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Idea #23286: Rhythmbox party mode should be lockable

Written by SteveSmith the 10 Jan 10 at 18:42. Category: Multimedia. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
Party mode in Rhythmbox is awesome yet ultimately fairly useless since party guests can just go to View -> Party Mode and get back to the desktop.

See https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+question/84181
Tags: Rhythmbox

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Solution #1: Current user password required to exit Party Mode
Written by SteveSmith the 10 Jan 10 at 18:42.
If you click View -> Party Mode while in Party Mode you should be prompted for the password of the currently logged in user. The password box should clearly explain that "Rhythmbox Music Player is locked in Party Mode" and that you can press cancel to return to Rhythmbox. "Rhythmbox Music Player" should be written out in full, since visitors to the party probably won't know what Rhythmbox is.
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Solution #2: Lock Screen
Written by Akerbos the 10 Jan 10 at 23:01.
Lock screen using the regular mechanism (e.g.) GNOME provides.
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Solution #3: like #1, but let the user set a password for rhythmbox
Written by lollisunited the 11 Jan 10 at 10:56.
There might be the case that you want users to unlock the party mode but you do not want them to know the password of the current user. Setting a password inside rhythmbox for unlocking the party mode would fix that.

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Ssdg wrote on the 10 Jan 10 at 23:26
Solution #1 allow people to change music and volume themselves (which is quite good if you want a party to run itself while you're having fun).

Solution #2 is already implemented and locks the station (which is usefull but doesn't allow anyone to change anything without knowing the password) so -1 already done and quite restrictive compared to #1.

Akerbos wrote on the 11 Jan 10 at 08:33
I was not suggesting Lock Screen as a new feature, but as the feature to use here. Of course, player can not be controlled while screen is locked.

hr.jonas.hansen wrote on the 27 Jan 10 at 09:05
There is a great plug-in for this function. But I can't see any reason as to why it shouldn't be in the main application.
For idea's on how it should work, just look at the plugin!

Plugin:
https://launchpad.net/rb-party-lockdown


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