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• added a Soundcloud plugin;
• added the ability to clear, re-fetch and manually set cover art using the song info window;
• added support for disc and track total tags;
• various style and layout fixes;

Install Rhythmbox 3.2 in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rhythmbox

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox

• multiple views: tiles, coverflow, carousel or roundabout;
• configurable search (all fields, albums, artists, etc.);
• display all your music or only the play queue, top rated, recently added or recently played;
• it integrates with another plugin to allow downloading cover art for all your albums;
• export albums art in the tracks, useful to display cover art on mobile devices;
• an optional tracks pane is available so you can easily view the tracks available in an album;
• can be set to start automatically when launching Rhythmbox;
• highly customizable;

Coverflow view

Artist view

• added new artist view that comes with features such as displaying artist albums in tree-view, artist cover download via Last.fm and much more
• new lighter icon-theme;
• Rhythmbox v3 style toolbar and button popup menus;
• new toolbar menu-button to switch between views including Rhythmbox's own library view;
• new toolbar menu-button in RB’s library view to switch to plugin views (Rhythmbox v3 and later);
• option to export and embed coverart from most file-formats to MP3;
• remember quick artist filter between Rhythmbox sessions;
• support drag-and-drop of albums onto playlists or external devices for Rhythmbox v2.99 and later;
• rework Album & Playlist favourite supports – this declutters menus and now can be optionally enabled through properties button;
• right click support for the external plugin Repeat One Song;
• tooltip support to display cover name and artist only if album information is not already displayed;
• more!

Install Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser plugin in Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser

"I started doing xnoise in 2008 and I spent quite some time developing it and that was fun for me! With the nice and then newly created vala language, it was a great adventure to gain more experience by adding new features, speeding things up and discussing design issues.

Problem is, I lost development contributors and I wasn't able to interest others to join the development of xnoise. With me now having less time, I decided to let this project die. Anybody can fork xnoise and proceed, but I'm out. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thanks to all helpers, contributors and translators!

Best Regards"

By default, mps-youtube is basically a YouTube audio player (and downloader), but you can enable external video playback (via mpv or MPlayer) from its options:

• search and play audio / video from YouTube;
• search tracks of albums by album title;
• search and import YouTube playlists;
• create and save local playlists;
• download audio / video from YouTube, with support for DASH (so it can mux separate audio and video streams - that means it can download 1080p YouTube videos since all 1080p YouTube videos use DASH);
• view video comments;
• works under Linux, Windows and Mac OSX;
• many other small but useful features.

• auto detect terminal size;
• transcode audio to mp3 and other formats (requires ffmpeg or avconv);
• added "da" (download best available audio file) and "dv" (download best available video file) commands to playlist search results;
• added options to download YouTube playlists (use "dapl" for audio and "dvpl" for video) by url or id;
• the progress indicator now works with mpv;
• added option to show system notifications (on Ubuntu, install "libnotify-bin" and enable notifications using "set notifier notify-send");
• Added overwrite true/false option for downloads (skips download if downloaded file already exists);
• added copy to clipboard feature (requires "xclip" from the repositories and "xerox" which you can install via python-pip);
• remux audio downloads for better file compatibility.

Getting started with mps-youtube

mpsyt

set player mpv

set search_music false

set show_video true

set

.led zeppelin

/led zeppelin

d ITEM-NUMBER

Install mps-youtube

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube

sudo apt-get install mpv

sudo apt-get install mplayer

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube --upgrade

Audacious GTK interface

Audacious Winamp classic interface

• Unified settings page for switching and configuring interfaces;
• New menu items go directly to various plugin categories in settings window;
• Delete songs from the filesystem or move them to the trash;
• Switch playlists by scrolling on the tab bar;
• Option to show number of entries in playlist tabs;
• Support for Microsoft ASXv3 playlists;
• Option to hide tab bar when there is only one playlist;
• Alarm plugin provides new "Set Alarm" menu item;
• New settings window for JACK output;
• ID3v2.3 tags are no longer converted to the newer but less portable ID3v2.4 format;
• New audtool commands for working with multiple playlists;
• Default tag format for MP3 files changed from APEv2 to ID3v2.3;
• Support for COVERART element in Ogg Vorbis tags;
• Album art enlarges with the song info window;
• Opening a folder in a new playlist automatically sets the playlist title;
• Most dialog windows now remember their position and size;
• Full support for Unicode filenames on Windows;
• OpenGL spectrum visualization works in Windows.

