Muse is a cli background music player.

Usage

Command	Description
muse play	Play background music.
muse pause	Pause background music.
muse start	Start the playback server.
muse stop	Stop the playback server.

Installation

Install required dependencies:

# Arch based distro
sudo pacman -S alsa-lib

# Fedora based distro
sudo dnf install alsa-lib-devel

# Debian based distro
sudo apt install libasound2-dev

Install:

git clone https://github.com/aabiji/muse
cd muse
cargo build --release
sudo mv target/release/muse /usr/bin/muse

Uninstall:

rm ~/.muse.conf
sudo rm /usr/bin/muse

Config

Muse can be configured. The config is stored at ~/.muse.conf. Here's all the possible options:

# A list of directory paths that 
# contain audio files to be played. The paths
# need to be absolute. Muse will recursively 
# search each directory path for audio files.
audio_directories = ["/path/to/audio_directory"]

# The order in which the audio files are played
# Can be either "Random" or "Alphabetical".
playback_order = "Random"

# Resume playback from where you left off?
resume_playback = true

# Number of seconds audio has been playing
# Used to resume playback. This is a value set
# by Muse so please don't edit this directly.
start_point = 0

Muse is granted under the MIT liscense. Contributions are welcome!