports and feature requests are managed using GitLab issues. For other types of questions and discussions, use the 'rhythmbox' tag under the 'Applications' category in GNOME Discourse, or join #gnome-rhythmbox on the Libera.Chat IRC network.

Plugins

Rhythmbox can be extended through its plugin system, which loads plugins written in Python and C. Many optional features of the application are built as plugins, and there are many third party plugins available.

Latest releases

• 3.4.7

  Highlights:

  • Bug fix release for 3.4
  • Requires libsoup 3
  • Party mode removed
  • debugpy support for Python plugin debugging

  Issues fixed:

  • 1591: 'Import playlist from file' does not retain playlist file name
  • 1818: ListenBrainz: Rhythmbox hangs when blocked by firewall
  • 1824: Listenbrainz: ResourceWarning: unclosed <ssl.SSLSocket>
  • 1983: podcast: Crashes with SIGSEGV during podcast subscribe
  • 1992: AttributeError: 'gi.repository.RB' object has no attribute 'gst_process_embedded_image'
  • 1993: test-widgets fails on arm64
  • 1996: Port to libsoup3
  • 2021: rhythmbox does not support WMA format audio files playing immediately
  • 2043: test_rhythmdb_thread_barrier failing in current Ubuntu serie

  Merge requests:

  • 149: data: Update appdata screenshot to an existing one
  • 155: podcast: do not set metadata errors on download status if download is complete
  • 156: build: Check that appdata and NEWS get updated on release
  • 157: tests: Allow running tests without installed gsettings schemas
  • 165: listenbrainz: use LB defined fields for client and source info
  • 166: desktop: Remove obsolete Bugzilla entries
  • 170: Fix JSON parser leak in audioscrobbler plugin
  • 173: build: Use get_variable function instead of running pkg-config

• 3.4.6

  Highlights:

  • Bug fix release for 3.4
  • Translations actually work this time
  • Assorted build system improvements
  • DAAP plugin no longer enabled by default

  Issues fixed:

  • 1972: meson configure fails with -Dlibnotify=disabled
  • 1974: rhythmbox: dmap_control_share_stop_lookup(): rhythmbox killed by SIGABRT
  • 1988: rb-podcast-parse.c:208:parse_cb: code should not be reached
  • 1985: podcast: Episode state changes from "Downloaded" to "Waiting" ( forever )

  Merge requests:

  • 146: build: Do not set install_rpath
  • 148: data: Fix executable path in D-Bus service definition
  • 150: build: Update icon cache and schemas on install
  • 151: build: Allow all versions of meson
  • 152: build: Fix translations not working

  Translation updates:

  • de, courtesy of Philipp Kiemle
  • fr, courtesy of Claude Paroz
  • oc, courtesy of Quentin PAGÈS
  • tr, courtesy of Sabri Ünal
  • vi, courtesy of Trần Ngọc Quân

• 3.4.5

  Highlights:

  • Bug fix release for 3.4
  • Switched to Meson build system
  • Rewritten podcast downloader with better resume and retry
  • Uses podcast episode GUIDs to handle episode URL changes
  • Preserves original order of episodes in podcasts even if episodes have the same publication date
  • Soundcloud plugin removed (no longer works due to API restrictions)
  • mmkeys plugin removed (no longer useful)
  • DAAP plugin now supports libdmapsharing 4 API
  • Crossfading player backend works much better with network streams now
  • Better reporting of progress when transferring to Android or MTP devices

  Issues fixed:

  • 1634: Opus files are encoded allways in hard-CBR
  • 1690: Unhelpful error message for podcast feeds with no episodes
  • 1743: Error transfering track: Target file already exists - while syncing with Android
  • 1744: Transcoding WAV -> MP3 creates files outside "Music" dir during android sync
  • 1746: Magnatune doesn't support buying individual albums
  • 1749: Broken icon in 3.4.4 "About" dialog
  • 1750: Remove reference to Miroguide search in code
  • 1751: Replace www.rhythmbox.org with updated wiki.gnome.org links
  • 1758: webremote plugin missing icons in 3.4.4
  • 1759: webremote plugin not displaying icons / album art in Google chrome
  • 1760: Rhythmbox crashed on plugging in iPhone 11 Pro with iOS 13.3
  • 1762: RBAsyncCopy: Use G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE for g_file_copy_async()
  • 1763: Magnatune: Rhythmbox crashes when download album is pressed more than once
  • 1764: Magnatune: Albums download keeps repeating if album already exists
  • 1767: Magnatune: Album art doesn't load properly
  • 1769: Insufficent checking to determine whether files are under library directories
  • 1771: podcast feed description is empty
  • 1772: podcast album art doesn't work
  • 1773: Rating not updated when updating using keyboard
  • 1775: Missing icon in notifications
  • 1780: podcast: cancel download doesn't work for slow connections
  • 1781: podcast: "Finished downloading podcast" notification for cancelled downloads
  • 1782: podcast: cancel download while download is in progress doesn't always work
  • 1787: Song Position slider View preference not remembered after restart
  • 1795: rhythmbox compile failed with gcc9
  • 1796: 32 bit build failure
  • 1803: 3.4.4: build fails with latest check 1.5.x
  • 1822: podcast: download progress starts at 1 percent
  • 1829: WinampCN lyric site is not responding
  • 1844: podcast download error caused by delayed database entry changes
  • 1845: podcast: Download cancellation doesn't cancel when cancelled at 0%
  • 1846: podcast: crashes with SIGSEGV during podcast search
  • 1849: podcast: subscribing feed has partial episode list in view
  • 1876: podcast: cancelled downloads cannot play
  • 1883: Build fails with CFLAGS="-O0": implicit declaration of function ‘setlocale’
  • 1909: Import job gets cancelled while processing symlinks
  • 1923: test-uri-dialog - The resource at “/org/gnome/Rhythmbox/ui/uri-new.ui” does not exist
  • 1934: build warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype [-Wstrict-prototypes]
  • 1944: artsearch fails if local search encounters an error
  • 1963: application icons not found if not installed to default search path