Install Audacious 3.5 in Ubuntu 14.04 or 13.10

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/failsdownloads
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install audacious

Old Audacious version (2.3) - GTK2 interface

The change was made because certain design choices [1] in recent releases of GTK3 have made it increasingly difficult to write a "traditional" PC / desktop program using the toolkit.

[1] A few examples of non-traditional design choices: monochrome icons (or none at all), client-side window decorations, and message windows mimicking Android.

• Track change notifications via libnotify;
• OpenSSL is now version 1.0.x;
• Local files playback works with libavcodec54;

spotify --ui.track_notifications_enabled=false

Install Spotify In Ubuntu via PPA [version 0.9.10 is only available on 64bit for now!]

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com/ stable non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list'
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 94558F59
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install spotify-client

The player provides multiple views such as artists, albums, tracks, genre, years and so on, all based on cover art and it includes features such as: music collection database (SQLite 3), playlists support (including smart playlists), can play radio streams, Mp3Gain tag support for volume normalization, Last.fm scrobbler, command line and Mpris interfaces, favorites support, automatically downloads cover art and more. Also, the player includes a radio browser which supports Tunein, Dribble and with this release, Radionomy.

• new radionomy radio service (replace shoutcast)
• added radio covers for all radio views
• added symbolic link support for file system view
• added MP4 audio files tag reading
• added ape files import into playqueue
• added browsing history support for stream link in radio views
• many minor updates for the widgets/ui
• fixed "lyrics.com" provider
• fixed volume slider for phonon engine
• fixed network redirection management
• fixed now playing widget update
• various other fixes and improvements

Install Yarock in Ubuntu or Linux Mint via PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/failsdownloads
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install yarock

Atraci is a new open source music player which uses YouTube as a source. The app supports creating playlists and comes with some basic features like repeat, shuffle and so on.

The application, available for Linux, Windows and Mac, uses an interface somewhat similar to Popcorn Time (built using Node.js) and, according to its homepage, it allows you to listen to more than 60 million songs, "100% Free. No Ads. No Sign up. And Legal".

A playlist in Atraci

• play more than 60 million tracks / videos
• top tracks, featured artist sections
• supports playlists with shuffle and repeat options
• track search autocomplete
• 2 views which support sorting by track or artist
• history of recently played tracks

Install Atraci in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/atraci
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install atraci

Internet services supported by Clementine 1.2

Also, with version 1.2, you can control Clementine remotely from an Android device using the Clementine Remote application.

Clementine Android remote app - image via Google Play

To use this feature, install the app on your device and in the Clementine Preferences > General > Network Remote, check the "Use a network remote control" box. To allow downloads, also check the "Allow downloads" box in the same section. In my test, I was unable to get the Android app to connect to Clementine 1.2 running on my Ubuntu 13.10 laptop, it might have something to do with my router though.

• fixed gapeless playback;
• added an option to write ratings, play count and scores to files;
• added configurable blur & opacity to album art when used as a playlist background;
• support Opus where available;
• support .mka and .oga file extensions;
• parsing support for WPL playlists;
• added year and bitrate to MPRIS2 messages;
• added support for POPM tags;
• added support for FMPS tags in Ogg, FLAC, MP4 and ASF files;
• added an option to resume playback on startup;
• make it possible to mark all episodes of a podcast as new/listened;
• added an option for fading in/out on pause/unpause;
• added stereo balance slider to the equalizer;
• allow files to be transcoded directly from the playlist;
• export downloaded album covers;
• added GFM radio
• load tags from local files asynchronously;
• many bug fixes.

