https://github.com/msergo/mplayer-pi
Player app for listening web radio streams on Raspberry Pi with a bluetooth speaker
https://github.com/msergo/mplayer-pi
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Player app for listening web radio streams on Raspberry Pi with a bluetooth speaker
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/msergo/mplayer-pi
- Owner: msergo
- Created: 2020-10-27T13:33:18.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-12-11T20:05:46.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-28T22:27:57.750Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: python, rasppbery, webradio
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 2.23 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
### Player app for listening internet radio streams on Raspberry Pi Zero W with an external bluetooth speaker
### Motivation
I need a browser-accessible app to play radio streams on my bluetooth speaker.
See the blog post about this app https://msergo.github.io/2022/09/10/internet-radio-pi-zero.html
### How it works
An instance of `cvlc` is spawned using python's `subprocess.Popen` which playes the stream.
### Features
* Extremely lightweight, built with bottle.py library
* Can play "classic" streams and streams from m3u8 playlists
* Can be configured as a *systemd* service in order to start automatically
### Setting up
#### Find and pair the bluetooth speaker (tested with JBL Flip 2)
```bash
$ bluetoothctl scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller 22:11:F9:18:8C:C8 Discovering: yes
[NEW] Device D8:9C:67:B4:33:18 SOME_OTHER_DEVICE
[NEW] Device B8:08:EB:7A:AC:C3 SPEAKER_HERE
# pair the SPEAKER_HERE device
bluetoothctl pair "B8:08:EB:7A:AC:C3"
bluetoothctl trust "B8:08:EB:7A:AC:C3"
```
#### Install PulseAudio Bluetooth profile loader
```bash
$ sudo apt install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
# add pi user to bluetooth group
$ sudo usermod -a -G bluetooth pi
```
#### Install bluez-alsa
```bash
$ sudo apt install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
$ sudo apt-get install bluealsa
$ vi ~/.asoundrc
# add the default config
defaults.bluealsa.service "org.bluealsa"
defaults.bluealsa.device "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX" # MAC of the speaker
defaults.bluealsa.profile "a2dp"
defaults.bluealsa.delay 10000
```
#### Install player and verify that sound works
```bash
$ sudo apt install cvlc
cvlc -A alsa --alsa-audio-device bluealsa file_example.wav
```
#### Run the app
NB!: tested with python version 3.8
```bash
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.8 env
. env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py
```
NB! You might need to adjust the `VOLUME_LEVEL_COMMAND` in the `.env` file in order to match your BT device name.
#### Configuring as a systemd service
##### 1. Create file /etc/systemd/system/mplayer-pi.service
```
[Unit]
Description=mplayer-pi service
[Service]
User=pi
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/mplayer-pi
ExecStart=/path/to/mplayer-pi/env/bin/python3 -m main
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
##### 2. Enable service
```bash
systemctl enable mplayer-pi.service
```
##### 3. Start service
```bash
systemctl start mplayer-pi.service
```
### Images credits:
* google.com
* radio station web portals
* soma.fm