A python script to play banshee media player(can use only terminal commands).

playBanshee.py

'''
Author : Jay Rambhia
email : [email protected]
twitter: @jayrambhia
'''
import os
import time
import threading
import sys
from multiprocessing import Process

def banshee():
	os.system('banshee --play')
	return

class do(threading.Thread):
	def __init__(self):
		threading.Thread.__init__(self)
		
	def run(self):
		try:
			command_str = str(raw_input('Command: '))
			if command_str == 'quit':
				os.system('banshee --stop')
				return
			os.system('banshee --'+command_str)
			print command_str
			self.run()
		except EOFError:
			print 'Got keyboard interrupt'
			print 'quitting'
			os.system('banshee --stop')
			return		

def main():
	
	p = Process(target = banshee)
	p.start()
	
	command = do()
	command.start()
	command.join()
	p.terminate()
	print 'terminate'
				
if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()
	

playBanshee1

'''
Author : Jay Rambhia
email : [email protected]
twitter: @jayrambhia
'''
import os
import time
import threading
import sys
from multiprocessing import Process

def banshee(playlist):
#  playlist = raw_input('playlist: ')
  os.system('banshee '+playlist+' --fullscreen')
  return

class do(threading.Thread):
	def __init__(self):
		threading.Thread.__init__(self)
		
	def run(self):
		try:
			command_str = str(raw_input('Command: '))
			if command_str == 'quit':
				os.system('banshee --stop')
				return
			os.system('banshee '+command_str)
			print command_str
			self.run()
		except EOFError:
			print 'Got keyboard interrupt'
			print 'quitting'
			os.system('banshee --stop')
			return		

def main():
	#playlist = raw_input('playlist :')
        playlist = 'playlist_name'
	p = Process(target = banshee, args=(playlist,))
	p.start()
	
	command = do()
	command.start()
	command.join()
	p.terminate()
	print 'terminate'
				
if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()
	

And now commands would be
--play
--pause
etc