About gSharkDown

gSharkDown is a easy to use Gtk-based desktop application for the Linux operating system, developed to play and download music from the grooveshark webservice. It is well integrated in the GNOME desktop and is build on top of the groove.py library from the groove-dl application from jacktheripper51 hosted @ github.

gSharkDown is licensed under the GNU General Public License v.3

Features

• Simple and clean GUI design
• grooveshark-like playlist with coverart thumbnails
• Playlist that is possible to be saved and loaded later, so the user can have many playlists
• Full featured player
• Download manager
• Last.fm integration
• GNOME Desktop integration
• Lyrics search in two different databases
• Multimedia keys support
• Multilingual interface

Dependencies

• pygtk2 (python-gtk2 == 2.18)
• ConfigObj (python-configobj)
• python-gobject
• python-gstreamer0.10
• pycurl (since gsd version 0.4)
• pynotofy (python-notify)
• pylast (for the Last.FM scrobbling)
• xdg-user-dirs
• python-appindicator (>= 0.0.19)

Legal notes

This application is not meant to be used as replacement of grooveshark. The downloaded mp3 files may be illegal in some countries, so please check that low question for your country. We (the developers of gSharkDown) are not resposible for any violations this script does to Grooveshark's TOS. It is a proof of a concept that such player can exist for the desktop.

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