Grooveshark support?

yeah, it may be possible, I can take some code from GrooveNotify, but it will be difficult for me to test it if the desktop app is only for premium users

I don't mind footing the bill for a premium account I believe it's currently about $3.00 (US) for a months access =]

I'm just happy your considering supporting it xD

well, this days I am changing a little bit the way CG interacts with
plugins, so I'll wait to finish this, before doing a new plugin
just made some research, GS track info and controls (play, next, etc.) is
made using 2 plain text files, so I can easily mimic GS behavior without
actually having the desktop app, after that you can test it (if you want)

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> I don't mind footing the bill for a premium account I believe it's
> currently about $3.00 (US) for a months access =]
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Yep that sounds good =]

ok, you can make some testing if you want
install cg from this branch
https://code.launchpad.net/~cahr-gr/covergloobus/ui
use this commands:
$ bzr branch lp:~cahr-gr/covergloobus/ui
$ cd ui
$ ./autogen.sh
$ make
$ sudo make install

then run from terminal
$ covergloobus
and if you see some strange messages, exceptions, etc., post them here
and tell me if it works well, title/album/artist/state info and play/pause/next/previous controls should work

use this branch only for testing Grooveshark, its not stable

Hi just installed it per your instructions and apon launch I get:
[code]
[DEBUG] Prefix: /usr/
[DEBUG] ABS_PATH: /usr/share/covergloobus
[DEBUG] Initializing dbus
[WARNING] Using default Configuration
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr//share/covergloobus/covergloobus.py", line 354, in <module>
    sys.exit(common.cg.main())
  File "/usr//share/covergloobus/covergloobus.py", line 98, in main
    self.config = common.config_load()
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/common.py", line 82, in config_load
    + conf.get ("StartPosition",'y'))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 531, in get
    raise NoSectionError(section)
ConfigParser.NoSectionError: No section: 'StartPosition'
[/code]

I'm running Linux Mint 9 (Ubuntu 10.4)

Please ignore the [code][/code] tags...

ok, thank you
its not grooveshark plugin related, missed it cause I've ebeen using an old
config file
i've pushed the fix, tested without a config file and seems to be ok, try it
again please

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Hi it runs now however I can't see an option in the player drop down list for Grooveshark (have I missed something?)

also this displays in the terminal :

[INFO] UI: Theme: BadChoice
/usr//share/covergloobus/covergloobus.py:218: Warning: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
  self._menu = gtk.Menu()
/usr//share/covergloobus/covergloobus.py:218: Warning: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
  self._menu = gtk.Menu()

ah, sorry for that, I've forgot to include Grooveshark plugin to the
Makefile, fixed that

the errors: I don'k now what's that, but it's not CG bug, I think something
wrong with your version of pygtk and/or gtk. When you right click CG, menu
appears?

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> Question #118922 on CoverGloobus changed:
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> Hi it runs now however I can't see an option in the player drop down
> list for Grooveshark (have I missed something?)
>
> also this displays in the terminal :
>
> [INFO] UI: Theme: BadChoice
> /usr//share/covergloobus/covergloobus.py:218: Warning: invalid (NULL)
> pointer instance
> self._menu = gtk.Menu()
> /usr//share/covergloobus/covergloobus.py:218: Warning:
> g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
> self._menu = gtk.Menu()
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Okay, the song information is okay and displays correctly however the album art only works if I select the option to download it from amazon and when it didn't find any I get this:

[DEBUG] Amazon cover downloader started
[DEBUG] Amazon url: http://www.albumart.org/index.php?srchkey=outkast+sumthin%20for%20the%20radio%20%28mixed%20by%20dj%20big%20mike%29&searchindex=Music
[WARNING] Cover not found on Amazon
[WARNING] Unable to download cover from Last.fm
[WARNING] Unable to obtain Discogs artist data
Exception in thread Thread-3:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/threading.py", line 532, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/coversearch.py", line 186, in run
    ext = self.engines[name].get_cover(self.artist, self.album, fp)
  File "/usr/share/covergloobus/covers/Discogs.py", line 35, in get_cover
    for id in releases:
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

Also the play/pause and the next/previous buttons don't work

Other then that everything works well as far as I can =]

yeah, I also have noticed Discogs downloader problem,will fix that later

Do you have "Enable Global Keyboard Shortcuts" enabled in Grooveshark ?
as said here
http://grooveshark.wikia.com/wiki/External_Player_Control_API_Docs
there is also an "External Player Control" setting

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That would of been the problem =]

Works brilliantly! ^^

so is there an eta on this type of thing getting built into the stable build?

I'm glad it works well

there are some things to finish, I think in a couple of weeks I'll ask Jordi
to merge it into trunk, depends how much free time I'll have

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> Status: Answered => Solved
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> Carl Bullock confirmed that the question is solved:
> That would of been the problem =]
>
> Works brilliantly! ^^
>
> so is there an eta on this type of thing getting built into the stable
> build?
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