Playlist Editor for google play music
npm install gmusic-organizerA node.js playlist organizer for google play music running in a terminal. Powered by blessed and playmusic.
The dependency tree contains native node.js modules. Parts of them need to be compiled during installation.
Compilation requires a C++ toolchain (compiler/linker) on your machine. See node-gyp for installation instructions.
#### Ubuntu 16.04
sudo apt-get install libasound-dev
sudo npm install -g gmusic-organizer
#### Mac OS
sudo npm install -g gmusic-organizer
After installation restart your terminal window. Start with gmusic-organizer.
When starting the first time, you need to enter your google credentials.
If the login step fails, you might need to:
- allow less secure apps to work with your account
- create an app specific password (usually required when two-factor authentication is enabled
)
After a successful authentication, a master token is created and stored in ~/.gmusic-organizer/credentials.
Hit h to get a list of available controls.
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General
h help (show this window)
F5 refresh
q quit
/ search for track in current view
t tag a track
f filter all tracks view by tag
i show track info
Built in player
p play songs
s stop playing
P pause playing
R resume playing
Playlist management
n create new playlist
del/backspace delete playlist
d download playlist to disk (into ~/gmusic)
Playlist manipulation
C-c copy song to clipboard
C-x cut song to clipboard
C-v paste song into playlist
del/backspace remove song from playlist
`
The core idea of the gmusic-organizer is organizing songs and creating playlists by tags. Songs can be tagged with the t shortcut key.
Currently it is not possible to change the list of avilable tags with the gmusic-organizer. However the tags are defined in this file: ~/.gmusic-organizer/tags. Edit this file to add/remove tags.
Original file content:
`
{
"tags": {
"lang": [
"en",
"de",
"fr",
"it"
],
"genre": [
"electro",
"pop",
"indie",
"folk",
"schlager",
"hiphop"
]
},
"playlistPrefix": "zz [tag] "
}
Tags per song are stored in tag playlists. So song tags are shared across multiple devices.
These tag playlists are hidden in gmusic-organizer. However they will be visible on other gmusic clients (e.g. your smartphone). They are identified by a special playlistPrefix. I picked zz [tag] for the moment so that these playlist show up at the end of my smartphone device.
Each session creates a logfile at ~/.gmusic-organizer/log.txt`. Inspect this file if you experience any problems.