Ruby Afplay
A gem to play audio from the command line using afplay. OS X only!
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'ruby_afplay'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install ruby_afplay
Usage
Create a new player instance by passing in a path to an mp3 file:
player = RubyAfplay::Player.new("demo/test.mp3")The player instance has three methods for interacting with the mp3 player:
player.play # start/resume playing (and start afplay process)
player.pause # pause playing
player.stop # stop playing (and kill afplay process)Here's a simple example of playing/pausing/stopping file from the command line:
player = RubyAfplay::Player.new("demo/test.mp3", volume: 2, time: 10, rate: 0.5)
input = nil
while input != "exit"
puts `clear`
puts <<~MENU
Enter a command to control the audio player. Options:
play | start playing audio or resume paused audio
pause | pause playing audio
stop | stop playing
exit | exit player
MENU
print "Your Command: "
input = gets.chomp
case input
when "play"
player.play
when "pause"
player.pause
when "stop"
player.stop
when "exit"
player.stop
end
end
puts "TTFN!"