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jobin
Asked: 2014-04-02 03:29:17 +0800 CST

Increase/decrease playback speed in rhythmbox

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How do I increase or decrease the playback speed in rhythmbox 3.0.1 the way its possible on VLC using [ and ] keys? I am fine if I need to install a plugin for this.

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    RBPitch

    What you describe fits nicely into the capabilities of an external plugin called RBPitch.

    From the launchpad description:

    rbpitch is a plugin for Rhythmbox that lets you change the pitch, tempo, and speed in real-time while playing a song. The main features of rbpitch include:

    *Change the pitch and tempo of your music independently of each other.

    *Change the "speed", which is pitch+tempo scaled together without aliasing.

    to install - for RB2.96 & RB 2.97

    sudo apt-add-repository ppa:smcnam/rbpitch-release
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rbpitch

    In Rhythmbox, go to the Plugins manager via the Edit -> Plugins menu. Make sure the checkbox next to "Pitch and Tempo Shifting" is checked.

    RB2.98 and beyond

    There hasn't been any code changes since the RB2.97 release - thus this plugin is only applicable for Ubuntu 12.04 & 12.10.

    Considerable changes to the Rhythmbox menu structure etc has been made since RB 2.99 - so whilst it may be possible to switch your sources back to 12.10 to get it to run on RB2.98/RB2.99 and RB3.0, I'm doubtful. Its probably better to throw an issue onto the OP's issue tracker to see future plans.

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