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My main issue with Google Play Music is that they don't have a desktop app. I wouldn't even care if their desktop app was a wrapper around their HTML player. I

My main issue with Google Play Music is that they don't have a desktop app. I wouldn't even care if their desktop app was a wrapper around their HTML player. I just want keyboard music controls from my desktop and the ability to Cmd+Tab to the music app instead of hunting down the browser tab. Without a desktop app, using Google Play Music is disruptive to my workflow.

rsanheim 11y ago
Have you looked at Radiant Player? http://www.sajidanwar.me/radiant-player-mac/ http://www.sajidanwar.me/radiant-player-mac/
- rhodysurf 11y ago
  I tried this for a while and it was slow and crashed pretty much every time I used it. Sucks because it was exactly what I needed.
  - piquadrat 11y ago
    When did you try it the last time? I never had stability issues with recent versions. Sometimes (very seldom) it ends up eating 100% CPU, but restarting it fixes that.
  - kbhomes 11y ago
    Creator of Radiant Player here. Performance and memory issues were a problem in the past and unfortunately have resurfaced in the latest release (1.4.0), but I am looking into them!
    - rhodysurf 11y ago
      Thanks! I really want to use it so Ill be looking out for future releases
    - zer0zzz 11y ago
      Hi there, do you know what's up with HTML5 audio lately?
- sondh 11y ago
  Very nice app but I uninstalled after awhile because I want to get rid of Adobe Flash Player. It (the Adobe software, not Radiant Player) kept asking me to update itself...
thrownaway2424 11y ago
http://fluidapp.com/ http://fluidapp.com/ ?
jlebar 11y ago
I'm pretty sure the Google Play Music web app can respond to media keys, at least in Chrome. Here's someone describing how to disable it: http://www.omgchrome.com/chrome-google-music-media-keys/ http://www.omgchrome.com/chrome-google-music-media-keys/
Roritharr 11y ago
On Windows I use Outcold Player. Pretty good Software that seems just limited by Googles non-official API.
- Roritharr 11y ago
  It seems they are going out of business soon as the Auth API they based their business on is getting deprecated. :/ its moments like these where i hate how the web turned out.
- deleted 11y ago
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- slantyyz 11y ago
  There's also Client For Google Music (Metro app). I am pretty sure it was free when I got it, but it looks like they're charging $8 now. That it is a Metro app can be a plus or minus. If you want it in a window, you'll have to wait for Win10 or use something like DisplayFusion. http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/client-for-google-music/32edd5c9-0b80-4c32-b372-d3fd8ce508d8 http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/client-for-googl...
jakebasile 11y ago
You can use the Google Play Music Chrome extension[1] to fix that. [1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-play-music/fahmaaghhglfmonjliepjlchgpgfmobi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-play-music/...
- ender7 11y ago
  Yep. It has other features that I never use, but the media key functionality is great.
- mrinterweb 11y ago
  I remember using that extension a while ago, and I forget why I found it lacking. It seems to work pretty well now. Thanks for the reminder.
jon7 11y ago
The best solution that I've found is Bearded Spice (http://beardedspice.com/ http://beardedspice.com/) which works with most web music players.
nathcd 11y ago
You can make any website a webwrapper "desktop app" using Chrome/Chromium's "Create application shortcuts..." in its More Tools menu. It just opens the website without any browser chrome, and prompts you to create a desktop shortcut for it. For a while, this was what Slack was recommending to Windows users for a "native" application, and it is still what they recommend to Linux users (see the bottom of the page here: https://slack.com/getting-started https://slack.com/getting-started). https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95710?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95710?hl=en
- Kudos 11y ago
  That feature is not in Mac Chrome, and it does not help with listening offline.
SubFuze 11y ago
I use Gear Player which works quite well: http://www.gearmusicplayer.com/ http://www.gearmusicplayer.com/
bradyo 11y ago
On Linux, check out Nuvola player (https://github.com/tiliado/nuvolaplayer https://github.com/tiliado/nuvolaplayer) - it basically wraps the web UI and provides integration with global media keys / shortcuts and the underlying sound menu (in Ubuntu). As a plus, it integrates with other cloud music streaming services too. There's also Tomahawk (https://www.tomahawk-player.org/ https://www.tomahawk-player.org/) but I found it a bit too buggy, and unable to canonicalize songs across the streaming music providers.

