MethLab: A Player Independent Music Library

[OffHand]

The developer of Nicotine, which is now forked to Nicotine+, made a new application named MethLab. Check the first reply for details about MethLab.

Website: http://methlab.thegraveyard.org



First we will have to make sure we have all the dependencies. I think I have covered them here, but if I missed any let me know. (Source)

dependencies: python2.5 python-ctypes, python- tagpy, libboost-python1.34.1, python-gtk, subversion

sudo aptitude install python2.5 python-ctypes python-tagpy libboost-python1.34.1 python-gtk subversion

Alright, now that we have all the dependencies covered we can download the svn source code... (Source)

Now we are going to download the svn repository.

svn co http://methlab.thegraveyard.org/svn/trunk methlab

Now we will have to navigate inside the directory.

cd methlab

And finally start up MethLab

./methlab

If you want to update your copy of MethLab, type:

cd methlab
svn update

[OffHand]

About MethLab


What is it?

MethLab is a music library manager that allows you to perform queries on your music. It can also interface with various music players to play or enqueue the results of your query.

Goals

MethLab aims to provide:

* A clean and simple to understand (and to use) interface.
* A non-instrusive addition to the music player you're already using.

Supported platforms

MethLab is being developed on arch linux so that is the primary 'target'. However, there should be very little platform dependent code (exception being the audio player drivers). As long as you get the dependencies installed, MethLab will probably run. MethLab would run on windows if there was a useful audio player driver.

Supported players

Currently, MethLab supports a handful of players: XMMS, Beep, Audacious and MPD. The MPD audio player driver can only be used with the MPD database source.

Database sources

MethLab collects its data from a database source. Currently two database sources are included with MethLab: the filesystem source and the MPD source. The filesystem source uses a tagging library (tagpy or mutagen) to extract metadata tags from the files in your music library. The MPD source connects to the music player daemon and synchronizes MethLab's database with the MPD library. The MPD source only works with the MPD audio player driver.

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[stokedfish]

Honestly, I'd prefer a better Museek.

But yeah, looks promising!

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Honestly, I'd prefer a better Museek.

But yeah, looks promising!

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[banjobacon]

There's probably little interest in this because most people who want a music library already use Amarok, Rhythmbox, Banshee, Exaile, Listen, or one of the other several player/library combinations.

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There's probably little interest in this because most people who want a music library already use Amarok, Rhythmbox, Banshee, Exaile, Listen, or one of the other several player/library combinations.

Yeah probably... it's a crazy idea. Nevertheless, I find this application great to find and play my music very quickly.

[joeblow1102]

Just so you know, your efforts are not in vain. I'm currently using your program because Madman keeps crashing on me. I think this has a lot of potential and thanks for making a music library program!

Edit: I do have two small requests though. 1. can methlab remember which view i'm in. say i am in artists/albums view, and minimize methlab to tray, when i go to methlab again, it takes me to search options mode. 2. can the artists/albums view mode be more tree-like? instead of showing everything, can it just show artists, then when i click on the artist name, it shows me the albums.