anras5 / MusicStreamer

Listen to music with your friends

Music Streamer

How to run:

Server

cd server
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
./server <port>

Client

To run the client open its CMakeLists.txt in Qt Creator and run it. Make sure to have Qt 5 or 6 with Network package installed on your computer.
For playing music the client uses library irrKlang which uses ALSA to play sounds.

Play

You can check if the music will play as expected (to check if you have ALSA) in the client application by first trying the play application. To build and run this app:

cd play
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
./play

What can I do in this app

• Client can connect to the server by providing host address and port and clicking Connect
• Client can upload new .wav file to the server by using Add new song
• Client can see what songs available on the server to play by clicking Refresh button
• Client can add song from available songs to the end of the queue by clicking Add song to queue and choosing a song
• Client can start the queue by clicking Start queue button. Music will start streaming to all clients.
• Client can Start and Pause music. Every client will also see (or actually hear) results of this.
• Client can Skip to another song.
• Client can Swap to songs in the queue.

GUI

Short video of how does the project work

Built using

• C/C++
• Qt
• BSD sockets
• irrKlang