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The selected music files are imported into the library and displayed in the the Rhythmbox window. You will notice that the main Rhythmbox window is split into various panes. Each pane displays different details about your music collection. To play music from the library, you can use the <emphasis role="strong">Artist, Album</emphasis> and <emphasis role="strong">Track</emphasis> panes to select the music tracks that you want to play and then use the playback controls to start playing the music tracks. Click the <emphasis role="strong">Play</emphasis> button to start playing the selected track.

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The Rhythmbox Window

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If you click the <emphasis role="strong">Play</emphasis> button without selecting any track, Rhythmbox will start playing the first track from your current view. You can use the <emphasis role="strong">Shuffle</emphasis> button to play tracks randomly. You can also create a play list by right-clicking a music track and selecting <emphasis role="strong">Add to Playlist</emphasis>. To stop or pause a track, click the <emphasis role="strong">Play</emphasis> button again.

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Creating New Playlist

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Rhythmbox offers many additional useful features in the form of various plugins. Some of these plugins are not turned on by default. To access these plugins, on the <emphasis role="strong">Edit</emphasis> menu, click <emphasis role="strong">Plugins.</emphasis> The <emphasis role="strong">Configure Plugins</emphasis> dialogue box opens.

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Accessing Plugins

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You can view all the available plugins in the left pane of the <emphasis role="strong">Configure Plugins</emphasis> dialogue box. Selecting a plugin displays its details in the right pane of the dialogue box.

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Depending on your requirements and preferences, you can activate these plugins to get extra functionality in your Rhythmbox. For example, the <emphasis role="strong">Magnatune Store</emphasis> plugin enables iTunes-style song previews and paid downloads. Activating <emphasis role="strong">Visualization</emphasis> renders a real-time visualization of the music on the screen while you listen to a song track. Similarly, if you want to automatically retrieve the lyrics of the song being played, activate <emphasis role="strong">Song Lyrics</emphasis> by selecting the corresponding check box and click <emphasis role="strong">Close</emphasis> to exit the <emphasis role="strong">Configure Plugins</emphasis> dialogue box.

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Activating Plugins

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You are returned to the main Rhythmbox interface. To start retrieving the song lyrics, on the <emphasis role="strong">View</emphasis> menu, click <emphasis role="strong">Song Lyrics</emphasis>.