(define apctl (+ 'scheme 'alsaplayer))
apctl (short for alsaplayer controller)
comprises two related projects. The first, guile-alsaplayer, is a
set of guile bindings to libalsaplayer. Essentially,
guile-alsaplayer allows a guile program to make calls to the
alsaplayer library, thereby controlling an instance of
alsaplayer.
The second project is apctl, a command line alsaplayer client
based on these bindings. It was initially just a proving ground
for guile-alsaplayer, but it has grown into a pleasant, useful
program in its own right. The direction I've taken it in has
been dictated largely by two factors: 1) My desire for a
non-intrusive/invisible sound player with a specific subset of
features, and 2) a useful tool for people who want to play their
instruments along with recordings.
Requirements
First, you'll need to install scons. scons is essentially a
replacement for make. apctl uses scons for automating its
build and installs, so unless you want to do this by hand,
you'll need this program. If you've never used scons before, I
think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Second, of course, you'll need guile. Guile is
GNU's implementation of the scheme programming language, a clean
dialect of LISP. Make sure you install the "development" version
of guile as you'll need it's headers to compile guile-alsaplayer.
Finally, you'll need libalsaplayer
installed. Actually, you'll probably want to install alsaplayer as well
as libalsaplayer; guile-alsaplayer doesn't do the actual playing (yet...?).
Getting aptcl
You can download apctl at the sourceforge download page.
20041220 - Released 0.99.76a
20040823 - Added this web page