Rhythmbox is the default music player for Ubuntu and it allows you to use plugins to extend its functionality. The rhythmbox-gmusic plugin adds the Google Music feature to Rhythmbox, allowing you to play your cloud music in the desktop music player. To install, simply open a terminal and type: Update: Add these additional commands for it to work: Start Rhythmbox and go to “Edit -> Plugins.
Activate the Google Play Music plugin. You will now see a Google Music section in the left pane.
To access your Google Music library and playlist, you have to first login and authenticate with your Google account. Once you have done that, your music and playlist will show up in the list. You can then select any song to get it playing.
Limitation of Google Music plugin
At the moment, the plugin is pretty limited in functionality. There is no context menu and you can’t create any playlist, be it for your local machine or for Google Music. The closest thing you can do is to drag the song(s) to the Play Queue. Also, your music and playlist are “read only”. That means, while you can listen to your songs, you can’t make changes to them and have them sync back to the cloud. In conclusion, if you just want to listen to your music in Rhythmbox, this plugin will allow you to do so. You will have to create playlists in the (Google Music) web interface before you can play them in Rhythmbox. Do you think this is a useful plugin? Or you rather use Nuvola Player or directly play from the web interface?
