#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Copyright 2008, 2009 Andrew Morton <drewish@katherinehouse.com>
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# This script requires the appscript and ncurses libraries.
# To install it run: sudo gem install rb-appscript ncurses
#
# You'll also need to have ImageMagick and jp2a installed.
# Use MacPorts: sudo port install jp2a imagemagick
begin;
require 'rubygems'
require 'osax'
require 'appscript'
require 'ncurses'
rescue LoadError;
end
include Appscript
include OSAX
begin
# initialize ncurses
Ncurses.initscr
Ncurses.cbreak # provide unbuffered input
Ncurses.noecho # turn off input echoing
Ncurses.nonl # turn off newline translation
Ncurses.stdscr.intrflush(false) # turn off flush-on-interrupt
Ncurses.stdscr.keypad(true) # turn on keypad mode
Ncurses.stdscr.mvaddstr(0, 0, 'Loading iTunes...')
it = app('iTunes')
Ncurses.stdscr.mvaddstr(1, 0, 'Reading first track...')
# If iTunes hasn't played anything since starting then current_track won't be
# defined. To avoid this we can start and the stop the player.
if it.player_state.get == :stopped
it.play
it.pause
end
lastTrackId = nil
# Main loop.
begin
artWidth = 0
begin
# Check if the track has changed and update the display.
if lastTrackId != it.current_track.database_ID.get
lastTrackId = it.current_track.database_ID.get
Ncurses.stdscr.clear
# Convert the album art into ascii and dump it to the screen.
if it.current_track.artworks.get.length > 0
cmd = 'convert - -contrast-stretch 5%x2% jpg:- | jp2a --height=' + (Ncurses.LINES()).to_s + ' -'
IO.popen(cmd, 'r+') do |pipe|
pipe << it.current_track.artworks.first.get.raw_data.get.data
pipe.close_write
ascii = pipe.readlines
ascii.each_index {|i|
Ncurses.stdscr.mvaddstr(i, 0, ascii[i])
}
artWidth = ascii.first.length
end
end
Ncurses.stdscr.mvaddstr(Ncurses.LINES() / 2 + 0, artWidth + 2, it.current_track.artist.get)
Ncurses.stdscr.mvaddstr(Ncurses.LINES() / 2 + 1, artWidth + 2, it.current_track.name.get)
Ncurses.refresh
end
# Generally the CommandError is thrown when there's not a current track.
rescue CommandError
Ncurses.stdscr.clear
Ncurses.stdscr.mvaddstr(Ncurses.LINES() / 2, artWidth + 2, 'Nothing playing.')
Ncurses.refresh
lastTrackId = nil
end
# Wait for keyboard input for half a second then give up so we can check
# if the track has changed.
if IO.select([STDIN], nil, nil, 0.5)
ch = Ncurses.stdscr.getch()
case(ch)
when ?\ :
it.playpause
when Ncurses::KEY_RIGHT :
it.next_track
when Ncurses::KEY_LEFT :
it.previous_track
when Ncurses::KEY_UP :
osax.set_volume(:output_volume => 100)
when Ncurses::KEY_DOWN :
osax.set_volume(:output_volume => 0)
when 'q'[0], 'Q'[0] :
exit
# else
# Ncurses.stdscr.mvaddstr(3, 0, ch.to_s)
end
end
end while true
ensure
Ncurses.echo
Ncurses.nocbreak
Ncurses.nl
Ncurses.endwin
end
