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wisemonkey
Asked: 2012-01-04 13:45:48 +0800 CST

Are there any desktop clients for Soundcloud?

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Does anyone know a good desktop client for Soundcloud (are there any)? If not complete feature support then at least a player which can integrate and play Soundcloud account songs.

I found jamcloud, but it runs using Adobe AIR and Adobe AIR is no longer supported for Linux, furthermore if possible I want to avoid using Wine to run Adobe AIR.

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  1. You can try Tomahawk. There exists a Soundcloud Content Resolver. Tomahawk is abandoned.

    tomahawk soundcloud resolver

    tomahawk soundcloud playing track screenshot

    You could install Tomahawk from a PPA for Ubuntu.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tomahawk/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tomahawk

    Rhythmbox has also a Soundcloud plugin

    Rhythmbox with Soundcloud plugin screenshot

    For the Nuvola Player exists a feature request for soundcloud integration. You could mark the "bug" so that is affecting you.

    Soundnode - An opensource SoundCloud app for desktop

    Soundnode image

    Harmony - An opensource app for desktop, which supports Soundcloud, Spotify etc.

    Harmony image

    Cumulus - An opensource SoundCloud player that lives in your menubar.

    Cumulus image

    Auryo - An opensource SoundCloud client for your desktop.

    Auryo image

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  2. You could try fogger to create a Webapp for the unity desktop:

    http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/fogger-aims-to-bring-integrated-web-apps-to-ubuntu

    You can write userspace scripts that allow nice integration with the desktop. There's already pre-packaged scripts available for Facebook and Wunderlist. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/?s=fogger

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  3. Clementine supports Soundcloud since version 1.1 (October 2012)

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  4. Yes there is, Soundnode App now support Linux besides Mac and Windows.

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  5. There's a command line interface program written in Ruby: http://soundcli.elephly.net/

    It's able to connect to your SoundCloud account and stream your own music, playlist, favs. And, of course, you can play other's music.

    Thing is: you can't browse. You have to specify the song you want to play URL.

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  6. There is a Firefox app for Soundcloud, which partly integrate into your environment.

    It is fairly limited (no way to play your stream for the moment, no sound menu integration - it must be that it was developed for phones and features are missing on the desktop) but at least it is lightweight and you can lock it to the launcher.

    It is available on the Marketplace.

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  7. In chrome browser you can open sound cloud page, when go to options (3 wertical lines in the corner), select "More tools" > "Create application shortcut..". You will get shortcut tha opens directly sound cloud. I use it that way. Works great.

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  8. I managed to play Sountdrack tracks in VLC. I copied this SoundCloud Plugin into /.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/. Then I just pasted the URL in Media->Open Network Stream. It worked

    I haven't tried it without the plugin.

    It uses much less CPU than the browser, but when it reaches the end of the track, it just stops. I couldn't get this particular setup to load playlists. If I paste the URL for a playlist, it just plays the first song.

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