https://github.com/joeyw/vplay
Vplay is a ruby binding for libvlc for playing files.
###Ubuntu
libvlc-dev
Add the following to your bash profile, because fuck us.
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
gem install vplay
apt-get install libvlc-dev
gem install vplay
require 'vplay'
# Kick up new VLC instance and a player for it.
vlc = Vplay::VLC.new
player = Vplay::Player.new vlc
# Load the song into the vlc instance.
media = Vplay::Media.new vlc, "/path/to/awesome.mp3"
# Set the current song for the player
player.media = media
player.play # that shitCopyright (c) 2012 Joey Wendt
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