cli-music-stream

This script takes a list of streaming urls and allows you to play them in the background from the cli. Included in this repo is a simple lua script that can be added to the mpv config directory to allow a notification with the stream and song info.

Usage

./music_stream.sh play <stream>

Other agruments are stop, next, and prev.

next and prev cycle through the stations.

How to add/change available streams

There are many ways to find stream URLs. An easy way is to simply visit the radio-browser.info website. Here you can find a community supported database of different online music streams.

When you first run the script, it will create a stream.json file in your .config directory in your HOME. This json file will contain a variety of initial streams:

}
  "streams": {
    "WAJI": "https://ice64.securenetsystems.net/WAJI?playSessionID=8882F088-FBC7-F008-2C64ACB2C771047E",
    "Wayne": "https://prod-54-90-118-66.amperwave.net/adamsradio-wwfwfmaac-ibc1?",
    "80s80s": "http://streams.80s80s.de/web/mp3-192/streams.80s80s.de/",
    "90s90s": "http://streams.90s90s.de/grunge/mp3-192/streams.90s90s.de/",
    "Bluegrass": "https://ice24.securenetsystems.net/WAMU",
    "Country": "http://185.33.21.112/ccountry_mobile_mp3",
    "Numetal": "http://stream.revma.ihrhls.com/zc9483",
    "Oldies": "http://46.105.122.141:9676/;",
    "Vinyl": "https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/classic"
  },
  "lastplayed": "80s80s"
}

Afterwards you can add more streams by using add <stream> <url>. If a stream stops working because the url changed, you can use update <stream> <url> to update. To remove a stream just use remove <stream>, and it'll will remove the stream.

Example:

Let's say you find a radio stream called WALM - Old Time Radio at https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/otr. You will add it like such: ./music_stream add OTR https://icecast.walmradio.com:8443/otr. And now you can play the stream by typing ./music_stream.sh play OTR into the command line.

NOTE: The stream names can not contain spaces.

Other ways to use this script

I'm calling this script with hotkeys. By pressing a keycombo I can play and stop the stream and hop to the next or previous stream in the list. Then, I added these keycombos to a cheap mini keypad, and I use this to control my music at a push of a button.

Requirements

mpv - music player