amg-player 2024.3.12.0

Browse & play embedded tracks from Angry Metal Guy music reviews

Angry Metal Guy Player

Angry Metal Guy Player (AMG Player) is a Python multi platform console tool to automatically play or download tracks from Angry Metal Guy reviews.

I created this because:

• I like Angry Metal Guy, and discovered great music (both metal and totally non-metal) thanks to their reviews
• I often disagree with their ratings (in fact I disagree more often than I agree), both for overrating and underrating
• Even when I disagree, I like reading their reviews
• I want to listen to the music before I read the review, to avoid getting influenced
• To be efficient, I want to listen to the tracks like a radio, and read the review to learn more only when I like something

Features

• Can work either in interactive mode (manually select tracks) or totally automatic (play new tracks like a radio)
• Supports embedded tracks from: YouTube, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, ReverbNation
• Plays YouTube video if available, or generates a video on the fly with the cover image + audio track(s) (requires FFmpeg)
• Can download tracks (with embedded album art) to play later

Screenshots

Selection screen:

Playing a track:

Installation

Angry Metal Guy Player requires Python >= 3.7. Some features are only available if FFmpeg >= 2.8 is installed.

From PyPI (with PIP)

1. If you don't already have it, install pip for Python 3
2. Install Angry Metal Guy Player: pip3 install amg-player

From source

1. If you don't already have it, install setuptools for Python 3
2. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/desbma/amg-player
3. Install Angry Metal Guy Player: python3 setup.py install

Angry Metal Guy Player only supports MPV player for now.

Command line usage

Run amg -h to get full command line reference.

Examples

• Browse and play interactively last 50 reviews:

  amg -c 50

• Choose the first track to play, then play all tracks in chronological order:

  amg -m radio

• Play last 20 tracks in chronological order, skipping those already played:

  amg -c 20 -m discover

License

GPLv3