rkstreamer 1.2.1

RK's CLI Music Player

RK Music Streamer

A command-line music streamer that allows you to stream songs, albums, playlists.
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Prerequisites

• Python 3.9.x or above.
• VLC player must be installed.
  This application uses the VLC player for streaming and python-vlc bindings for interaction with libvlc library.
  (Install from VLC)

Dependencies

• requests
• python-vlc

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Installation

> python3 -m pip install rkstreamer
$ pip/pip3 install rkstreamer

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Launch

Application can be launched by entering the following in the command prompt/terminal:

> python3 -m rkstreamer
or
> rkstreamer

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Features

• Has 3 main modes - Song, Album, Playlist.

• Main modes can be activated/toggled using the '--' switches:

  • --song - Song Mode.
  • --album - Album Mode.
  • --plist - Playlist Mode.

• Default mode is 'Song Search' Mode.

• Has 2 Queue modes and 1 Misc mode which can be activated using '-' switches:

  • -q - displays Songs Queue.
  • -r - displays Recommended Songs Queue.
  • -g - displays Go-to-Album Songs.

• Supports search parameters for Songs, Albums Mode.

  • Format: 'search string' -n:number -l:language -b:bitrate

• Has 3 Action Modes:

  • a(index) - Add Media.
  • p(index) - Play Media.
  • r(index) - Remove Media. Index - Index shown in the queue/search output.

• Above action modes can be combined with Queue and Misc modes for managing the media - See Controls section for more details.

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Controls

-c - Player control mode.
Actions should be suffixed with the '-c' switch:

• Player controls:

  • -cp - play/pause.
  • -cs - stop.
  • -cn - next song.
  • -cpr - previous song.
  • -clo - list output devices.
  • -cco(index) - change output to device (index - shown by list output devices command).

• Volume controls:

  • -cv - displays Current volume.
  • -cv(number) - sets the volume.
  • -c+(number) - Volume Increase.
  • -c-(number) - Volume Decrease.
    Number - value to set.

• Playback controls:

  • -c>(seconds) - seek forward.
  • -c<(seconds) - seek backward.
  • -ct - show remaining time.

-q - Song Queue mode.
Actions should be suffixed with the '-q' switch:

• -qa(index) - Adds the song to queue.
• -qr(index) - Removes the song from queue.
• -qp(index) - Plays the song from queue.

-r - Recommended Songs Queue mode.
Actions should be suffixed with the '-r' switch:

• -ra(index) - Adds the song to queue.
• -rr(index) - Removes the song from queue.
• -rp(index) - Plays the song from queue.

-g - Go-to-Album Songs list.
Actions should be suffixed with the '-g' switch:

• -ga(index) - Adds the album song to song queue.
• -gp(index) - Plays the album song.

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Examples

Song Mode:
(--song)

> Enter the song name: song1 -n:5 -l:tamil -b:320
(-n, -l, -b are optional)

Legends:
(
    Search string - song1,
    Number of results to display - 5,
    Language - tamil,
    Bitrate - 320kpbs
)

1 - Play the 1st song from search output.


Album Mode:
(--album)

> Enter the album name: album1 -n:5 -l:tamil

(-n, -l are optional)

Legends:
(
    Search string - album1,
    Number of results to display - 5,
    Language - tamil
)

- Album can be selected using the index number.
- Song in the albums can be played using a(index).

1 - Select the 1st album from search list.
a1 - Play the album's 1st song.


Playlist Mode:
(--plist)

> Enter the playlist name: playlist1 -l:tamil -n:5
(-n, -l are optional)

Legends:
(
    Search string - playlist1,
    Number of results to display - 5,
    Language - tamil
)

1 - Play the 1st playlist displayed in search output.
-v(index) - View the playlist songs

***When a song is playing***

> Enter the song name: -q
(Displays the song queue)

> -r
(Displays the recommended song queue)

> -g
(Displays the playing song's album songs)

> -qr1 - removes the first index song from queue
> -qp1 - plays the first index song from queue
> -qa1 - adds the first index song from search list

Similar behaviors for -r (recommended songs), -g (go-to-album).


Volume Controls:
  -cv - Shows current volume
  -c+10 - Increase volume by 10
  -c-10 - Decrease volume by 10
  -cv100 - Set volume to 100

Playback controls:
  -c>10 - Forward by 10 seconds
  -c<10 - Backward by 10 seconds
  -ct - Show remaining time