Gear Player
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| Developer(s) | Zsolt Szatmári |
|---|---|
| Initial release | April, 2012 |
| Stable release | OS X 2.1.5 (released June, 2015), iOS 1.2.5 (released March, 2015) |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | Objective-C, C++ |
| Operating system | OS X,[1]iOS[2] |
| Size | 7 MB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Audio player |
| License | Commercial |
| Website |
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Gear Player is an application for OS X and more recently iOS that allows users to access Google Play Music and YouTube without having to confine themselves to a web browser[3] or having to install Flash Player, with an interface similar to iTunes.[4]
The application was created in 2012 by Zsolt Szatmári from Hungary.
It is compatible with Lion and up, and iOS 6.1 and up.
Features
Features:
- play songs added to library from Google Music All Access (a subscription to Google Music All Access is required)
- YouTube access
- gapless playback
- Last.fm scrobbling
- OS X version is capable of transmitting to a Chromecast device, and also displaying on the TV screen what's coming next
- have an editable queue
- post currently played song via Twitter or Facebook (Mountain Lion only)
- fully Retina compatible
- "Modern Dark" and "Cocoa" visual themes
- album-, artist- and genre views
- playlist support
- compatible with Rogue Amoeba's Nicecast
- Post songs to Notification Center (Mountain Lion only)
- Share Sheets (e.g. can post currently audible song via Twitter, Mountain Lion only)
- Previous, Play, and Next buttons in OS X status bar (can be turned off in settings if not desired)
- Apple keyboard Previous, Play, and Next buttons (this is achieved by installing an open-source tool called Magic Keys made by the developer to circumvent Sandbox limitations [5])
- pause playback if Mac goes to sleep
- pause/play song by pressing Space
- filter your songs
- shuffle, repeat
- 'instant mixes' and radios
- Sandbox compliant for the user's security
- full screen support
- 2-factor authentication is supported
- display album art for currently played song[1]
Reception
Gear has been generally well received by the press, citing it's easy of use and its many features.[4][6][7][8][9]
See also
References
- 1 2 Mac App Store product page
- ↑ App Store product page
- ↑ Try A Cheap Mac App That Brings Google Music To Your Ears (without browser or Flash)
- 1 2 Google Play Musique : quel client Mac choisir ?
- ↑ Magic Keys, a tool that gives exclusive access to media keys to media applications
- ↑ G-Ear – Desktop Mac-Client für Google Play Music
- ↑ The Verge - Best Mac Apps
- ↑ Mac360 - Got Google Music? Get Gear Player!
- ↑ A YouTube review by Original doBo
External links
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