How to enable Grilo UPnP plugin in rhythmbox?

rhythmbox plugins streaming upnp

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Solution 1

Check out this howto from here:

http://www.bernaerts-nicolas.fr/linux/74-ubuntu/240-ubuntu-precise-upnp-dlna-client

I got it working myself quite well after that...

Solution 2

On Ubuntu 18.04, I had to install rhythmbox-plugins (which provides the Grilo plugin) and grilo-plugins-0.3-extra (which provides upnp/dlna plugins for grilo)

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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Filbuntu over 1 year

The newest version of rhythmbox (2.95) should have a Grilo UPnP plugin, but I can't find it in Rhythmbox and it is not enabled or available by default. I installed rhythmbox 2.95 according to this instruction in Ubuntu 11.10. The rhythmbox-plugin-coherence is not in the normal repositories anymore and so I thought it would be great to have the new rhythmbox version with pre-installed (?) Grilo plugin instead of installing from another repository.

Or do I need to install the Grilo plugin with another repository (ppa:grilo-team/ppa) in Ubuntu?

Update July 2012:
Did anybody try it with Rhythmbox 2.96 (or via ppa Rhythmbox 2.97) in Ubuntu 12.04 and the the Grilo plugin (from ppa:grilo-team/ppa)? With the normal install of Rhytmbox 2.96 and 2.97 (without additional Grilo plugin from the ppa:grilo-team/ppa) I have not seen any UPnP support. I have not had time to install the Grilo plugin yet.

Update October 2012 No grilo UPnP plugin with rhythmbox 2.98 (via ppa).
- Filbuntu about 12 years
  
  I got an answer, but ...: If the plug-in is installed properly it should appear on the list when you select Edit > Plug-ins. The PPA may be the best way to get the latest updates and no matter what method you use make sure the plug-in is compatible with the version of Ubuntu and Rythmbox in use .As you know Rythmbox is not the default player in 11.10.
- Filbuntu about 12 years
  
  But: If I understand you right, I have to install the grilo plugins (grilo-0.1-plugins) in addition to the new rhythmbox. Or should it come along with the new rhythmbox installation (through the ppa:webupd8team/rhythmbox)? Well, I installed grilo-0.1-plugins (with libgrilo-0.1 (0.1.18-1~oneiric2), libgupnp-av-1.0-2 (0.8.0-2), libtracker-sparql-0.10-0 (0.10.24-1build2), libunistring0 (0.9.3-4)) from the ppa:grilo-team/ppa. Unfortunately there has not been an new plugin (e.g. Grilo plugin) within rhythmbox (Edit>Plug-ins). So I added grilo-0.1-tools, then gir1.0-grilo-0.1, but no effect neither.
- Filbuntu about 12 years
  
  How do I know whether the plug-ins are compatible with Ubuntu 11.10? What next?
- Thomas Ward almost 12 years
  
  i think you need to compare current Ubuntu version against current Upstream version. It is unlikely Ubuntu has the absolute latest Rythmbox version.
- dobey almost 12 years
  
  What version of Ubuntu are you on?
- Filbuntu almost 12 years
  
  Just updated the question. I installed the newest version 2.97 but no success in Ubuntu 12.04.
Peachy over 11 years

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Filbuntu over 11 years

@Peter The installation of the grilo plugin works great. But I was disappointed as I thought rhythmbox would share the music on the computer to other clients, e.g. an Mediaplayer-box. But it seems that the plugin only helps to receive UPnP-music and let it play in rhythmbox. :-(