Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Multi User Rhythmbox

[Eetu Huisman <eh iki fi>]

David Berg wrote:
> The problem is that if I start a playlist then let the screen lock
> with the music playing, my wife can't stop or change what is on.  I'd
> like to be able to allow her to do so.  I'm not sure what the best way
> to do this would be, but if there were a way she could control my
> rhythmbox process or we could both control a shared process that would
> work well.

I stumbled upon the same unwanted feature a couple of days ago. Being a 
multi user client-server multimedia player probably doesn't fit 
Rhythmbox roadmap, but I think that user switching in Gnome is broken in 
this regard. Music shouldn't continue to be played when the user is 
changed. That way the other users would at least have control over what 
they are listening to, which they currently don't.

I think I'm going to file a bug about this (though I'm not sure which 
would be the correct product), but I'm not sure whether this addresses 
your needs at all. Anyway, I guess that there are other music players 
which are designed to be used by multiple users at the same time and 
would probably serve you better than Rhythmbox.

Eetu