Show HN: Muse, a CLI background music player
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Re: Show HN: Muse, a CLI background music player
#2Does anyone know if there's more docs on the intention behind this?
Looks like a cool project at first glance, and the code is really nice. But I don't fully get what a " background" music player is? Is the idea that you're not choosing specific song and it'll instead cycle through predesignated ones?
Re: Show HN: Muse, a CLI background music player
#3Does anyone know if there's more docs on the intention behind this? Looks like a cool project at first glance, and the code is really nice. But I don't fully get what a " background" music player is? Is the idea that you're not choosing specific song and it'll instead cycle through predesignated ones?
... and there's no support for playlists. So, there's actually no control over what it plays.
Re: Show HN: Muse, a CLI background music player
#4Does anyone know if there's more docs on the intention behind this? Looks like a cool project at first glance, and the code is really nice. But I don't fully get what a " background" music player is? Is the idea that you're not choosing specific song and it'll instead cycle through predesignated ones?
> Is the idea that you're not choosing specific song and it'll instead cycle through predesignated ones?
At random. That's why it's background.
> Does anyone know if there's more docs on the intention behind this?
I would assume what it's just what is on the box - a player for when you want some background noise.
Though it gave me an idea and I added a batch file to my global scripts:
start C:\Shares\personal\justsomehnguy\progs\Winamp563\winamp.exe "%CD%"Re: Show HN: Muse, a CLI background music player
#5Does anyone know if there's more docs on the intention behind this? Looks like a cool project at first glance, and the code is really nice. But I don't fully get what a " background" music player is? Is the idea that you're not choosing specific song and it'll instead cycle through predesignated ones?
- It plays instantly. You don't need to click through a GUI and see names, labels etc. Just press a play shortcut.
- There's an element of surprise, and you can hear your whole collection. Sure, you can do that with a GUI, but it's a few extra clicks.
You will always get used to music. I wrote a player that will play a piece of music less frequently if I skip it faster, so what I skip less I will hear again sooner. Also, I add extra meta keys to the shortcut if I'm far too used to something and don't want to hear it in a while.
Also, I flag music that has lyrics / speaking / vocal sounds so I can skip it when I'm trying to focus.
Re: Show HN: Muse, a CLI background music player
#6Does anyone know if there's more docs on the intention behind this? Looks like a cool project at first glance, and the code is really nice. But I don't fully get what a " background" music player is? Is the idea that you're not choosing specific song and it'll instead cycle through predesignated ones?
You can save a ton of battery using things like this.
I created a similar app using mac's afplay 11 (yikes) years ago https://github.com/andion/gramola
I don't use it anymore but at the time it made my battery last longer, you can see a battery consumption comparison on the repo.
Re: Show HN: Muse, a CLI background music player
#7Does anyone know if there's more docs on the intention behind this? Looks like a cool project at first glance, and the code is really nice. But I don't fully get what a " background" music player is? Is the idea that you're not choosing specific song and it'll instead cycle through predesignated ones?
... and there's no support for playlists. So, there's actually no control over what it plays.
I guess you can put your wanted songs in a “playlist” directory and define it in the config?
Re: Show HN: Muse, a CLI background music player
#8nice work!
can I use "cargo install --git https://github.com/aabiji/muse"?
I also recommend:
https://github.com/ratatui-org/ratatui
https://github.com/mikaelmello/inquire
for your further development
I also have a Rust CLI music project here if you want to have a look
Re: Show HN: Muse, a CLI background music player
#9Does anyone know if there's more docs on the intention behind this? Looks like a cool project at first glance, and the code is really nice. But I don't fully get what a " background" music player is? Is the idea that you're not choosing specific song and it'll instead cycle through predesignated ones?
> Is the idea that you're not choosing specific song and it'll instead cycle through predesignated ones? At random. That's why it's background. > Does anyone know if there's more docs on the intention behind this? I would assume what it's just what is on the box - a player for when you want some background noise. Though it gave me an idea and I added a batch file to my global scripts: start C:\Shares\personal\justsom…
> At random. That's why it's background.
From the github page:
# The order in which the audio files are played
# Can be either "Random" or "Alphabetical".
playback_order = "Random"