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Command-line cloud music player for Linux with support for Spotify, Google Play Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Plex servers and Chromecast devices.
https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il

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Command-line cloud music player for Linux with support for Spotify, Google Play Music, YouTube, SoundCloud, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Plex servers and Chromecast devices.

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# The Tizonia Project



* A command-line streaming music client/server for Linux.

* Support for Spotify (Premium), Google Play Music (free and paid tiers),

  YouTube, SoundCloud, TuneIn and iHeart Internet Radio directories, Plex

  servers and Chromecast devices.

* The first open-source implementation of [OpenMAX IL

  1.2](https://www.khronos.org/news/press/khronos-group-releases-openmax-il-1.2-provisional-specification).



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- [News](#news)

- [Installation](#installation)

  - [Debian / Ubuntu / Raspbian](#debian--ubuntu--raspbian)

  - [Arch User Repository (AUR)](#arch-user-repository-aur)

  - [Snap Package](#snap-package)

  - [Docker Image](#docker-image)

- [Configuration](#configuration)

- [Upgrade](#upgrade)

  - [Debian / Ubuntu / Raspbian](#debian--ubuntu--raspbian-1)

- [Uninstall](#uninstall)

  - [Debian / Ubuntu / Raspbian](#debian--ubuntu--raspbian-1)

- [Hall of Fame](#hall-of-fame)



# News



**Latest news**



- [2020-05-22] Tizonia

[v0.22.0](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/releases/tag/v0.22.0). Added

support for iHeart radio, new command-line options to play Spotify

recommendations by artist and album name, new keyboard shortcuts and a good

number of other fixes and improvements.



> See Tizonia's website: [Tizonia 0.22.0](https://tizonia.org/news/2020/05/22/release-0-22-0/)



Show more



- [2020-03-08] Tizonia

[v0.21.0](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/releases/tag/v0.21.0). A

maintenance release with fixes for YouTube API quota issues, among others.



> See Tizonia's website: [Tizonia 0.21.0 brings changes to minimize the YouTube

> API quota issues](https://tizonia.org/news/2020/03/08/release-0-21-0/)



- [2020-01-19] Tizonia

[v0.20.0](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/releases/tag/v0.20.0). Added

support for TuneIn Internet radios, color-themes and a new build system based

on Meson (thanks [@lgbaldoni!](https://github.com/lgbaldoni)). A man page has

been added and the documentation site has been refreshed. Also `tizonia-remote`

is now distributed in the Debian package plus a good number of fixes, including

reviving Chromecast support (still more work needed).



> See Tizonia's website: [TuneIn Internet radio and podcasts, and color-themes

> in Tizonia 0.20.0](https://tizonia.org/news/2020/02/20/release-0-20-0/)



- [2019-12-13] Tizonia

[v0.19.0](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/releases/tag/v0.19.0). Another

maintenance release with a good bunch of improvements and bug fixes: Dirble

removal (the service is sadly gone), Python 3 migration (please see the section

[Upgrade (Debian / Ubuntu / Raspbian)](#upgrade-debian--ubuntu--raspbian) to learn

how to install the new Python 3 dependencies!).



> See Tizonia's website: [Global Spotify playlist search and

> other improvements in Tizonia

> 0.19.0](https://tizonia.org/news/2019/03/19/release-0-19-0/)



- [2019-03-13] Tizonia

[v0.18.0](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/releases/tag/v0.18.0). Various

improvements and bug fixes in Google Music and Spotify.



> See Tizonia's website: [Fixed 'Google Play Music tracks cut short' in Tizonia 0.18.0](https://tizonia.org/news/2019/03/17/release-0-18-0/)



- [2019-01-17] Tizonia

[v0.17.0](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/releases/tag/v0.17.0). Fixed

Spotify login issues. A regression introduced in v0.16.0. This issue was

identified and fixed thanks to the great feedback provided by the users in

issue [#531](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/issues/531).



