gdriveaudio 0.1.15

Play music files on Google Drive

gdriveaudio

Play audio files in the google drive.

Requirments

• Python3
• MPlayer and FFmpeg
  • Ubuntu: sudo apt install mplayer ffmpeg
  • MacOSX: brew install mplayer ffmpeg
  • Windows: Follow official instructionat MPlayer and FFmpeg
• Google account, access to the google cloud platform

Set up with Google cloud

Enable google drive API

• Log in to the google cloud console and create or choose the project to use.
• Go to Google Drive API page and enable it.

Create a service account to access google drive

• Log in to the google cloud console and create or choose the project to use.
• Go to IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
• Click "CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT".
• Type in an arbitrary service account name (e.g. gdriveaudio-sa).
• Click "DONE".
• Note the email address of the service account name (e.g. [e-mail]).

Give the service account the access to the music folder

• Open Google Drive.
• Open the folder that contains music files.
• Click the folder name and choose "Share".
• Paste the email address of the service account noted in the previous step.
• Click "Done".

Create the credentials file of the service account

• Log in to the google cloud console and choose the project to use.
• Open IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
• Click the service account created above.
• Click "KEYS" in the top menu.
• Click "ADD KEY" and then "Create new key"
• Choose "JSON" key type and click "CREATE".
• Rename the downloaded file as _credentials.json and move to a folder to use for this tool.

Install

# from pypi
$ pip3 install gdriveaudio

# from github
$ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/kota7/gdriveaudio.git
$ pip3 install -U ./gdriveaudio

Start playing

For the program to locate the credential file, either

• Run the commands in the folder that has the "_credentials.json"
• Set GDRIVEAUDIO_DIRECTORY environment variable as the directory containing "_credentials.json", or
• Run the commands with --workdir={directory} option to specify the directory containing "_credentials.json"

# Initialize data
#   Delete pre-fetched data
#   Create SQLite database file '_gdriveaudio.db'
$ gdriveaudio init

# Update data
#   -U for updating file list
#   -F for updating folder structure information
#   -M for updating audio metadata (this can take hours)
$ gdriveaudio update -UF
# or
$ gdriveaudio update -UFM

# Play all files
$ gdriveaudio play 
# Play files with some condition
#   -k: case-insensitive keywords to search
#   -K: case-sensitive keywords to search
#   -q: Query inside 'WHERE' condition (follow SQLite dialect)
$ gdriveaudio play -k "beethoven"
$ gdriveaudio play -K "Michael J"       # case sensitive search
$ gdriveaudio play -k "name:lucky"      # search only inside 'name' field
$ gdriveaudio play -q "duration > 600"  # 10+ min only

# Show data
# -k, -K, -q filters also work
$ gdriveaudio data -n 5
$ gdriveaudio data -n 10 -k "beethoven"

# See full command options
$ gdriveaudio -h
$ gdriveaudio {init,update,play,data} -h

The audio player can be controled by key strokes (See full description at man mplayer):

 <-  or  ->       seek backward/forward 10 seconds
 down or up       seek backward/forward  1 minute
 pgdown or pgup   seek backward/forward 10 minutes
 < or >           step backward/forward in playlist
 p or SPACE       pause movie (press any key to continue)
 q or ESC         stop playing and quit program
 + or -           adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second
 o                cycle OSD mode:  none / seekbar / seekbar + timer
 * or /           increase or decrease PCM volume
 x or z           adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second
 r or t           adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand