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diff --git a/get_title.py b/get_title.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import sys
+import gst
+import gobject
+
+class TagGetter:
+    def __init__(self):
+        # dictionary to hold our tag info
+        self.file_tags = {}
+        # a playbin to parse the audio file
+        self.playbin = gst.element_factory_make("playbin")
+        # we need to receive tag signals from the playbin's bus
+        self.bus = self.playbin.get_bus()
+        self.bus.enable_sync_message_emission()
+        self.bus.add_signal_watch()
+        self.bus.connect("message::tag", self.on_message_tag)
+        
+    def on_message_tag(self, bus, message):
+        """We received a tag message."""
+        taglist = message.parse_tag()
+        for key in taglist.keys():
+            self.file_tags[key] = taglist[key]
+            print key, '=', taglist[key]
+        """
+        # if we have the title tag, we can return
+        if self.file_tags.get('title', False):
+            title = self.file_tags.get('title', 'Unknown title')
+            artist = self.file_tags.get('artist', 'Unknown artist')
+            print "%s - %s" % (title, artist)
+            self.playbin.set_state(gst.STATE_NULL)
+        """
+
+    def set_uri(self, file_path):
+        # set the uri of the playbin to our audio file
+        print file_path
+        self.playbin.set_property("uri", file_path)
+        # pause the playbin, we don't really need to play
+        self.playbin.set_state(gst.STATE_P)
+
+        
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        file_name = sys.argv[1] 
+        getter = TagGetter()
+        getter.set_uri(file_name)
+
+        # create a loop to control our app
+        mainloop = gobject.MainLoop()
+        mainloop.run()
+
+    else:
+        print "select an audio file"