ViTunes is a Full Featured Command Line iTunes Player
If you just want a basic command line mp3 player, you could use afplay, but if that’s not enough for you, install ViTunes. The little VIM plugin gives you full access to iTunes directly from the command line text editor VIM, but don’t be fooled into thinking it’s just a boring old music player, it actually has some nice features, including:
- Keyboard-only based controls
- Control iTunes from another computer via SSH
- Let multiple users access and control iTunes from SSH
- Controlling iTunes without ever leaving VIM
- Navigate your music, manage playlists, copy tracks, control volume, all from Vim
- Accessible through a linux client too
Installing ViTunes is easy, but first you’ll need to make sure you have Ruby 1.8.6 or higher installed, Mac OS X 10.6 or later, and Vim 7.2 or greater, then it’s just a matter of launching the Terminal and installing the plugin (it goes into ~/.vim/plugin/ if you’re wondering):