Eternal Radio Player

A desktop app for the online radio station Eternal Radio. Provides the ability to listen to the live radio stream and see recently played songs.

This app is experimental, but can be used as an alternative to a web browser on systems with limited resources or where a graphical environment is not present.

Language

• Български
• English

Table of contents

• Installation
  • Windows
  • Linux / Other
• Usage
  • Windows
  • Linux / Other
• CLI arguments
• License

Installation

Windows

Install Python 3.7 or newer if you haven't already. The latest stable 64-bit version from the official website is strongly recommended over the Microsoft Store.

In case you have issues installing or running the app as a Python package later on, download the portable version from the latest release. Though this is not recommended, as it is larger and slower.

1. Open Command Prompt or PowerShell

2. Check if your Python version is correct:

   python --version
   

3. Update pip and dependencies:

   python -m pip install --upgrade pip
   python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
   

4. Install

   Note: Eternal Radio Player is installed with command-line interface by default. You can optionally install the GUI dependencies.

   For GUI installation:

   python -m pip install --upgrade eternal-radio-player[gui]
   

   For minimal (command-line only) installation:

   python -m pip install --upgrade eternal-radio-player
   

5. Update Eternal Radio Player periodically using the previous installation command

Linux / Other

1. Open a terminal

2. Install the latest stable Python version (3.7 or newer) using your distro's package manager

3. Check if your Python version is correct

   $ python3 --version
   

4. Install the PortAudio library

   On Debian-based distros (Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS, etc.):

   sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y libportaudio2
   

   On Arch-based distros (Arch, Manjaro, EndeavourOS, etc.):

   sudo pacman -Syy && sudo pacman -S portaudio
   

   If unsure, check online on how to install portaudio on your system.

5. Update pip and dependencies:

   $ python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip
   $ python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade setuptools wheel
   

6. Install

   Note: Eternal Radio Player is installed with command-line interface by default. You can optionally install the GUI dependencies.

   For GUI installation:

   $ python3 -m pip install --upgrade eternal-radio-player[gui]
   

   For minimal (command-line only) installation:

   $ python3 -m pip install --upgrade eternal-radio-player
   

7. Update Eternal Radio Player periodically using the previous installation command

Usage

Windows

1. Open Command Prompt or PowerShell

2. Run the command eternal-radio-player-gui (or eternal-radio-player to leave the shell visible for troubleshooting)

   Eternal Radio Player will launch in GUI mode by default if the required libraries are installed and available.

   If you get an error about the command not being recognized or missing, run it as a Python module instead:

   python -m eternal_radio_player
   

   If that also doesn't work, add your Python scripts directory to the system path.

3. (Optional) Create a desktop shortcut with the chosen command from step #2

   You can pin this shortcut to the start menu or task bar.

Linux / Other

1. Open a terminal

2. Run the command eternal-radio-player

   Eternal Radio Player will launch in GUI mode by default if the required libraries are installed and available.

   If you get an error about the command not being recognized or missing, run it as a Python module instead:

   $ python3 -m eternal_radio_player
   

   If that also doesn't work, add your Python scripts directory to the system path.

3. (Optional) Create a desktop shortcut with the chosen command from step #2

Note: If you have issues on Wayland, try running the app with the environment variable set QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb to force X11 mode. Example:

$ QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb eternal-radio-player

CLI arguments

License

GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. See LICENSE for more information.