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https://github.com/rekado/soundCLI

A command line client for soundcloud.com with streaming support via gstreamer
https://github.com/rekado/soundCLI

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A command line client for soundcloud.com with streaming support via gstreamer

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# SOUNDCLI



soundCLI is a command line client for streaming music from soundcloud. Timed

comments are displayed on the command line as the playback reaches their

respective positions.



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## Examples



- Stream 'Chroma' from soundcloud (the keyword 'stream' is optional):



    soundcli stream http://soundcloud.com/rekado/chroma



- Stream three songs from soundcloud:



    soundcli stream http://soundcloud.com/rekado/{chroma,the-human-song,faded}



- Stream all songs in rekado's playlist 'staging':



    soundcli set http://soundcloud.com/rekado/sets/staging/



- Playback all of your favourites:



    soundcli me favorites



- Playback all of your own tracks:



    soundcli me tracks



- Play the local file 'faded.ogg' and display timed comments for the same song

  on soundcloud:



    soundcli play faded.ogg http://soundcloud.com/rekado/faded



## Installation



You can either install this as a gem from RubyGems.org, build the gem yourself,

or execute it without installation. To simply run soundcli, issue the following

command from within the soundcli directory.



    ruby -Ilib ./bin/soundcli http://soundcloud.com/rekado/chroma



Here's how to build and install this gem manually.



    gem build soundcli.gemspec

    gem install ./soundcli-0.0.5.gem



Then you can use this simpler command to stream a song:



    ./bin/soundcli http://soundcloud.com/rekado/chroma



You probably should configure rubygems to install to `/usr/local/bin` or some

other directory that's in your PATH to execute it from any directory.



## Packaging



The preferred way is, of course, to install soundCLI through your

distribution's package manager (pretend you didn't read this if you are using

MacOS). SoundCLI has been packaged for the following GNU/Linux distributions:



- Archlinux (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=51472)



You can inspect the package file descriptions in the directory `pkgdesc`.

Feel free to submit package descriptions for other systems.



## Setup



soundCLI will save your authentication/refresh tokens (not your credentials)

in a file, so you only need to provide your credentials once. The token file

will be saved to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/soundcli/auth.



    mkdir ~/.config/soundcli



## Dependencies



- ruby (I'm using 1.9.2 and above, but lower versions might work, too. Ruby 1.8.7 doesn't seem to work.)



- gstreamer bindings for ruby (gstreamer)



- cURL bindings for ruby (curb)



- the JSON gem (json)



## Bugs



- download only returns the download url but does not download yet



## Troubleshooting



  **Q:** I get a weird error message when attempting to stream a file:



    No URI handler implemented for "http"

    gsturidecodebin.c(1065): gen_source_element (): /GstPlayBin2:playbin20/GstURIDecodeBin:uridecodebin0



  **A:** You are probably missing some gstreamer plugins. Install a bunch of them through your package management system and see if the error disappears.



  **Q:** When attempting to run soundCLI I get an error:



    no such file to load -- json/gst/curb in ...



  **A:** You need to install the gems listed in the section DEPENDENCIES



  **Q:** During installation of the gem I get this error:



    checking for gstreamer-0.10... yes

    checking for gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10... no

    *** extconf.rb failed ***

    Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of

    necessary libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more

    details.  You may need configuration options.



  **A:** You are missing the gstreamer base plugins. If you are on Mac, you should install `gst-plugins-base` with brew. On Archlinux the package is called `gstreamer0.10-base-plugins`.



## License



This code is licensed under the GPL v3.