PiratePlayer
While there are other good software for audio playing, none of them works fully offline (mopidy) or doesn't natively support GPIO buttons (omxplayer): PiratePlayer to the rescue!
HOW-TO use
while browsing menu:
press A to scroll up
press B to scroll down
press X to select current file
press Y to go back
while playing:
press A to stop and go back to menu
press B to decrease volume
press X to play//pause
press Y to increase volume
Hardware needs
- Raspberry pi, a cheap model like the zero-w works fine
- Pimoroni's pirate-audio hat, or hack together some DIY
- (optional) 3.7v LiPo + 5v regulator or something like a LiPo shim
Install deps
Install requirements for gstreamer and hifiberry dac
then make sure you have installed:
gobject-introspection libgirepository1.0-dev libcairo2-dev
and enable GPIO SPI - check RPiconfig if not sure how
Setup dev environment
PiratePlayer runs with python >= 3.5
$ virtualenv venv
$ . venv/bin/activate
$ pip3 install --editable .
$ pirateplayer
Install as systemd service (from python module)
install pirateplayer from pip
launch install.sh