Mon, 13/02/2012 - 20:46 | 
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Nuvola Player integrates various cloud music services (Google Music, Grooveshark, Hype Machine and 8tracks) with your desktop: Mpris2 (Ubuntu Sound Menu integration), notifications, multimedia keys, Unity quicklists and more.
The latest Nuvola Player available in the Unstable PPA finally adds built-in Last.fm scrobbling for all the supported cloud music services. Until now, you had to use user scripts for this.
Other new features in the latest unstable Nuvola include: elementary-like AppMenu (can be enabled by selecting View > Only toolbar) and an option to automatically start playback on start-up (if possible).
To install the latest unstable Nuvola in Ubuntu, use the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer
Nuvola Player (previously Google Music Frame) is a music player especially designed for cloud music. Even though it's only a "frame", it's a great application that comes with features such as Ubuntu Sound Menu (mpris2 - also works with some GNOME Shell extensions) support, notifications, multimedia keys, Unity quicklists and many extra features thanks to user scripts (like last.fm scrobbling for Google Music, etc.).
Nuvola Player got Grooveshark, Hype Machine and 8tracks support recently (in addition to Google Music) and we've talked about this already, but if you like using stable releases, you'll be glad to know that Nuvola Player 1.0 has finally been released.
Other changes in Nuvola Player 1.0:
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Sat, 19/11/2011 - 11:05 | webupd8.org
Google Music Frame used to be an application that integrates Google Music in Ubuntu, providing sound menu support, notifications, multimedia keys and even last.fm scrobbling.
But the application has evolved and the latest development builds work with Grooveshark too. Because it now supports two music services (more cloud music services might be added in the future), Google Music Frame has been renamed to "Nuvola".
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Mon, 14/11/2011 - 05:33 | ubuntuvibes.com
A new release of Google Music Frame is now available. This release brings many new features including support for tray icons in Gnome Shell and Gnome Fallback mode.
If you don't know, Google Music Frame allows you play and manage your Google Music library in a standalone desktop application. GMF have deep integration with different desktop environments like Gnome Shell and Unity.
Changes in this Release:
Wed, 31/08/2011 - 13:54 | webupd8.org
Google Music Frame, an an application that integrates Google Music in the Ubuntu sound menu and adds NotifyOSD notifications got two new very important features in the latest daily PPA builds: multimedia keys support and Last.fm scrobbling (thanks to an user script that you must install manually).
Also, the daily builds PPA now provides packages for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat and 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot too. Soon, it will also support Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.
How to enable Last.fm scrobbling in Google Music Frame
Because setting up Last.fm scrobbling is a bit difficult, I though I'd let you know the exact steps to get it working:
1. Install / upgrade to the latest Google Music Frame via the daily builds PPA (available for Ubuntu 11.10, 11.04 and 10.10):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:janousek.jiri/google-music-frame-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-music-frame
Google Music is a service that allows you to upload up to 20,000 songs which you can then listen from any computer and even your phone, for free. Google Music is only available in the US for now and requires an invitation (you can request an invite from its main page).
While the Google Music Manager is available for Linux, the service uses a web interface for playing the songs, so there is no desktop integration. But you can get Ubuntu Sound Menu integration and NotifyOSD notifications thanks to an application called Google Music Frame:
Google Music Frame runs Google Music web interface in its own window and provides integration with Ubuntu (sound menu and notifications). It also remembers last session and the current view (album, genre list, etc.).
To install Google Music Frame (only available for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal), use the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:janousek.jiri/google-music-frame-releases
sudo apt-get update
Google Music Frame runs Google Music web interface in its own window and provides integration with Ubuntu sound menu and notifications. It also remembers last session and the current view (album, genre list, etc.)
Check out the screencast below:
As Google Music Beta is available for US users only, others may get a message that We're sorry, Google Music Beta is currently only available in the United States. There has been known workaround for this which is to use any free US proxy available on the web to request invitation/create a new account from a web browser (not too sure if it still works).
