Simple Music Player Module

theusu5k

i really like this module,it can’t be done a web version,to control the music player from a web page?

cowboysdude

@theusu5k That gets a lot more difficult…

You have to find an api that allows it…

broberg

@cowboysdude well, he should be able to send http get to the syslog module and then let the syslog send a notification to the player module.

But, well, it’s a long way around 😀

1m2

@theusu5k Yeah, Google Music would be a bomb widget on here.

lucallmon

Is there a way to link the music directory to a thumb drive instead of having it in the modules folder on the SD card?

broberg

@lucallmon either you change the directory in the players .js file or you link the music folder to the thumbdrive

dbaler

If you have a nas / networked storage and want to use music files from there, how would you do that?

broberg

@dbaler My higly noobish answer is Samba, and mount a network folder.

dbaler

@broberg Just change the directory in which JS file?

broberg

@dbaler If you are not using the default Music folder you could actually mount your network folder directly in that folder. No need to alter anything in the js files

Here is a easy to follow tutorial on how you mount a smb share in linux :
https://www.howtogeek.com/176471/how-to-share-files-between-windows-and-linux/

Preve

@cowboysdude Is that “show list” already available?

aro28

Hi Eof,
Do you know why mm-music-player module is not loading even i added below code to config file? I downloaded and copied mm-music-player folder to MM’s Modules folder. Do i need to do something else?

{
module: ‘mm-music-player’,
position: ‘bottom_left’,
config: {
startingVolume: 20,
fadeDuriation: 2000
}
}

Thank you!

DrCastor

Hi aro28,

I had the same problem, so I decided to take a look at why this module couldn’t be loaded.

The issues is in the Node_Helper.js given, which is mistaken. The structure is wrong. It looks like a quick adaptation of a ctrl+C/ctrl+V made from index.js, found in the node_helper folder (MM core folders).

I’m actually tweeking it a bit. I’ll give you news when i get it worked nicely.
(In fact, it seems i can now load it, but since my speaker are broke, i cant be sure it reads files… I’ll change them tomorrow)

aro28

@DrCastor
Great! Thank you for reply. I hope you will succeed.

DrCastor

Ok, found bad speakers, but at least, they allow me to test it. It works :). I’m a real noob, so some useless things may still be there. But at least, it will do the trick

Go to the node_helper.js file, and change it this way:

var Class = require("../../js/class.js");
var express = require("express");
var path = require("path");


module.exports = NodeHelper.create({

	init: function() {
		console.log("Initializing mm-music-player module helper ...");
	},

	start: function() {
		this.expressApp.get('/music', function (req, res) {
			var fs = require('fs');
			var path = require('path');

			var files = [];

			fs.readdir('modules/mm-music-player/music', (err, data) => {
				for(i = 0; i < data.length; i++){
					if(path.extname(data[i]) == ".mp3"){
						files.push(data[i]);
					}
				}
				
				res.send(files);
			});
		});
	},



	/* setExpressApp(app)
	 * Sets the express app object for this module.
	 * This allows you to host files from the created webserver.
	 *
	 * argument app Express app - The Express app object.
	 */
	setExpressApp: function(app) {
		this.expressApp = app;

		var publicPath = this.path + "/public";
		app.use("/" + this.name, express.static(publicPath));
	},

});

If luck is by your side, it will work ;)

aro28

@DrCastor said in Simple Music Player Module:

Hi,
Could you please send a full code of “node_helper.js” file?
Thanks in advance,

DrCastor

It seems that I don’t have enough priviledges for uploading a file directly in this reply, and I don’t really want to provide you a link to some uploading site, since I don’t know if it is allowed in the rules of this site. I’ll try to find a way.

Since then, just try what I told you. You juste have to cut and paste what I wrote. I’m sure you can do it, be confident in yourself ;)

aro28

@DrCastor
Manay thanks!
Resolved.

DrCastor

Happy to have helped you :). It is sad that just for a problem of syntax, the source file was never edited :$

aro28

@DrCastor

Last question.
Do you know how to write a code for a volume buttons for that player?
I know that “MMM-TouchPlayerBasic” module has that feature.