Raspberry Musicbox

MusicBox for raspberry pi, music is controlled by rfid chip reader

Musicbox uses vlc-player and spotify to play music. Player is controlled by RFID chip card.

Configuration

Music files, folders and urls are read in from config file (defaults to "./music.cfg"). ConfigParser is used to read in configuration. Structure of music configuration must look as follows:

[<RFID of card reader>]
    name = <Custom name>
    type = <file/folder/url/spotify>
    items = <url or comma-separated-list-of-files-or-folders>
    track_mode = <optional, "single" or "album", defaults to "single">

Config must hold section with RFID "DEFAULT", which played at startup.

Environment Variables

You can set following variables:

• MUSIC_LIST: Path to file to read in music items (defaults to "./music.cfg")
• MUSIC_DATA_PATH_: Path where music folders are located (defaults to "./data")

Requirements

You must install VLC player

sudo apt-get install vlc