[Linux] From the same author as Gloobus, the amazing files preview applications which we recently covered, comes yet another great application: CoverGloobus, which is an audio player controller that sits on your desktop and can display the album cover, lyrics, etc. (similar to Rhythmbox Cover Art Plug-in).
CoverGloobus supports the following audio players: Banshee, Rhythmbox, Listen and Songbird.
You can also use it with Exaile, by downloading this file, extract it to the Players folder in the CoverGloobus directory and then add:
CoverGloobus features:
-audio player controls
-album covers are automatically downloaded and displayed
-middle click CoverGloobus to display the lyrics for current playing song
-ratings system
-multiple skins
CoverGloobus supports the following audio players: Banshee, Rhythmbox, Listen and Songbird.
You can also use it with Exaile, by downloading this file, extract it to the Players folder in the CoverGloobus directory and then add:
from Exaile import *CoverGloobus features:
-audio player controls
-album covers are automatically downloaded and displayed
-middle click CoverGloobus to display the lyrics for current playing song
-ratings system
-multiple skins
How to use CoverGloobus
1. Download CoverGloobus from HERE and extract the archive contents to any folder.
2. Open a terminal and navigate to the folder where you extracted CoverGloobus. Then, type this:
3. Now you can start CoverGloobus. Again, use the terminal to navigate to the folder where you extracted it, and run it using the following command:
4. Optional: you can create a script which will automatically open CoverGloobus when you power-up your audio player, and kill it when you close your audio player. Here's how (the following example is for using CoverGloobus with Banshee; you can replace Banshee with Rhythmbox, etc):
-create a new, blank file, let's call it banshee_cg.sh and paste this:
-save the file, open a terminal, navigate to it's folder and make the script executable with this command:
-now you can open the script either by double-clicking it, or thtough a terminal:
2. Open a terminal and navigate to the folder where you extracted CoverGloobus. Then, type this:
./CoverGloobus-config.py3. Now you can start CoverGloobus. Again, use the terminal to navigate to the folder where you extracted it, and run it using the following command:
./CoverGloobus.py4. Optional: you can create a script which will automatically open CoverGloobus when you power-up your audio player, and kill it when you close your audio player. Here's how (the following example is for using CoverGloobus with Banshee; you can replace Banshee with Rhythmbox, etc):
-create a new, blank file, let's call it banshee_cg.sh and paste this:
#!/bin/bash
/path/to/CoverGloobus/CoverGloobus.py &
CoverGloobusPID=$!
banshee-1 --redirect-log --play-enqueued %U
kill $CoverGloobusPID-save the file, open a terminal, navigate to it's folder and make the script executable with this command:
chmod +x banshee_cg.sh-now you can open the script either by double-clicking it, or thtough a terminal:
sh banshee_cg.sh