Download Clemenine

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:me-davidsansome/clementine
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install clementine

• added contextual playing information for stream;
• improved contextual playing information;
• added musicbrainz support;
• rewritten echonest provider;
• added similar artist images fetching;
• added Dirbble radio service;
• added stream search capability for radio services (tunin, shoutcast, dirbble);
• removed Icecast directory (no convenient api to sort or search);
• improved contextual menu for artist/album/track;
• added option to restore (or not to restore) play queue at startup;
• added option to chose/sort lyrics provider for contextual lyrics;
• improved navigation between artist/album/track;
• various bug fixes.

Install YaRock in Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install yarock

Nuvola Player - Grooveshark

Nuvola Player - Google Play Music

• Google Play Music:
• Removed broken Hide Google+ buttons feature, because Google changes the code too often;
• Service settings are applied instantly without reload;
• Fixed pause and toggle play/pause actions;
• Added warning about compatibility issue with desktop notifications for Chrome;
• Added in-page navigation buttons. The buttons are inserted in the top bar next to the Google Play logo;
• Rdio: Added in-page navigation buttons. The buttons are inserted in the top bar next to the rdio logo;
• New services: Logitech Media Server and This is my jam;
• User interface:
• Implemented support for back/forward mouse buttons;
• Fix support for actionable notification in GNOME lock screen;
• Other bug fixes:
• Fixed many JavaScript crashes because of invalid JavaScript API objects;
• Document viewer cache model of WebKit is no longer used, because it has been found to cause a huge memory usage;
• Various improvements for developers.

Install Nuvola Player in Ubuntu via PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer

Audacious 3.6 alpha 1 - GTK2 interface

Audacious 3.6 alpha 1 - Qt interface

• support double-size scaling of Winamp skins;
• it's now possible to search by genre in the search tool plugin;
• the playlist manager can be docked in the GTK+ interface;
• crossfading on seek and manual song change;
• support for “album artist” in song tags;
• search results are filtered by number of songs in the search tool plugin;
• cue files are now automatically added to playlists and to the library;
• adjustable HTTP buffer size;
• optional calculation of a more accurate song length estimate for MP3 files
• optional skipping of leading and trailing silence in MIDI files;
• restored settings dialog for the SID plugin;
• Audacious can now be built as a headless music player “daemon” with no GTK+ dependency (some plugins still require GTK+ though);
• by default, playback now resumes in a paused state upon startup;
• window positions of visualization plugins and of the search tool are now saved and restored at startup when the Winamp Classic interface is used;
• there is a new effect plugin to remove leading and trailing silence in any song file;
• new controls have been added to the song information dialog to allow tagging entire albums without retyping the artist and album name for each song;
• a new option has been added to probe content of files with no recognized filename extension. With this option enabled, files with no extension can be added to playlists and to the library automatically, and subtunes in those files will also be recognized. The extra probing does slow Audacious down, so enable the option only if needed;
• support for the SID song lengths database has been restored;
• the ALSA output plugin now checks for new devices when the settings dialog is opened, so it’s no longer necessary to restart Audacious after plugging in a USB audio device;
• the JACK and sndio output plugins have been rewritten from scratch in order to fix a number of problems;
• more.

Test Audacious 3.6 alpha 1 in Ubuntu 14.04 or 14.10

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install audacious

audacious --qt

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:failsdownloadsteam/unstable

Searching YouTube playlists in the latest mps-youtube

• added prompt to mux audio on m4v download;
• faster opening of audio streams;
• added "pls <query>" command to search for YouTube playlists;
• added "pl <playlist url>" command to open YouTube playlist url;
• added "dlurl <YouTube url>" command for directly downloading a YouTube video;
• added "playurl <YouTube url>" command for directly playing a YouTube video;
• added "url <YouTube url>" command for retrieving a specific YouTube video;
• added "i<number>" for YouTube playlist information display;
• added stream url preloading for first item of opened YouTube playlists
• same playlist file is now shared between Python2.7+ and Python3+ (was separate);
• list user uploads using "user <username>";
• other changes and many bug fixes.