  Merge requests:

  • 12: Port DAAP plugin to libdmapsharing-4.0 API
  • 43: Fix mapping of GStreamer album volume count
  • 45: Fix Soundcloud plugin issues
  • 48: metadata: Enable UTF-8 support in metadata scanner
  • 50: Song info ui fixes
  • 57: Update application ID to org.gnome.Rhythmbox3
  • 58: listenbrainz: Add listening_from to submitted data
  • 65: fix podcast episode download stuck in 'Waiting' state
  • 66: podcast download should not fail when local file is empty
  • 68: Podcast property view issues
  • 69: remove invalid itunes detection browser plugin notice message
  • 77: Use tabular figures for text with numeric data
  • 86: Build using Meson
  • 88: rhythmbox-client: flush dbus connection to send the 'quit' message before process exit
  • 93: data: Add "provides" for the old desktop filename
  • 94: Fix keyboard shortcuts not working sometimes
  • 98: Podcast refcount issues
  • 103: update .gitignore
  • 106: rhythmdb: wait for changes to be processed before committing
  • 107: add rb_uri_is_descendant
  • 110: Fix "too many open files" error during track transfer to device
  • 111: encoder: update completion status only once on cancellation
  • 114: Setlocale Build Fail Fixed..
  • 115: file-helpers: propagate error to caller from rb_uri_mkstemp
  • 116: remove totem-pl-parser obsolete code
  • 122: header: make header buttons have uniform dimensions
  • 127: Some random cleanups
  • 128: build: Remove autotools
  • 129: Remove running from an uninstalled directory
  • 130: mpid: Remove more HAL related code
  • 131: Use gettext to translate all the plugin definitions and desktop files
  • 132: Remove gnome-settings-daemon MediaKeys plugin
  • 133: Remove "sanity check" verbiage
  • 136: Update POTFILES.in and POTFILES.skip 211117
  • 137: build: add glib preset to i18n.gettext
  • 138: Rename desktop.plugin.in files to plugin.desktop.in
  • 139: add ITS rule for playlists.xml and use gettext
  • 140: tests: Disable libcheck timeout
  • 142: Add tdb to pkgconfig dependencies

  Translation updates:

  • as, courtesy of Amitakhya Phukan
  • ca, courtesy of Assumpta, 2021
  • ca, courtesy of Jordi Mas
  • cs, courtesy of Marek Černocký
  • da, courtesy of Alan Mortensen
  • da, courtesy of scootergrisen
  • de, courtesy of Christian Kirbach
  • de, courtesy of Philipp Kiemle
  • es, courtesy of Daniel Mustieles
  • eu, courtesy of Asier Sarasua Garmendia
  • fa, courtesy of eshagh
  • fi, courtesy of Jiri Grönroos
  • fr, courtesy of Claude Paroz
  • fur, courtesy of Fabio Tomat
  • hi, courtesy of karthik
  • hr, courtesy of gogo
  • hu, courtesy of Balázs Úr
  • id, courtesy of Kukuh Syafaat
  • it, courtesy of Milo Casagrande
  • ja, courtesy of sicklylife
  • lt, courtesy of Aurimas Černius
  • nl, courtesy of Nathan Follens
  • oc, courtesy of Quentin PAGÈS
  • pl, courtesy of Piotr Drąg
  • pt_BR, courtesy of Matheus Barbosa
  • pt, courtesy of Hugo Carvalho
  • ro, courtesy of Florentina Mușat
  • ru, courtesy of Ser82-png
  • sk, courtesy of Dušan Kazik
  • sr, courtesy of Мирослав Николић
  • sv, courtesy of Anders Jonsson
  • tr, courtesy of Sabri Ünal
  • uk, courtesy of Yuri Chornoivan
  • vi, courtesy of Trần Ngọc Quân
  • zh_CN, courtesy of lumingzh
  • zh_TW, courtesy of Cheng-Chia Tseng