Introduction
A dhun (Hindi: धुन; literally "tune") is a light instrumental piece in the Hindustani classical music of North India.
Source : Wikipedia
Dhun is a minimalist commandline music player for OS X.
It uses Spotlight to search for audio files on your computer and play them.
Quickstart
Installing Dhun
Run the following commands to install Dhun. This will download the latest gem
from http://gemcutter.org, compile the extensions and
put the binaries in the right place. You will need to have XCode installed for
the gem command to compile the native extensions.
$ gem sources -a http://gemcutter.org
$ gem install dhun
Or to install the bleeding edge, git pull from the repository and run:
$ sudo rake gem install
For notifications, you will need Growl installed along with the growlnotify tool that comes with Growl (but needs to be installed separately).
Starting Dhun
$ dhun start_server
Starting Dhun
this runs the Dhun server as a daemon by default. to not run it as a daemon:
$ dhun start_server --foreground
or $ dhun start_server -f
See dhun help start_server for more information
Querying for files
Dhun uses Spotlight to query for music files. Just specify a keyword, and Dhun will look for files matching that keyword and start playing them.
You can also query the Spotlight database before playing the files, with the
query command.
$ dhun query deadmau5
Querying: deadmau5 | 6 Results
1 : /Volumes/Storage/Music/Grand.Theft.Auto.IV-Radio.Station.Rips-AiTB/Electro-Choc/03 One + One - No Pressure (Deadmau5 Remix).mp3
2 : /Volumes/Storage/Music/Grand.Theft.Auto.IV-Radio.Station.Rips-AiTB/Electro-Choc/09 Chris Lake vs. Deadmau5 - I Thought Inside Out (Original Mix).mp3
3 : Deadmau5 - Alone With You
4 : Deadmau5 - Arguru (EDX's 5un5hine Remix)
5 : Deadmau5 - Bye Friend
6 : Deadmau5 - Clockwork
you can query based on certain filters such as artist,albums, title, genre and file.
$ dhun query --artist="Paul van Dyk" --genre=trance --file 'Paul' --title in
Querying: [nil] | artist:Paul van Dyk title:in genre:trance file:Paul
3 Results
1 : Paul van Dyk - Talk In Grey
2 : Paul van Dyk - In Circles
3 : Paul van Dyk - In Between
YOu can mix filters with regular queries as well.
$ dhun query paul --title=haunted
Querying: paul | title:haunted
1 Results
1 : Paul van Dyk - Haunted
You can also pass in multiple regular expressions too. they just need to be seperated by commas (,)
$ dhun query paul,trance
Querying: paul,trance | 13 Results
1 : Paul van Dyk - Volume (Productions)
2 : Paul van Dyk - Volume (Remixes Part 1)
3 : Paul van Dyk - Volume (Remixes Part 2)
4 : Paul van Dyk - Complicated (Feat. Ashley Tomberlin)
5 : Paul van Dyk - Haunted
6 : Paul van Dyk - White Lies (Feat. Jessica Sutta)
7 : Paul van Dyk - Sabotage
8 : Paul van Dyk - Get Back (Feat. Ashley Tomberlin)
9 : Paul van Dyk - Far Away
10 : Paul van Dyk - Another Sunday
11 : Paul van Dyk - Talk In Grey
12 : Paul van Dyk - In Circles
13 : Paul van Dyk - In Between
Now lets put it all together and go crazy.
$ dhun query 'paul van',dyk --genre=trance --title=haunted
Querying: paul van,dyk | title:haunted genre:trance
1 Results
1 : Paul van Dyk - Haunted
Playing Files
To play the files, first enqueue the songs.
$ dhun play paul,trance
this can also be done by
$ dhun enqueue paul,trance
Querying: paul,trance | 13 Results
1 : Paul van Dyk - Volume (Productions)
2 : Paul van Dyk - Volume (Remixes Part 1)
3 : Paul van Dyk - Volume (Remixes Part 2)
4 : Paul van Dyk - Complicated (Feat. Ashley Tomberlin)
5 : Paul van Dyk - Haunted
6 : Paul van Dyk - White Lies (Feat. Jessica Sutta)
7 : Paul van Dyk - Sabotage
8 : Paul van Dyk - Get Back (Feat. Ashley Tomberlin)
9 : Paul van Dyk - Far Away
10 : Paul van Dyk - Another Sunday
11 : Paul van Dyk - Talk In Grey
12 : Paul van Dyk - In Circles
13 : Paul van Dyk - In Between
Enter index to queue:
It will prompt you to enter the index of the songs you want queued.(numbers on the left side) You can enter them separated by commas(1,2,3,4) or spaces(1 2 3 4) or a single song if you like. If you leave the prompt blank and enter, it will queue ALL the resulting songs.
Enter index to queue 4 5
selected:
1 : Paul van Dyk - Complicated (Feat. Ashley Tomberlin)
2 : Paul van Dyk - Haunted
2 files queued
Once queued, the songs will begin playing. You can continue to enqueue more songs using enqueue command.
Controlling Playback
Starting Playback(needs to have songs in queue)
$ dhun play
resuming playback
Stopping playback.
$ dhun stop
Dhun has stopped
Pausing playback.
$ dhun pause
Dhun is paused at /Users/deepak/Dropbox/shared/music/Coke Studio/Jo-Meray.mp3
Resuming playback.
$ dhun resume
Dhun is playing /Users/deepak/Dropbox/shared/music/Coke Studio/Jo-Meray.mp3
Skipping to next file
$ dhun next
Dhun is playing /Users/deepak/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros/Here Comes/03 Carries On.mp3
You can use a numeric argument to specify the number of tracks to skip ahead,
like dhun next 2.
Skipping to previous file in history.
$ dhun prev
Dhun is playing /Users/deepak/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros/Here Comes/02 Janglin.mp3
You can use a numeric argument to specify the number of tracks to skip ahead,
like dhun prev 2.
Shuffling the queue
$ dhun shuffle
Queue is shuffled
Queue:
1 : Deadmau5 - I Remember (Vocal Mix)
2 : Paul van Dyk - Haunted
3 : Above & Beyond - I Am What I Am
4 : Above & Beyond - Sirens Of The Sea
5 : Paul van Dyk - Haunted
Other commands
Status
$ dhun status
Dhun is running
Currently Playing:
Deadmau5 - I Remember (Vocal Mix)
Queue:
1 : Paul van Dyk - Haunted
2 : Above & Beyond - I Am What I Am
3 : Above & Beyond - Sirens Of The Sea
History
$ dhun history
1 files in history
History:
1 : Deadmau5 - I Remember Feat Kaskade (Instrumental Mix)
Saving Playlist
$ dhun save_playlist /tmp/playlist.pls
created /tmp/playlist.plsg
Loading Playlist
$ dhun load_playlist /tmp/playlist.pls
14 files queued
loaded playlist
Stopping Dhun
This will exit the dhun server.
$ dhun stop_server
New Features
Please file an issue with a feature request, if you have one.
These things are planned someday:
- iTunes integration
Feedback
email me at deepak DOT jois AT gmail DOT com