12.04 and later
Browse your coverart albums in Rhythmbox v2.96 and later
first the disclaimer - I am the co-author to this plugin!
How it works:
- Click the new CoverArt source button (left hand side of screen)
- Albums are displayed as clickable buttons containing their album cover
- Right click menu option to play, queue & search for cover art for an album.
- to search for missing covers
- locale support is also available to display text in your native language - more details on how to help with the translation is on GitHub.
For full instructions see the projects Wiki:
For instructions on how to download great coverart:
how to install
The installation instructions cover the installation of each individual plugin. If you prefer a PPA method skip to the bottom:
for rhythmbox 2.96 to 2.99.1:
sudo apt-get install git gettext python-mako python-lxml
for rhythmbox 3.0 or compiled from git:
sudo apt-get install git gettext python3-mako python3-lxml
Then install the coverart browser plugin for rhythmbox version 2.96 to 2.99.1:
rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart_browser
git clone https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser.git
cd coverart-browser
./install.sh
To install the coverart browser plugin for rhythmbox version 3.0 and later:
rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart_browser
git clone https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser.git
cd coverart-browser
./install.sh --rb3
To install the coverart search-providers plugin for rhythmbox 2.96 - 2.99:
sudo apt-get install git gettext python-mako python-mutagen python-requests
for rhythmbox 3.0 or compiled from git:
sudo apt-get install git gettext python3-mako python3-requests
Then install the coverart search-providers plugin:
rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart_search_providers
git clone https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-search-providers.git
cd coverart-search-providers
For rhythmbox 2.96 to 2.99:
./install.sh
For rhythmbox 3.0 or compiled from git:
./install.sh --rb3
Alternative installation - I've added this to my Rhythmbox PPA:
I too was looking for this feature. It can be done as follows:
I wanted to play songs based on folder, which is not possible using default.
Using Edit - Preferences, add the Location field. Then sort by this field by clicking the header of the column.
This image shows how to play songs by folder.
Best Answer
This is a bug in Rhythmbox.
As for alternatives, Banshee is very popular, so you could give this a try. I don't use it so I can't give you my experience of it but I hear it has the feature you want.