Mopidy

Ever thought it would be great to stream your favorite spotify playlists to your stereo? Now you can with help of raspi and mopidy, a richer MPD alternative. Spotify Premium account is required to use mopidy, but you can try 30 day trial before subscribing.

For starters:

1 2	sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and then:

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wget -q -O - http://apt.mopidy.com/mopidy.gpg | sudo apt-key add - sudo wget -q -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mopidy.list http://apt.mopidy.com/mopidy.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mopidy

Above commands will add new source to your apt-get to install mopidy from.

By default, config is stored per user, edit it with:  sudo nano ~/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf . Find below explanation for distinct sections of config file:

Logging

Standard configuration will do just fine, if you know what you are doing adjust to suit your needs.

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[logging] console_format = %(levelname)-8s %(message)s debug_format = %(levelname)-8s %(asctime)s [%(process)d:%(threadName)s] %(name)s\n %(message)s debug_file = mopidy.log config_file =

Loglevels

Logging level of python modules.

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[loglevels] cherrypy = warning pykka = info

Audio

Audio output, for more options read mopidy documentation, for most appliances default alsa sink will work.

1 2	[audio] output = alsasink

Proxy

Provide hostname and credentials if you use one.

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[proxy] hostname = username = password =

Spotify

Provide your spotify username and password to log on. You can choose bitrate from 160 up to 320, raspberry won’t break a sweat streaming 320 so I recommend this one (if you are not limited by internet connection).  As I mentioned before, you need a Premium account to stream to devices other than PC client and that includes raspi.

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[spotify] enabled = true username = #spotify_username# password = #spotify_password# bitrate = 320 timeout = 10 cache_dir = $XDG_CACHE_DIR/mopidy/spotify

MPD

To use MPD clients to control mopidy enable mpd plugin. Hostname have to be set to 0.0.0.0 to control mopidy from hosts other than localhost.

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[mpd] enabled = true hostname = 0.0.0.0 port = 6600 password = max_connections = 20 connection_timeout = 60

 http

A http interface to control mopidy from browser. To enable it set enabled to true and remember to change 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0 to access from your network.

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[http] enabled = false hostname = 0.0.0.0 port = 6680 static_dir =

Stream internet broadcasts

Enable or disable streaming through specific protocols.

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[stream] enabled = true protocols = http https mms rtmp rtmps rtsp

Last.fm scrobbler

Provide your last.fm login and scrobble what you are listening to last.fm.

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[scrobbler] enabled = false username = # Must be set. password = # Must be set.

Media Player Remote Interfacing Specification (MPRIS)

Interface that lets you control mopidy through e.g. Ubuntu Sound Menu.

1 2	[mpris] enabled = false

Local music collection

Of course, of what use will mopidy be if it weren’t for playing local music?

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[local] enabled = true media_dir = /media/wd/muzyka/ playlists_dir = $XDG_DATA_DIR/mopidy/local/playlists tag_cache_file = $XDG_DATA_DIR/mopidy/local/tag_cache

Test your setup by typing  mopidy . You can now connect to mopidy and test all its features, just don’t close putty window and don’t stop mopidy. To run mopidy at boot create startup script: sudo nano /etc/init.d/mopidy

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#!/bin/bash # mopidy daemon # chkconfig: 345 20 80 # description: mopidy daemon # processname: mopidy ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides:          mopidy deamon # Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog $network # Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog $network # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop:      0 1 6 # Short-Description: Start mopidy daemon at boot time # Description:       Enable mopidy music server ### END INIT INFO   DAEMON_PATH="/usr/bin/"   DAEMON=mopidy DAEMONOPTS=""   NAME=mopidy DESC="My mopidy init script" PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME   case "$1" in start)         echo "Starting Mopidy Daemon"         start-stop-daemon --start --chuid pi --background --exec /usr/bin/mopidy \                 --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile \                 -- 2>/var/log/mopidy.log ;; stop)      echo "Stopping Mopidy Daemon"         start-stop-daemon --stop --exec /usr/bin/mopidy --pidfile $PIDFILE ;;   restart)         $0 stop         $0 start ;;   *)         echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"         exit 1 esac

Add execute rights:

1	sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/mopidy

Obligatory test:

1	sudo service mopidy start

If all works fine:

1	sudo update-rc.d mopidy enable

taken from - http://raspberry-at-home.com/mopidy-spotify-client/