MMM-MplayerRadio

[wishmaster270]

It pushed a new development version to the repo.
You can change to it if you do the following commands:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-MplayerRadio
git checkout development
git pull

In the new version you can add “customCommand” and “customCommandArgs” to either the whole module or to every station.
You then can use any script you like to play either all stations (by passing the url to it) or a special script for each station.

Example:

		{
			module: "MMM-MplayerRadio",
			header: "Radio",
			position: "top_center",
			config: {
				customCommand: "/home/pi/doSomething.bash",
				customCommandArgs: ["one", "two", "###URL###"],
				stations: [
					{
						title: "Antenne.de",
						url: "http://www.surfmusik.de/m3u/antenne-bayern,922.m3u",
						logo: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Antenne-bayern-logo.png",
						customCommand: "/home/pi/doSomethingElse.bash",
						customCommandArgs: ["one", "###URL###", "three"],
					},
				],
			},
		},

In this example for all stations the script “/home/pi/doSomething.bash one two http://…” is called.
But “Antenne.de” uses the script “/home/pi/doSomethingElse.bash” with different args.

The only condition the customCommand-Script needs to meet is that it stays active as long as the station is running and stops the playback if it gets killed.

[electros]

@wishmaster270 Now if I put this in the config file:

{
			module: "MMM-MplayerRadio",
			header: "Radio",
			position: "top_center",
			config: {
				customCommand: "",
				customCommandArgs: ["", "", ""],
				stations: [
					{
						title: "KissFM",
						url: "",
						logo: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ro/8/86/Logo_Kiss_FM.png",
						customCommand: "/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-MplayerRadio/scripts/KissFM.sh",
						customCommandArgs: ["", "", ""],
					},
				],
			},
		},

and this in KissFM.sh

#!/bin/bash

    xmms2 stop

   xmms2 clear
  
 
xmms2 add https://live.kissfm.ro/kissfm.aacp

  xmms2 play 

it’s working when i want to start radio but nothing happens when i touch the stop button just a short flickering of your module(I use a 10" touchescreen).
Thank you.

[wishmaster270]

Hi,

as i wrote in the documentation you need to make sure that your script runs as long as the station is active and needs to stop the playback if it gets a kill signal.
Maybe i will find a short tutorial about catching the kill signal.

[wishmaster270]

If you change your script to (playRadio.bash):

#!/bin/bash
URL=$1
RUN=1
exit_script() {
        echo "Stopping playback"
        xmms2 stop
        xmms2 clear
        RUN=0
}

trap exit_script SIGINT SIGTERM

xmms2 stop
xmms2 clear
xmms2 add $URL
xmms2 play

while [ $RUN -gt 0 ]; do
        echo "Still running"
        sleep 1
done

and the config to

		{
			module: "MMM-MplayerRadio",
			header: "Radio",
			position: "top_center",
			config: {
				stations: [
					{
						title: "KissFM",
						url: "https://live.kissfm.ro/kissfm.aacp",
						logo: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ro/8/86/Logo_Kiss_FM.png",
						customCommand: "/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-MplayerRadio/scripts/playRadio.bash",
						customCommandArgs: ["###URL###"],
					},
				],
			},
		},

You can then reuse the same script for different stations only by adding the url as first parameter in the config

Edit: Added url back to the config

[electros]

@wishmaster270 it’s working now thanks.

[wishmaster270]

@electros Perfect.
I think I will check in the script into the repository so you can easy update to upcoming versions

[electros]

@wishmaster270 Thank you

[bryan_1]

@wishmaster270 Hi, I’m newbie and know almost nothing about coding. I have installed your module successfully, but what should I do to start it (without touchscreen)? It is shown on my mirror but not played. I put only one Station.
I want to start it automatically if I start my mirror.
Thanks.

[wishmaster270]

@bryan_1 Hi, currently there is no autoplay feature implemented. But I will check it the next days. Maybe it is not a big deal

[wishmaster270]

Hi,

just published an new version (0.0.3) which provides an autoplay feature. Simply add the station index you want to play to the config option “autoplay”. If you only configured one station it is 0. The station will start to play after about 1 second after the mirror started.