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https://github.com/luckydonald/phythm

Listen to music at the right speed- Your rythm. Phythm.
https://github.com/luckydonald/phythm

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Listen to music at the right speed- Your rythm. Phythm.

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Phythm

======



Listen to music at the right speed. Your speed. Your rythm. **Phythm**.



Phythm is a Python programm to play matching music files (they need to be tagged with a BPM) depending on your current BPM.

Designed for the Raspberry Pi, you can connect any sensor (with on or off state) to the configured port to messure a pulse, your steps, or how fast you swing the paddels of your bike.



With attatching an WLAN dongle, you can also use the mobile interface, to see your speed, what's playing (ID3, cover art etc.), and what will be next.



Installation

---------------



  - Go home

	* $ `cd ~` (But you can use any directory you have write privileges on)

	* $ `mkdir Phythm`

	* $ `cd Phythm`



	- pip (python package installation)

		* $ `sudo apt-get install -y python-dev`

		* $ `curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py`

		* $ `sudo python distribute_setup.py`

		* $ `curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py`

		* $ `sudo python get-pip.py

		* $ `rm *` (Remove that downloaded files, we wont need them anymore.)

		

	- eyeD3 library (Reads the ID3 tags)

		* $ `sudo pip install eyeD3` 

		* If that fails try instead

		* $ `sudo pip install eyeD3 --allow-external eyeD3 --allow-unverified eyeD3`

		* This enables the download from the external developers homepage (http://eyed3.nicfit.net/)

		

	- mutagen (cover art)

		* $ `sudo pip install mutagen` 



		

  - moc player

  	* $ `sudo apt-get install alsa-utils` (Audio driver)

  	* $ `sudo apt-get install -y moc`

  	* $ `sudo pip install moc`

		You can try out moc as player by launching it with __$__ `mocp`

		To exit the client press `q`, with `Q` you will shutdown the moc server.

			

1. **Download Phythm source.**

	* $ `cd ..`

	* $ `git clone https://github.com/Phythm/Phythm.git`

	

	

2. **Configure**

	* Run `Phythm.py` once to write the default configuration, and edit it.

	* $ `cd Phythm`

	* $ `python Phythm.py`

	* $ `nano config.json`

	

	* Now edit the settings, especially the GPIO Port, and the music directory might need attantion.

	* e.g. `"GPIO": 25,`

	* e.g. `"music_path": "/home/pi/music/"`.

	* Note that the music path has to be absolute, or relative to this directory. `~/music/` does not work!

	

3. **Scan for Music**

	* Get your music on your Pi. I use Cyberduck with sftp (SSH) upload, but you may use other software or scp.

	* Now scan the music folder.

	* $ `python Phythm.py`

	* If you changed the music, you have to run it again to appear in Phythm.



4. **Run It**

	* Now, if it found music you can start up the server.

	* Fire up the Moc server, using the root user, so our script can access.

	* $ `sudo mocp -S`

	* You need root to set portnumbers smaller then 100 and to access the GPIOs.

	* $ `sudo python server.py`

	* 

5. **Troubleshooting**

	* If your console get fooded with errors, ending with something like this:

	``` shell

	Exception: attempting to use libmagic on multiple threads will end in SEGV.  Prefer to use the module functions from_file or from_buffer, or carefully manage direct use of the Magic class

	----------------------------------------

	```

	then eyeD3 is still broken, you have to compile it from source. This is much to do, but not really complex.

	* $ `sudo pip uninstall -y eyeD3`

	* $ `mkdir eyeD3_temp`

	* $ `cd eyeD3_temp`

	* $ `sudo apt-get install -y mercurial`

	* $ `hg clone https://bitbucket.org/nicfit/eyed3`

	* $ `cd eyed3`

	* $ `sudo python setup.py install`

	* $ `cd ../..`

	* $ `sudo rm eyeD3_temp/ -R -f` We don't need it, it is installed.

	* Now retry `sudo python server.py`.

	



7. Install parts which will (now: never) be needed in future versions

	* $ `cd Phythm`

	* $ `mkdir temp`	

	* $ `cd temp`	

	* $ `git clone https://github.com/rockymeza/wifi.git`

	* $ `cd wifi`	

	* $ `sudo python setup.py install`	

	* $ `cd ../..`	

	* $ `rm temp -R`

	* $ `sudo apt-get install python-dev`

	* ???



8. **Set Up bluetooth**

	* $ `sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez-utils`

	* edit `/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf`

	``` ini

	[General]

	Enable=Source,Sink,Media,Socket,Control

	```

	* now set your headset in pairing mode, and find it using $ `hcitool scan`

	* 

	* edit `/etc/asound.conf`

	*  Now I am tired of writing this.

	* (see https://kernelschmelze.de/blog/2013/08/15/raspberry-pi-als-bluetooth-audioschleuder/ )

	 

9. **MPC**

	* $ `git clone git://github.com/Mic92/python-mpd2.git`

	* $ `cd python-mdp2`

	* $ `sudo python setup.py install`

	*  ~~ And I stopped writing it down...