> See Tizonia's website: [Spotify login issues fixed in Tizonia 0.17.0](https://tizonia.org/news/2019/01/17/release-0-17-0/)



- [2018-12-03] Tizonia

[v0.16.0](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/releases/tag/v0.16.0). Improved

Spotify support with more options to dicover new music rather than just playing

the content that you know and love. Last but not least,

[docker-tizonia](https://hub.docker.com/r/tizonia/docker-tizonia/) has been

updated! (many thanks to [Josh5](https://github.com/Josh5)).



> See Tizonia's website: [More ways to discover music on Spotify with Tizonia 0.16.0](https://tizonia.org/news/2018/12/03/release-0-16-0/)



- [2018-06-15] Tizonia

[v0.15.0](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/releases/tag/v0.15.0). Reworked

Spotify support to overcome playlist search problems that arised in

libspotify. Now [spotipy](https://github.com/plamere/spotipy) is being used to

retrieve track, artist, album, and playlist metadata from Spotify.



> See Tizonia's website: [Totally revamped Spotify support in Tizonia 0.15.0](https://tizonia.org/news/2018/06/15/release-0-15-0/)



- [2018-04-20] Tizonia

[v0.14.0](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/releases/tag/v0.14.0). Added

support for Google Play Music [stations for

non-subscribers](https://support.google.com/googleplaymusic/answer/6250894?hl=en)

and YouTube channels (uploads and playlists). Also added option to play the

user's entire Google Play Music library.



> See Tizonia's website: [Tizonia v0.14.0 adds YouTube Channels and Google Play Music stations for non-subscribers](https://tizonia.org/news/2018/04/21/release-0-14-0/)



- [2017-12-28]

[Snap Package](#snap-package) and [Docker Image](#docker-image) available.



> See Tizonia's website: [Tizonia v0.13.0 adds support for Plex media servers](https://tizonia.org/news/2018/03/09/release-0-13-0/)



- [2017-08-26] [tizonia-all](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tizonia-all/) and [tizonia-all-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tizonia-all-git/) packages submitted to the [Arch User Repository](https://aur.archlinux.org/)



> See Tizonia's website: [Snap package and Docker image available now!](https://tizonia.org/news/2017/12/30/snap-package-and-docker-image/)



- [2017-05-04] [Summer of Code 2017: Add OpenMAX state tracker

in Mesa/Gallium that uses

Tizonia](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#4737166321123328) (X.Org

Foundation project, with Gurkirpal Singh and Julien Isorce).



  



# Installation



## Debian / Ubuntu / Raspbian



Run the following command to install Tizonia on a Debian-compatible system:



```bash

$ curl -kL https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/raw/master/tools/install.sh | bash

# Or its shortened version:

$ curl -kL https://goo.gl/Vu8qGR | bash

```



> NOTE: This script installs the

> [latest](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/releases/latest)

> release and all the dependencies.



> DISCLAIMER: Trust no-one. Please have a look at the installation script

> before running it on your system!.



Debian packages are stored on [Bintray](https://bintray.com/tizonia), with the

following distro/arch combinations:





    

        

            

                Ubuntu Bionic

                Ubuntu Focal

                Debian Buster

                Debian Bullseye

                Raspbian Buster

            

            

                (18.04)

                (20.04)

                (10)

                (11)

                (10)

            

        

        

            

                amd64, armhf

                amd64

                amd64, armhf

                amd64

                armhf

            

        

    




> NOTE: Elementary OS, Linux Mint, Kali Linux are supported on releases based

> on Ubuntu 'Xenial' or 'Bionic', Debian 'Buster' or 'Bullseye'. To install

> Tizonia on other versions of Debian or Ubuntu-based distros, use the Snap

> package or have a look at

> [#631](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/issues/631).



