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
A while back, Clementine music player got Grooveshark and Spotify support and these, among many other new features are finally available in a stable release (1.0). You'll need a Spotify Premium / Grooveshark Anywhere account though.
Besides Spotify and GrooveShark support, the latest Clementine 1.0 also comes with a new global search feature which you can use to search for music and radio (includes your music library, radio streams, Spotify and Grooveshark), Digitally Imported (di.fm) and Sky.fm radio stations, audio CD support and Amazon as an alternate provider for album cover art.
Other changes in Clementine 1.0:
- transcoder options
- improve the organisation of the settings dialog
- album cover art searches now select the best cover automatically instead of the first one
- keyboard shortcuts to navigate between playlist tabs
- options to customise OSD messages that are shown on song changes
- cache lists of streams/friends fetched from Last.fm, di.fm, soma.fm, etc.
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Tags: clementine, GrooveShark, Linux, macosx, music player, spotify, ubuntu, windows
Sat, 24/12/2011 - 00:11 | webupd8.org
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".
Add new comment | Tags: cloud, fedora, Google Music, google music frame, GrooveShark, Linux, music, nuvola, ubuntu
Tue, 15/11/2011 - 00:18 | webupd8.org
The latest Clementine music player available in the Clementine Development PPA got some very interesting new features: you can now listen to Grooveshark or Spotify songs through Clementine. For this, you need a Spotify Premium / Grooveshark Anywhere account though.
I've only tested the Grooveshark plugin (because I don't have a Spotify Premium account) and I can tell you it works pretty well already. Also, most of the Grooveshark features can be accessed from Clementine: you can add a song to your favourites, create new playlists, add songs to a Grooveshark playlist or get a song share url. What's not yet available is listening to a Grooveshark radio station.
Mon, 14/11/2011 - 14:25 | webupd8.org
David Callé has released a Grooveshark scrope for the Unity Music lens which lets you search for music on Grooveshark from Dash. The new scope uses the free Grooveshark API and clicking on a search result opens a new tab in your default browser, playing the selected song.
To install the new GrooveShark scope in Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04, use the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:scopes-packagers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-scope-groovesharkThen log out and log back in.
According to David, there are a few known issues though, such as:
- the results open in different tabs and aren't enqueued
- results in the local collection are not deduplicated
- some searches don't display any results due to some encoding errors
- sometimes cover art isn't displayed the first time you search for something
If you encounter some other bugs, report them @ Launchpad.
Mon, 14/11/2011 - 13:42 | ubuntuvibes.com
A new Grooveshark Scope for Unity Music Lens has been developed under One Hundred Scopes Project. This scope allows you to directly play music from Unity Music Lens using the free part of Grooveshark API.
All you have to do is search for your favorite music, click on it and you will instantly taken to Grooveshark interface in your web browser.
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