pisco 0.4.0

Keyboard only controller for Sonos speakers

Pisco

Pisco is a keyboard only controller for Sonos speakers. While Pisco's graphical interface displays the album art of the currently running track, you can control playback with your keyboard.

Pisco has been tested on Linux and on macOS. It is particularly well-suited for usage with small displays (e.g. Pimoroni HyperPixel 4.0 Square) and media remotes (e.g. Satechi Bluetooth Multi-Media Remote).

Setup

Proceed as follows to set up Pisco on an ordinary Linux or macOS machine:

1. Make sure you are using Python 3.7 or newer.
2. Create a virtual environment if you do not want to clutter up your default environment.
3. Install Pisco:

   pip3 install pisco
   

For a clean and minimalistic deployment on a Raspberry Pi Zero, please check the directory deployment.

Usage

When starting Pisco, you need to provide the name of the Sonos device (i.e. Sonos room) you want to control:

pisco Leseecke  # Replace 'Leseecke' by the name of your Sonos device.

You can use the option --help to find additional options:

$ pisco --help
Usage: pisco [OPTIONS] SONOS_DEVICE_NAME

  Control your Sonos device with your keyboard

Options:
  -b, --backlight DIRECTORY    sysfs directory of the backlight that should be
                               deactivated when the device is not playing
  -w, --width INTEGER RANGE    width of the Pisco window  [default: 240; x>=0]
  -h, --height INTEGER RANGE   height of the Pisco window  [default: 320;
                               x>=0]
  -r, --refresh INTEGER RANGE  time in milliseconds after which playback
                               information is updated  [default: 40; x>=1]
  --help                       Show this message and exit.

As soon as Pisco is running, you can use the following keys to control playback:

• ⏯ (or return) to pause or resume playback
• ⏹ to stop playback
• ⏮ and ⏭ (or left and right arrow) to play previous or next track
• 0️⃣ to 9️⃣ to play the top 10 tracks (or radio stations) of your Sonos favorites
• ➕ and ➖ (or up and down arrow) to raise or lower volume
• 🔇 to mute or unmute