plotti/bananaphone

A board on the wall to play songs via push of a button

Bananaphone

0. What you will need

• Bananapi raspberry M2 or Normal raspberry pi
• 4 Microswitch Buttons
• 4 CD Cases
• Some female cables
• USB Cable + Charger
• Gluegun

1. Install Stuff

• Image Raspbian

  • http://wiki.banana-pi.org/Banana_Pi_BPI-M2%2B#Image_Release
  • lgoin/password: pi/bananapi

• Mopidy Music Deamon

  • https://www.mopidy.com
  • Install
    • https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/installation/raspberrypi/
    • https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/installation/debian/#debian-install

• Mopidy Python Bindings https://pypi.org/project/python-mpd2/

  • pip install python-mpd2
  • https://python-mpd2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/commands.html

2. Setup Autostart

• via .desktop Mode

  • https://developer-blog.net/raspberry-pi-autostart-von-programmen/
  • cp mopidy.desktop /home/pi/.config/autostart
  • cp music.desktop /home/pi/.config/autostart

• or via .bashrc, by adding two lines at the end:

  • screen -d -m ./run_mopidy.sh
  • sudo python test.py &

3. Copy test.py to Home

• cp test.py /home/pi/test.py

4. Configure raspberry

• sudo raspi-config
• set force 3.5mm jack (audio will always be played via jack)
• enable ssh (so you can login and tweak things without a screen)

5. Copy music over to pi

• e.g. make subfolders in /home/pi/Music/player

6. Setup Playists

• Make playlists with vlc
• cp to /home/pi/.local/share/mopidy/m3u
• see sample.m3u

7. Adjust test.py

• Adjust which playlists should be played when you press a button.
• if gpio_is_pressed(23): load_playlist_and_play("klassik",True)

Known bugs

• test.py will crash if it cannot connect to mopidy