PyRadio
Command line internet radio player.
Ben Dowling - http://www.coderholic.com/pyradio
Requirements
- python 2.6+/3.2+
- python-pip
- mpv, mplayer or vlc installed and in your path.
- socat (if you wish to use MPV)
Installation via pip
This is the simplist method for installing PyRadio.
The first thing is to make sure MPV, MPlayer or VLC are installed and are in the PATH. To check this, go in your favorite terminal and make sure thiese programs are launched when you type "mpv", "mplayer" or "cvlc".
MacOSX
MPlayer is one of the available packages provided by Homebrew.
But it is not the case of VLC. Nevertheless, pyradio will also work with the binary of the application VLC.
You simply can add a symbolic link to the executable as follows (this link must of course be in your PATH):
ln -s /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC cvlc
The second step is to use pip to install the python package:
pip install pyradio
Linux
pip install pyradio
Building from source
MaxOSX and Linux
python setup.py build
The second step is to install the build:
sudo python setup.py install
Shell commands
$ pyradio -h
usage: main.py [--help] [--stations <path>] [--random] [--add] [--list]
Console radio player
optional arguments:
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-s, --stations <path> Use specified station CSV file.
-r, --random Start and play a random station.
-a, --add Add station to list.
-l, --list List of added stations.
-d, --debug Debug mode (pyradio.log created).
To be attached with any bug report.
Controls
Up/Down/j/k/PgUp/PgDown Change station selection.
Enter Play selected station.
-/+ Change volume.
m Mute.
r Select and play a random station.
g Jump to first station.
<n>G Jump to n-th station.
Space Stop/start playing selected station.
Esc/q Quit.