Translations by Michael Turek

You can change the default file format used by Rhythmbox when copying CDs. Click <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Music</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and change the <guilabel>Preferred Format</guilabel> to the format of your choice. In future, all CDs copied to your computer will be copied in this format.

Ubuntu will work with most portable audio players, including iPods. Normally, all you have to do is plug the player into your computer and then use Rhythmbox to copy songs to and from the player. The audio player should appear in the <guilabel>Devices</guilabel> section of the list which is underneath the <guibutton>Play</guibutton> button. See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:rhythmbox">Rhythmbox manual</ulink> for more information.

Rhythmbox and most other music players should display the correct cover art when a song from the album is next played.

Rhythmbox and some other music players allow you to drag a picture onto their cover art display area to change or add cover art for an album.

You can use <application>Rhythmbox</application> (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sound &amp; Video</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Rhythmbox Music Player</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) and <application>Movie Player</application> (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sound &amp; Video</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Movie Player</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) to listen to music on your computer.

See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:rhythmbox"> Rhythmbox manual</ulink> for more information.

Rhythmbox should start playing a CD automatically when you insert it into your CD drive.

See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:user-guide#nautilus-preferences"> Nautilus Preferences article</ulink> for more information.

How can I prevent CDs from playing when I insert them?

To prevent this from happening, open your Home folder by clicking <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Home Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice> on the panel at the top of the screen. Then, click <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Media</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and change the <guilabel>CD Audio</guilabel> option to <guilabel>Do Nothing</guilabel>. Finally, press <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.

Song names/cover art are missing/wrong for some songs

Music player applications fetch cover art and other information about songs from the Internet. If song names or cover art are missing, make sure that you are connected to the Internet.

If only the album cover art is missing for an album:

Find a picture of the album cover on the Internet. <ulink url="http://www.amazon.com/">Amazon</ulink> and other music retailers often display pictures of the album cover; right-click it and click <guibutton>Save Image As</guibutton> to save it to your computer.

Rename the picture to <filename>cover.jpg</filename> and copy it into the folder which contains the songs from the album.

You can create your own audio CDs by copying music from your computer onto a blank disc. CDs that you create in this way should play in any device that can play standard (manufactured) audio CDs. All that is required is a CD burner (also called a CD writer). Most computers have one of these.

See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:brasero"> Brasero manual</ulink> for full instructions.

Not all portable audio players are able to play files in the Ogg Vorbis format; for example, iPods cannot play this format. In order for your player to recognize your songs, you must convert them to a format which it supports. Nearly every player on the market supports the MP3 format, so this is usually a safe bet.

You can convert existing audio files to other formats using <ulink url="apt:soundconverter">Sound Converter</ulink>. The output format can be selected in the Sound Converter preferences.