rsanheim 11y ago

Have you looked at Radiant Player? http://www.sajidanwar.me/radiant-player-mac/ http://www.sajidanwar.me/radiant-player-mac/

rhodysurf 11y ago
I tried this for a while and it was slow and crashed pretty much every time I used it. Sucks because it was exactly what I needed.
- piquadrat 11y ago
  When did you try it the last time? I never had stability issues with recent versions. Sometimes (very seldom) it ends up eating 100% CPU, but restarting it fixes that.
- kbhomes 11y ago
  Creator of Radiant Player here. Performance and memory issues were a problem in the past and unfortunately have resurfaced in the latest release (1.4.0), but I am looking into them!
  - rhodysurf 11y ago
    Thanks! I really want to use it so Ill be looking out for future releases
  - zer0zzz 11y ago
    Hi there, do you know what's up with HTML5 audio lately?
sondh 11y ago
Very nice app but I uninstalled after awhile because I want to get rid of Adobe Flash Player. It (the Adobe software, not Radiant Player) kept asking me to update itself...

thrownaway2424 11y ago

http://fluidapp.com/ http://fluidapp.com/ ?

jlebar 11y ago

I'm pretty sure the Google Play Music web app can respond to media keys, at least in Chrome. Here's someone describing how to disable it: http://www.omgchrome.com/chrome-google-music-media-keys/ http://www.omgchrome.com/chrome-google-music-media-keys/

Roritharr 11y ago

On Windows I use Outcold Player. Pretty good Software that seems just limited by Googles non-official API.

Roritharr 11y ago
It seems they are going out of business soon as the Auth API they based their business on is getting deprecated. :/ its moments like these where i hate how the web turned out.
deleted 11y ago
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slantyyz 11y ago
There's also Client For Google Music (Metro app). I am pretty sure it was free when I got it, but it looks like they're charging $8 now. That it is a Metro app can be a plus or minus. If you want it in a window, you'll have to wait for Win10 or use something like DisplayFusion. http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/client-for-google-music/32edd5c9-0b80-4c32-b372-d3fd8ce508d8 http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/client-for-googl...

jakebasile 11y ago

You can use the Google Play Music Chrome extension[1] to fix that. [1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-play-music/fahmaaghhglfmonjliepjlchgpgfmobi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-play-music/...

ender7 11y ago
Yep. It has other features that I never use, but the media key functionality is great.
mrinterweb 11y ago
I remember using that extension a while ago, and I forget why I found it lacking. It seems to work pretty well now. Thanks for the reminder.

jon7 11y ago

The best solution that I've found is Bearded Spice (http://beardedspice.com/ http://beardedspice.com/) which works with most web music players.

nathcd 11y ago

You can make any website a webwrapper "desktop app" using Chrome/Chromium's "Create application shortcuts..." in its More Tools menu. It just opens the website without any browser chrome, and prompts you to create a desktop shortcut for it. For a while, this was what Slack was recommending to Windows users for a "native" application, and it is still what they recommend to Linux users (see the bottom of the page here: https://slack.com/getting-started https://slack.com/getting-started). https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95710?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95710?hl=en

Kudos 11y ago
That feature is not in Mac Chrome, and it does not help with listening offline.

SubFuze 11y ago

I use Gear Player which works quite well: http://www.gearmusicplayer.com/ http://www.gearmusicplayer.com/

bradyo 11y ago

On Linux, check out Nuvola player (https://github.com/tiliado/nuvolaplayer https://github.com/tiliado/nuvolaplayer) - it basically wraps the web UI and provides integration with global media keys / shortcuts and the underlying sound menu (in Ubuntu). As a plus, it integrates with other cloud music streaming services too. There's also Tomahawk (https://www.tomahawk-player.org/ https://www.tomahawk-player.org/) but I found it a bit too buggy, and unable to canonicalize songs across the streaming music providers.