## Arch User Repository (AUR)



- [tizonia-all (for the latest released version)](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tizonia-all/)

- [tizonia-all-git (HEAD of master branch)](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tizonia-all-git/)



Show details



```bash

# Please note that if you are upgrading your existing

# Tizonia installation, you *need* to uninstall it before building a new version.

# See GitHub issue https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-openmax-il/issues/485



# For the latest stable release

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/tizonia-all.git

$ cd tizonia-all

$ makepkg -si



# There is also a -git package:

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/tizonia-all-git.git

$ cd tizonia-all

$ makepkg -si



```



## Snap Package



> NOTE: Unfortunately, the snap package is taking too much of my time to

> maintain, given the number of other release tasks that I need to deal with

> during a normal release cycle of Tizonia.  So I'm calling for maintainers for

> the Snap package. Please see message in the Snap package repo at

> https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-snap/



A 'snap' package is available to download from the 'Global' snap store

('stable' channel). For more details visit:



- Tizonia's landing page on [Snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/tizonia)



Show details



To install, first visit [Install

Snapd](https://docs.snapcraft.io/core/install?_ga=2.41936226.1106178805.1514500852-128158267.1514500852)

and make sure that your Linux distro is supported. Follow the instructions to

get the 'snapd' service running on your system, and finally use this command to

install Tizonia:



```bash



$ sudo snap install tizonia



```



Tizonia's snapcraft.yaml file is hosted in a separate repository:



- [tizonia-snap](https://github.com/tizonia/tizonia-snap/)



## Docker Image



Tizonia may also be run from a Docker container. A Docker image is available

from the Docker hub:



- [docker-tizonia](https://hub.docker.com/r/tizonia/docker-tizonia/)



  



# Configuration



To use *Spotify*, *Google Play Music*, *SoundCloud* and *Plex* you need to

introduce your credentials in Tizonia's config file. No credentials needed to

stream from *YouTube* or *TuneIn*.



Show details



```bash

( On first use, Tizonia outputs its configuration file, if it is not there yet )



$ tizonia --help



( now edit $HOME/.config/tizonia/tizonia.conf )



( NOTE: If Tizonia was installed from the 'snap' package, use this path instead )

( $HOME/snap/tizonia/current/.config/tizonia/tizonia.conf )

```



> NOTE: See full instructions inside [tizonia.conf](https://docs.tizonia.org/manual/config.html).



  



# Upgrade



## Debian / Ubuntu / Raspbian



To upgrade Tizonia and all its dependencies, simply re-run the installation

script.



If you prefer to do it manually, it is a two-step process. Run 'apt-get' as

usual to upgrade the Debian packages. Finally make sure that the various Python

dependencies are up-to-date.



Show details



```bash



# Step1: update Tizonia's Debian packages

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade



# Step2: update Tizonia's Python dependencies

# (Note that new versions of some of these Python dependencies are released often,

# so you should do this frequently, even if there isn't a new Tizonia release)



# For Tizonia v0.19.0 or newer: Python 3 dependencies

$ sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade gmusicapi soundcloud youtube-dl pafy pycountry titlecase pychromecast plexapi spotipy fuzzywuzzy eventlet python-Levenshtein



# For Tizonia v0.18.0 or older: Python 2 dependencies

$ sudo -H pip2 install --upgrade gmusicapi soundcloud youtube-dl pafy pycountry titlecase pychromecast plexapi fuzzywuzzy eventlet python-Levenshtein && sudo -H pip2 install git+https://github.com/plamere/spotipy.git --upgrade



```



  



# Uninstall



## Debian / Ubuntu / Raspbian



To uninstall Tizonia and all its dependencies, run the following commands



Show details



```bash



# Remove/purge all tizonia packages installed in the system

sudo apt-get -y remove --purge tizonia-all && sudo apt-get -y autoremove

```



  



# Hall of Fame



If you are interested in participating, please read our [contribution

guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) and don't hesitate to ask (via the bug tracker,

[chat](https://gitter.im/tizonia/Lobby) or any other means!).



Here are some of our contributors:



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