Cmus

Gave this talk at the 3 birthday of Emacs Berlin

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1. cmus
   Matthias Günther
   

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2. cmus
   (1)
   

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3. Benefits
   customizable
   instant startup, even with
   thousands of tracks
   easy to use directory
   browser
   

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4. Browse file system
   and add tracks
   5 … go into the browse mode
   a … add selection to library
   D … remove selection from
   library
   

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5. Artist view
   1 … go into the mode
   … to see albums
   

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6. Library view
   2 … library view (sorted)
   

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7. Play commands
   (2)
   

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8. Play commands I
   b … plays next track
   z … plays previous
   c … pause, continue
   x … restart track
   p/P … change order of
   entries next/previous
   

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9. Play commands II
   +|- … increase, decrease
   sound
   C-f|C-b … page-down,page-
   up
   C-r … repeat current track
   

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10. Play commands
    statuschanges I
    m … cycle through play
    modus (all, album artist)
    M … switch modes without
    interrupting the currently-
    playing song
    r … repeat the playlist when
    ended (R in statusline)
    

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11. Play commands
    statuschanges II
    s … shuffle (S in statusline)
    C … toggle continue playing
    the next song (C in
    statusline)
    

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12. Fill queue and playlist
    y … add the selected song
    to playlist (3)
    e … mark the songs to the
    queue (4) (FIFO)
    

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13. Useful commands
    (3)
    

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14. Useful commands I
    :add ~/music … same as ‘a’
    :colorscheme … will change
    the colorscheme
    :clear … will clear the
    current list
    

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15. Useful commands II
    :save ~/music/
    playlist.lst
    :load ~/music/
    playlist.lst
    :unmark … clean the
    marked songs
    q … quit cmus
    

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16. Useful commands III
    :invert … select all tracks
    which are not marked
    :prev-view … toggle the
    last two views
    

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17. config cmus
    in ~/.config/cmus
    rc … configuration
    autosave …
    

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18. My config
    unbind -f common E
    bind common E run easytag {}
    unbind -f common +
    bind common + vol +5%
    unbind -f common -
    bind common - vol -5%
    # Vim like shortcuts to jump to the next/prev section
    unbind -f common ^N
    bind common ^N player-next
    unbind -f common ^P
    bind common ^P player-prev
    

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19. Get the cover
    ALBUM_PATH=/$(cmus-remote -Q | grep file | cut -d'/' --complement -s -f1 | rev | \
    cut -d'/' --complement -s -f1 | rev | sed -e 's/\s/\\ /g' | \
    sed -e 's/(/\\(/g' | sed -e 's/)/\\)/g')/cover.jpg
    ALBUM_NAME=$(cmus-remote -Q | grep -w 'tag album' | cut -d'~' --complement -f1 | \
    cut -d' ' --complement -s -f1 | sed -e 's/\s/-/g')
    eval notify-send -i $ALBUM_PATH $ALBUM_NAME
    And the shortcut
    unbind -f common I
    bind common I shell bash ~/.config/cmus/album.sh
    

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20. Thank you
    (4)
    

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21. Images I
    (1): https://twitter.com/
    gamesyouloved/
    status/81790750591755468
    8
    (2): https://twitter.com/
    realretroism/
    status/81755907377634508
    8
    

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22. Images II
    (3): https://twitter.com/
    gamesyouloved/
    status/81679936420721869
    4
    (4): https://twitter.com/
    gamesyouloved/
    status/81622573839122022
    4
    

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