musicbox

Some scripts to create a RPI musicbox with a HifiBerry DAC on Raspberry PI (especially PI Zero) with Raspbian

• 26.04.2020 - now musicbox is compatible with Raspian Buster and RPI 4b

Included software

• Spotify Connect Server: spotifyd
• Plex Audio Player: Plexamp for RPI v2.0 beta 2 - Plexamp
• Music Player Daemon (MPD) with TuneIn and Spotify Integration: mopidy
• Bluetooth Audio: bluealsa
• Zeroconf: avahi-daemon
• UPnP: upmpdcli - UPnP Audio Media Renderer based on MPD

Inspired by

THX to

• @nicokaiser for his scripts in nicokaiser/rpi-audio-receiver (Bluetooth and Spotifyd)
• @woutervanwijk and contributors for the Pi MusicBox project

Setup

• Install Raspbian Lite on a SD card
• Insert SD card into your PI (Zero), connect HDMI and a keyboard
• Power up PI (Zero)
• Login with pi / raspberry
• Configure RPI
  • sudo raspi-config
  • Password of user pi
    • 1 Change User Password
  • Networking:
    • 2 Network Options
    • WIFI: N2 Wi-fi
    • Optional Hostname: N1 Hostname
  • enable SSH:
    • 5 Interfacing Options
    • P2 SSH
  • Exit - with reboot
• Get IP
  • If your WIFI configuration is OK, the IP got by DHCP is printed some lines before the logon prompt.
  • If you don't see an IP on the boot screen, logon with pi / raspberry and type sudo ip addr list. The IP should be listed at the interface wlan0.
  • If you do not see an IP at wlan0, do the configuration of the WIFI again :)
• SSH to your PI (from Windows - Putty, or from Linux - ssh). Example below shows a Linux SSH connection. Insert your IP instead of 10.10.10.10
  • ssh [email protected]
  • Password: Password set before or raspberry
• Latest Patches / Install GIT / Reboot
  • sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y; sudo apt install -y git; sudo reboot
• SSH to PI again
• Clone this repository
  • mkdir ~/sw; cd ~/sw; git clone https://github.com/snorre-k/musicbox.git; cd
• Start the installation
  • ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/start_install.sh
  • PI gets rebootet, after installation has finished
  • You should hear a starting sound after the boot has finished

What can I do after installation?

• Use your box as Spotify device
• Connect to your box with Bluetooth and play music
• Use your box as Plex Audio Player
• Go to http://ip-of-your-device and use iris as webclient to play
  • Local Media
  • Spotify
  • TuneIn - web radio
  • local or remore radio streams
• If you have a client with Zeroconf support (AVAHI / mDNS / Bonjour), you can use http://hostname-of-pi.local
  • New Windows 10 clients support mDNS out of the box
  • Older Windows clients can install Apple iTunes or Bonjour Print Services for Windows to get Bonjour support
• Play Music using UPnP / DLNA

Single components installation

Single components can be installed by changing to the relevant subdirectory and starting ./install.sh

Additional PI config

• NTP - use DHCP supplied NTP servers: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/ntp_dhcp.sh
• VIM installation including some configuration: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/vim.sh
• Bash improvements: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/better_bash.sh
  • Colorful directory listings and grep output - ls shortcuts (ll, l, la)
  • Putty Window Title - also for root
• GPIO Shutdown/Startup on GPIO #3 and GND - OS status on definable GPIO: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/GPIO.sh
  • example schematic for LED status
• Automatic Upgrades: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/auto_upgrade.sh
• Add 2nd WIFI network configuration: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/add_second_known_hotspot.sh
  • You can add the Tethering / Personal Hotspot of your smartphone to access the musicbox with the phone. This helps a lot, when the primary WIFI is not found or available.
  • Access the BOX with http://hostname-of-pi.local on your phone

Warning

• When Plexamp (2.0) is used on a Raspberry with weak CPU, the playback stutters. Preferably don't use this on a PI with only one core. Hope this is resolved when Plexamp 2.0 leaves beta stage.
• The scripts do have only minimal error handling. If something goes wrong, most of the time the scripts do not try to solve this or stop.