Command line only music player
Introduction
CLI-only Ruby script to quickly create and run a playlist. I couldn't find something that corresponded to what I wanted (tried mpg123 and a few others), so I made my own. Uses sox to play the music.
Requirements
- Ruby 2.7+ on either Linux or Windows.
- sox and libraries to read the audio files :
sudo apt install sox libsox-fmt-mp3
Usage
First open the script file and edit the music_dir variable to point to your own music's path. Then run the script itself with ruby music.rb. Or put it in your /usr/bin folder and just type music. By default this will start playing your entire library in a playlist :). If you want more options (why ?), see below !
Usage: music [@options]
-p, --path PATH Path for music library
--folder NAME Search for folders matching NAME
--file NAME Search for files matching NAME
-r, --rand Shuffle the playlist
-l, --list Don't play anything, only list songs
-h, --help Prints this help
Example: music --folder Symphony -r
Will find the first folder with the word "Symphony" in it (not case sensitive), and will start playing all the music files within (MP3, FLAC) in a random order.
Features
- Dynamically displays the current state of the playlist.
- Keyboard shortcuts to pause, go to previous, next songs.
- Lightweight.