YouTube playlist loaded in mps-youtube

Install mps-youtube

sudo apt-get install mps-youtube

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube

sudo apt-get install mplayer

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube --upgrade

Usage

mpsyt

pls <query>

Installation

sudo apt-get install mps-youtube

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube

sudo apt-get install mplayer

sudo pip3 install mps-youtube --upgrade

Usage

mpsyt

.pantera

d ITEM-NUMBER

set show_video true

set player mplayer

set player mpv

Note: More documentation is available 
    at https://github.com/np1/mps-youtube

Searching
You can enter a search term to search whenever the program is 
    expecting text input. Searches must be prefixed with either 
    a . or / character.

When a list of items is displayed, you can use the following 
    commands:

Downloading
d 3 to download item 3

Selecting Items
all to play all
1 2 3 to play items 1 2 and 3
2-4 6 7-3 to play items 2 3 4 6 7 6 5 4 3
3-6 9-12 shuffle to play selected items in random order
3-6 9-12 repeat to play selected items continuously

Manipulating Items
rm 1 3 to remove items 1 and 3.  Also use rm 1 2 5-7 to 
    remove a range
rm all to remove all items
sw 1 3 to swap the position of items 1 and 3
mv 1 3 to move items 1 to position 3

Playlist commands
add 1 2 5-7 to add items 1 2 5 6 and 7 to the current playlist.
add 1 2 3 <playlist_name> to add items 1,2,3 to a saved 
    playlist.  A new playlist will be created if the given name 
    doesn't already exist.
vp to view the current playlist (then use rm, mv and sw to 
    modify it)
ls to list your saved playlists
open <playlist_name or ID> to open a saved playlist as 
    the current playlist
view <playlist name or ID> to view a playlist (leaves 
    current playlist intact)
play <playlist name or ID> to play a saved playlist 
    directly
save or save <playlist_name> to save the currently 
    displayed items as a stored playlist on disk
mv <old_name or ID> <new_name> to rename a playlist
rmp <playlist_name or ID> to delete a playlist from disk

q to quit

• the ability to run multiple cloud music services in the same time;
• separate launchers for each service so you can pin it to the Unity Launcher or whatever dock / app launcher you're using;
• added a keyboard shortcuts configuration manager;
• added support for global keyboard shortcuts;
• reworked command line interface (see "nuvolaplayer3ctl --help" for all the available options);
• Unity Quick list integration was enhanced to show state of toggle actions (e.g. thumbs up/down, feature request) and radio actions (e.g. star rating).

Install Nuvola Player 3 (beta)

• the plugins now use Python 3;
• new task progress display below the track list (used for various things including track transfers and import jobs);
• support for composer tags;
• restyled playback controls;
• restyled source list using symbolic icons;
• better introspection of everything;
• separate CBR and VBR encoding styles with different sets of exposed properties;
• playlist settings (browser visibility etc.) saved in playlists.xml;
• better use of RTL icons where appropriate;
• fixed IM status and ReplayGain plugins;
• many other bug fixes.

Install Rhythmbox 3.0 in Ubuntu 13.10 or 13.04

Rhythmbox 3.0 in Ubuntu 13.10 (Unity)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jacob/media
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rhythmbox

sudo dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/librhythmbox-core8_3.0.1-1ubuntu2~*.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

• added Grooveshark Mobile (HTML5), Spotify Web Player (doesn't require a premium account) and Jango integration;
• added support for Amazon Music Prime streaming;
• Grooveshark inactivity pop-up window is now automatically dismissed;
• Fixed MPRIS memory leak and optimized metadata property;
• Last FM: Update now playing only once on state/song change;
• Updated Google Play Music country availability;
• Removed non-functional Service updates functionality. Updates will be included in Nuvola Player bug fix releases;
• Users with Nuvola Patrons membership are not bothered by a donate bar if they log in with their Tiliado account in preferences.

Install Nuvola Player in Ubuntu via PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer