Install Nuvola Player in ubuntu 14.04/13.10
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Features
Own Window
With Nuvola Player you will never accidentally close web browser with playing music and window with your music is easily accessible from your dock/task bar instead of tab bar of your web browser.
Notifications
Nuvola Player shows notifications with currently playing song (Ubuntu, GNOME Fallback mode, GNOME Shell).
MPRIS interface
MPRIS interface is used by applets, plasmoids and other applications (called MPRIS clients) to control running media players. GNOME Shell Media player indicator and Ubuntu sound indicator are good examples of MPRIS clients.
Dock Manager interface
Dock Manager interface is provided by docks to facilitate extra customization of dock items. Google Music Frame adds extra menu items to control playback (play/pause, previous/next song) or exit application. Docky, Avant Window Navigator and DockBarX are well known examples of Dock Manager compliant docks.
Unity launcher integration
Nuvola Player adds extra menu items to control playback (play/pause, previous/next song) or exit application.
Multimedia keys
Nuvola Player is able to handle multimedia keys in GNOME (managed by GNOME Settings daemon) and unmanaged keys (not blocked by other applications).
Pause key binding
Nuvola Player is able to assing play/pause action to standard Pause key (usually located above the group of Home, End, Page Up, Page Down keys). This feature is designed for users without multimedia keyboard and is disabled by default. To enable it open the Preferences dialog.
Playback in background
Nuvola Player can be configured to hide the main window when close button is pressed instead of exiting to continue playback in background.
Tray Icon
Nuvola Player provides tray icon for environments without Ubuntu Sound Indicator (e.g. GNOME Shell, GNOME Fallback mode). The main window is hidden to tray icon if the close button is pressed while the music is playing.
Scrobbling to Libre.fm and Last.fm
Nuvola Player supports scrobling to Libre.fm and Last.fm.
Last.fm love and ban actions
Last.fm love and ban actions are available from the main menu (control), tray icon and Unity quick list.
Lyrics fetching
Nuvola Player can show lyrics from AZLyrics.
Install Nuvola Player in ubuntu 14.04/13.10
Open the terminal and run the following commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer