About
Pre-reqs
Setup and Install
To-do
## About:
This project is a collection of linux based internet radio's I'm spreading throughout various rooms in our house (kitchen, living room, and basement), that are completely controllable via a web interface. For the most part each project will be similar, but with with a different UX built using node.js. The Zenith Radio is the initial project and it supports streaming with Shairport and two internet radio stations (KEXP and NPR).
## Pre-reqs:
* [Avahi](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/avahi#Hostname_resolution) - For Hostname resolution.
* [Shairport](https://github.com/abrasive/shairport) - See project repo for more details.
* [MPD](http://www.musicpd.org/) and [MPC](http://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/) - Music player daemon and client.
* [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) - If you're running an ARM based processor and using Debian-based distro (yes, you Pi user), install the latest by running the following:
```shell
wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb
node -v
```
## Setup:
Each project is setup with a unique hostname for the radio (look for the io.connect call in index.html). For instance, my Zenith radio is set for the hostname of 'zenithradio'.
The server is set up to call shell scripts with individual playlists for each "station". Creating these playlists is as simple as:
sudo mpc clear
sudo mpc add http://live-mp3-128.kexp.org:8000/
sudo mpc save kexp
and
sudo mpc clear
sudo mpc add http://shoutcast.kuow.org:8002/
sudo mpc save npr
CD into the desired radio subfolder and then run the Node Package Manager to install the required packages (defined in package.json). For example:
cd zenith
npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/
npm install -d
Now open up a browser to the appropriate site (for example http://zenithradio.local:8080). On iOS I save the pages to the homescreen for quick access.
## To-do:
* Design a better looking vol indicator.
* Implement the other radios.