Raspberry Pi – RompR (A good looking web-based music player)

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November 29, 2013 by aubreykloppers

• Before you start, first have a look at the installation steps published to get WHEEZY up and running.  The instructions can be found here.
• RompR can be found here.

Installation steps:

• apt-get install mpd mpc apache2 php5 php5-curl imagemagick libapache2-mod-php5 php5-json
• vi /etc/mpd.conf
• change music_directory and playlist_directory variables to suit your environment. (/home/ip/music and /home/pi/playlists)
• change bind_to_address to “127.0.0.1”
• service mpd restart
• extract rompr to /var/www
• chmod 777 /var/www/rompr -R
• open web server (http://<IP>/rompr)

Outstanding:

• Anonymous proxy to give you access to LAST.FM
• Look at accessing “flash-radio-streams” from tunein.com
• Look at accessing ANY flash radio strems…