I have finally got something playing on on my Pirate Radio, although I have to turn it off almost immediately 'cos the music is so bad! (my taste!).
Doing a bit of playing around, I was able to navigate to one of the mp3âs on my NAS, but could only play the one I clicked on. Now I need to find where I can mount the media library on the Pi so VLC can see it on boot.
Sandy, any suggestions?
Which project did you use?
So I ended up installing mopidy. I started from scratch again and used the spotify project, and installed the tuneinradio plugin, and I also installed the airplay project. Any thoughts on using tuneinradio vs vlcradio? Seems easier to me to make a playlist in mopidy for my favourite stations, and be able to search using the tuneinradio database.
Iâm not entirely sure what the default biitrate of these stations is, but then not sure it matters on a 3W speaker in monoâŚ
Seems like it takes a little longer from âplayâ to ânoiseâ than the vlcradio, but maybe that doesnât matter?
To edit the one in /etc/vlcd/default.m3u I have to do a sudo nano /etc/vlcd/default.m3u. Any other method and it wouldnât let me save the changes. Dropping a playlist on to your Sd card will work too. It disappears on first boot up though so there is no going back and editing it.
If anybody is interested in using a media keyboard with your pirate radio, it is doable, with a bit work. Use a media keyboard with your pHat Beat, can it be done? Iâm using a FLIRC USB IR receiver and an IR remote control with mine and loving the convenience. Phil âgadgetoidâ really stepped up with lots help on this one.
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Dropping a playlist on to your Sd card will work too. It disappears on first boot up though so there is no going back and editing it.[/quote]
It gets moved to the userâs home folder, so can be edited from there. From the README in the repository:
A default playlist is supplied with the project, but you can (and probably will want to) tune in your favorite stations, of course.
You can either create a playlist.m3u and drop it in your home folder (in /home/pi/.config/vlc/), or if you don't feel like logging in via ssh you may also drop the playlist.m3u in the /boot partition of your SD from another computer and the VLC daemon will copy it in place for your convenience.
Ah, OK, that explains whatâs going on nicely. Thanks for the info.
I found this really useful. Ive just built my Pirate Radio today and have added a load of stations. Really impressed with the Radio 5 Live Feed.
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I have exactly the same problem. As soon as I bother with the playlist.m3u either way, the radio refuses to restart. The only solution is to re-install the whole thing. Getting bored and memory cards will be worn out soon!
Also canât find ANY of the *.m3u files? Where are they?
Annoying
PS the radio has NEVER worked first time. The first use of the curl ****vlc radio fails. The second of third time works Ok!
PS. Does it HAVE to switch on at full volume!?
Yeah, the first time start at full volume will have you fumbling for the volume down button.
If you put a playlist.m3u file in the boot partition (the one windows can see) it will be auto copied to the correct folder and âreplaceâ the default playlist on boot up.
I have the location of the actual playlist saved in a text file on my other PC. Iâm on my laptop at the moment. Iâll post it here when I get a chance. You can edit that one adding your stations.
Mine pretty well always works first time (on the first reboot) as long as I set my internet up correctly.
DNS issues will cause the installer to fail. If your going through a proxy or firewall etc.
To edit the default playlit try this.
sudo nano /etc/vlcd/default.m3u
One thing I have done, that has made a big difference on start up, is checking the box for "wait for networkâ, in raspi-config. On occasion mine would not stream any music until I pressed a button. Or it wouldnât start up on the channel / station I had left it on. It was hit or miss. After setting the wait for network option it plays every time I boot up, and it stays on the station I left it on when I turned it offâŚ
I can insert radio stations into /home/pi/.config/vlc/. But strange:
Stream of B3 (Bayern 3) is listed twice or more
http://streams.br.de/br-klassik_2.m3u
Stream of 181fm (SRG) is listed correctly
http://listen.181fm.com/181-classical_128k.mp3
Iâve seen other reports or a station being listed more than once, I donât know why it happens though?
On my Pimoroni Pirate Radio, the command ps -ef | grep vlc
reveals the name of the playlist file: /etc/vlcd/default.m3u
Perhaps other versions of Pirate Radio are using a different playist
hence the confustion?
That same ps command also gives the --http-password for VLC's
web interface at port 8080. FYI, no userid is required when
accessing the web interface.