Project talk:Festival Radio

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If you still want to use it as a normal AM/FM radio you could put one of these additionally between the amp and the Pi. --Patrick (talk) 01:23, 12 May 2019 (CEST)

Sources

Which Media Sources are you considering? Bluetooth? Spotify? Local Playback? This would most likely drive your software options (Volumio, Moodeaudio, Mopidy, etc.)--NitramLegov (talk) 21:01, 6 June 2019 (CEST)

I will probably use mostly local storage (SD card that is just shuffled by default?) and the occasional bluetooth connection. What would you think is best for that? --Lukas (talk) 11:42, 29 May 2019 (CEST)
Well, for local storage you can use anything. For the ease of setup, I would check volumio and moodeaudio. How are you planning to control the playback? Are you planning to use buttons and a display or rather your phone (which would need a WiFi hotspot, which you need to stop when using bluetooth). For bluetooth, I can give you the same script as the musicbox is using. However, you know how stable that is.. Apparently, people have been successfull with using bluetooth playback in combination with Volumio. That might be worth a shot. If this does not work, check moodeaudio, since afaik it runs on a full blown raspbian.
Long story short: Bluetooth will most likely be a challenge. --NitramLegov (talk) 11:54, 29 May 2019 (CEST)

Shutdown

Regarding the shutdown: you can of course use a custom python script (check out the CommonRoomPiSettings Repo for details) and setup a similar Button/LED solution as we have at the space. As an alternative, you can use the gpio-shutdown option that raspbian ships with (Details can be found here). What you need to check is the startup. However, since you are planning to power the pi via batteries, I would recommend to completely disconnect it from the batteries in order not to loose power due to the pis standby. That way, you will either way need some smart electronics option to provide power back to the pi (e.g. some relays or something, let´s discuss this in person/with patrick).--NitramLegov (talk) 21:01, 6 June 2019 (CEST)