A soundcloud player written in Ruby with Ncurses for graphical interface and mpg123 for playback.
Install mpg123, ruby 1.9.2+, curses and json_pure with a package manager of your distribution.
Then install the required gems.
If you are using RVM:
gem install curses json_pure httpclient
Without RVM you need to obtain write permissions with sudo:
sudo gem install curses json_pure httpclient open-uri
From the terminal start with:
cloudruby # query the latest 100 tracks from soundcloud cloudruby $search # query the latest 100 tracks that match the $search keyword # play a soundcloud url directly cloudruby http://soundcloud.com/crassmix/feint-clockwork-hearts-crass
Shortcuts:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| ESC | q | Q | Quit |
| + | = | Increase volume |
| - | _ | Decrease volume |
| n | N | Up | Next track |
| p | P | Down | Previous track |
| m | M | Toggle mute |
| d | D | Download file |
| v | V | Info dialog |
| Spacebar | Toggle playback |
More detailed information can be found in the doc folder.
With 'd' or 'D' you can download a downloadable file from soundcloud. The file
will be placed inside your download directory specified with --download_dir argument
or inside your ~/.cloudruby.json. If none of these are given, the current working
directory is used.
A track is indicated by a [D] in the playlist if it's downloadable.
Cloudruby can be customized through ~/.cloudruby.json file.
{
"download_dir": "~/music",
"audio-backend": "mpg123",
"curses": {
"colors": {
"default": ["white", "black"],
"playlist": ["green", "black"],
"playlist_active": ["red", "black"],
"progress": ["cyan", "black"],
"progress_bar": ["blue", "white"],
"title": ["cyan"],
"artist": ["magenta"],
"status": ["red"]
}
}
}Read more about styling here
see LICENSE.