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[#]: subject: (Nuvola: Desktop Music Player for Streaming Services)
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[#]: via: (https://itsfoss.com/nuvola-music-player)
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[#]: author: (Atharva Lele https://itsfoss.com/author/atharva/)
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Nuvola: Desktop Music Player for Streaming Services
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[Nuvola][1] is not like your usual music players. It’s different because it allows you to play a number of streaming services in a desktop music player.
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Nuvola provides a runtime called [Nuvola Apps Runtime][2] which runs web apps. This is why Nuvola can support a host of streaming services. Some of the major players it supports are:
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* Spotify
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* Google Play Music
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* YouTube, YouTube Music
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* [Pandora][3]
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* [SoundCloud][4]
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* and many many more.
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You can find the full list [here][1] in the Music streaming services section. Apple Music is not supported, if you were wondering.
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Why would you use a streaming music service in a different desktop player when you can run it in a web browser? The advantage with Nuvola is that it provides tight integration with many [desktop environments][5].
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Ideally it should work with all DEs, but the officially supported ones are GNOME, Unity, and Pantheon (elementary OS).
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### Features of Nuvola Music Player
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Let’s see some of the main features of the open source project Nuvola:
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* Supports a wide variety of music streaming services
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* Desktop integration with GNOME, Unity, and Pantheon.
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* Keyboard shortcuts with the ability to customize them
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* Support for keyboard’s multimedia keys (paid feature)
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* Background play with notifications
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* [GNOME Media Player][6] extension support
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* App Tray indicator
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* Dark and Light themes
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* Enable or disable features
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* Password Manager for web services
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* Remote control over internet (paid feature)
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* Available for a lot of distros ([Flatpak][7] packages)
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Complete list of features is available [here][8].
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### How to install Nuvola on Ubuntu & other Linux distributions
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Installing Nuvola consists of a few more steps than simply adding a PPA and then installing the software. Since it is based on [Flatpak][7], you have to set up Flatpak first and then you can install Nuvola.
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[Enable Flatpak Support][9]
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The steps are pretty simple. You can follow the guide [here][10] if you want to install using the GUI, however I prefer terminal commands since they’re easier and faster.
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**Warning: If already installed, remove the older version of Nuvola (Click to expand)**
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If you have ever installed Nuvola before, you need to uninstall it to avoid issues. Run these commands in the terminal to do so.
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```
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sudo apt remove nuvolaplayer*
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```
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```
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rm -rf ~/.cache/nuvolaplayer3 ~/.local/share/nuvolaplayer ~/.config/nuvolaplayer3 ~/.local/share/applications/nuvolaplayer3*
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```
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Once you have made sure that your system has Flatpak, you can install Nuvola using this command:
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```
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flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
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flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists nuvola https://dl.tiliado.eu/flatpak/nuvola.flatpakrepo
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```
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This is an optional step but I recommend you install this since the service allows you to commonly configure settings like shortcuts for each of the streaming service that you might use.
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```
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flatpak install nuvola eu.tiliado.Nuvola
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```
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Nuvola supports 29 streaming services. To get them, you need to add those services individually. You can find all the supported music services are available on this [page][10].
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For the purpose of this tutorial, I’m going to go with [YouTube Music][11].
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```
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flatpak install nuvola eu.tiliado.NuvolaAppYoutubeMusic
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```
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After this, you should have the app installed and should be able to see the icon if you search for it.
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![Nuvola App specific icons][12]
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Clicking on the icon will pop-up the first time setup. You’ll have to accept the Privacy Policy and then continue.
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![Terms and Conditions page][13]
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After accepting terms and conditions, you should launch into the web app of the respective streaming service, YouTube Music in this case.
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![YouTube Music web app running on Nuvola Runtime][14]
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In case of installation on other distributions, specific guidelines are available on the [Nuvola website][15].
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### My experience with Nuvola Music Player
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Initially I thought that it wouldn’t be too different than simply running the web app in [Firefox][16], since many desktop environments like KDE support media controls and shortcuts for media playing in Firefox.
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However, this isn’t the case with many other desktops environments and that’s where Nuvola comes in handy. Often, it’s also faster to access than loading the website on the browser.
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Once loaded, it behaves pretty much like a normal web app with the benefit of keyboard shortcuts. Speaking of shortcuts, you should check out the list of must know [Ubuntu shortcuts][17].
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![Viewing an Artist’s page][18]
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Integration with the DE comes in handy when you quickly want to change a song or play/pause your music without leaving your current application. Nuvola gives you access in GNOME notifications as well as provides an app tray icon.
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* ![Notification music controls][19]
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* ![App tray music controls][20]
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Keyboard shortcuts work well, globally as well as in-app. You get a notification when the song changes. Whether you do it yourself or it automatically switches to the next song.
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![][21]
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By default, very few keyboard shortcuts are provided. However you can enable them for almost everything you can do with the app. For example I set the song change shortcuts to Ctrl + Arrow keys as you can see in the screenshot.
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![Keyboard Shortcuts][22]
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All in all, it works pretty well and it’s fast and responsive. Definitely more so than your usual Snap app.
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**Some criticism**
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Some thing that did not please me as much was the installation size. Since it requires a browser back-end and GNOME integration it essentially installs a browser and necessary GNOME libraries for Flatpak, so that results in having to install almost 350MB in dependencies.
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After that, you install individual apps. The individual apps themselves are not heavy at all. But if you just use one streaming service, having a 300+ MB installation might not be ideal if you’re concerned about disk space.
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Nuvola also does not support local music, at least as far as I could find.
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**Conclusion**
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Hope this article helped you to know more about Nuvola Music Player and its features. If you like such different applications, why not take a look at some of the [lesser known music players for Linux][23]?
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As always, if you have any suggestions or questions, I look forward to reading your comments.
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via: https://itsfoss.com/nuvola-music-player
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作者：[Atharva Lele][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/atharva/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://nuvola.tiliado.eu/
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[2]: https://nuvola.tiliado.eu/#fn:1
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[3]: https://itsfoss.com/install-pandora-linux-client/
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[4]: https://itsfoss.com/install-soundcloud-linux/
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[5]: https://itsfoss.com/best-linux-desktop-environments/
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[6]: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/55/media-player-indicator/
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[7]: https://flatpak.org/
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[8]: http://tiliado.github.io/nuvolaplayer/documentation/4/explore.html
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[9]: https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-guide/
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[10]: https://nuvola.tiliado.eu/nuvola/ubuntu/bionic/
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[11]: https://nuvola.tiliado.eu/app/youtube_music/ubuntu/bionic/
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[12]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/nuvola_youtube_music_icon.png?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1
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[13]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/nuvola_eula.png?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1
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[14]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/nuvola_youtube_music.png?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1
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[15]: https://nuvola.tiliado.eu/index/
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[16]: https://itsfoss.com/why-firefox/
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[17]: https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-shortcuts/
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[18]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/nuvola_web_player.png?resize=800%2C449&ssl=1
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[19]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/nuvola_music_controls.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1
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[20]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/nuvola_web_player2.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1
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[21]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/nuvola_song_change_notification-e1553077619208.png?ssl=1
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[22]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/nuvola_shortcuts.png?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1
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[23]: https://itsfoss.com/lesser-known-music-players-linux/
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