Console beauties: LastBASH, player for last.fm
LastBASH is a console player for Last.fm. Even if it is beta version, it is quite usable. Its purpose is to offer a simple interface to Last.fm services, to allow you to listen to the streams while you are working in console.
LastBASH features the following:
- nice and usable Text User Interface
- authentication using the md5 password encryption
- retrieves the metadata of the current playing track and displays it (artist, album, track name, track duration)
- keeps a history of last played tracks
- allows you to control the Last.fm station, by issuing the love, skip and ban commands
- allows you to change the Last.fm station based on tags, group, neighbours, recommendations, similar artists, fans or by directly typing the full url
- optionally, it can run a backend player, which you can control through the same interface, or lets you choose any external player you wish (capable of playing mp3 streams)
- remote control (send commands and station changing)
- creates a html file displaying the current track information
- easy integration with web browsers
