2020-12-15 00:17:03 -08:00
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title: "Simplified Raspberry Streaming"
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date: 2019-05-12T18:32:55-07:00
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draft: false
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tags: ["raspberrypi","mpd","mp3","internet-radio","ncmpcpp","playlist","m3u"]
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authors: ["trent"]
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2021-09-10 20:26:47 -07:00
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post: 11
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2020-12-15 00:17:03 -08:00
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date: 2019-05-12T18:32:55-07:00
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## **RaspberryPi is a Great MPD Appliance**
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I’m really pleased with the [RaspberryPi](https://www.raspberrypi.org/){target=_blank} as an
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[MPD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon){target=_blank} (music player daemon),
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appliance. I have it hooked up to the home surround-sound system via spdif,
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digital optical cable hat, btw, running
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[Arch Linux ARM](https://www.hifiberry.com/products/digiplus/){target=_blank}, with
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the `/` file system on a dual-thumbdrive,
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[btrfs raid1 (mirror) device](https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Using_Btrfs_with_Multiple_Devices){target=_blank}.
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It plays music around the clock, reliably, without breaking a sweat.
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And the mpd daemon is easy to remote control,
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either from the command line with [ncmpcpp](https://github.com/arybczak/ncmpcpp){target=_blank},
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or using [M.A.L.P for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gateshipone.malp&hl=en_US){target=_blank}.
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## **And/Or as an Internet Radio Streaming Client**
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The beauty of this setup it in the simplicity. All you have to do is create an plain text *m3u
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file with the address:port of the internet radio stream you want,
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and place that in `/var/lib/mpd/playlists` directory.
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You can find various internet radio lists on the internet, and many offer
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example *m3u playlist files that you can download. However, the important thing
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is that your m3u playlist file has to contain the exact streaming address,
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so if the m3u file you download points to a pls file,
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you may have to download that pls file to look for the streaming address.
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