raphson-music-headless 1.3.0

Headless music player server for the Raphson music player

Headless playback server for Raphson Music

Client for the Raphson Music server that can be controlled remotely via a simple web interface or Home Assistant.

Installation

Debian

Add this repository to your system: https://deb.rkslot.nl/

Then run apt install raphson-music-headless

pipx

pipx install raphson-music-headless[mpv]

or

pipx install raphson-music-headless[vlc]

Run: raphson-music-headless

git

Install the dependencies python3-aiohttp and python3-mpv using your distribution's package manager or using pip in a venv.

Install music-client-python in a venv.

git clone https://codeberg.org/raphson/music-headless
cd music-headless
python3 -m raphson_music_headless

Usage

1. Create a config.json file with credentials (see config.json.example).
2. Run raphson-music-headless --config config.json

By default, the program looks for a configuration file at /etc/raphson-music-headless.json.

See config.md for a list of options.

Players

Either MPV or VLC can be used as audio player backend. Respectively, python-mpv or python-vlc should be installed. Configure player accordingly in config.json.

API

See API.md

Temporary files (VLC backend only)

The server writes music to temporary files so VLC can access them. On Linux, the /tmp directory is used for this purpose. It is strongly recommended to mount tmpfs on /tmp to avoid unnecessary writes to your disk, especially when using a Raspberry Pi with sd card.

Check if it is the case by running mount | grep /tmp. It should show something like: tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs ...

Cache size

The cache_size setting determines the number of cached tracks for each playlist. These tracks are kept in memory, consuming roughly 3 - 6MB per track including cover image. Say cache_size is set to 4 and you use a maximum of 10 playlists, you will need around 200MiB of memory.

Bugs

When playing mono audio (like news), sound may only be played on the left channel. This appears to be an issue with PipeWire.