Go-musicbot is an IRC bot which responds which is built around downloading youtube videos, converting them to the MP3 format (using youtube-dl) and adding these MP3's to an MPD stream. It also supports basic functionality for MPD.

• Download youtube videos. A log is kept of all already downloaded files
• Control Next, NowPlaying and UpdateDB functionality for MPD
• Display a link to the associated radio stream
• Maintain a rating for a song.
• Remove song when rating drops to 0
• Downloading of the complete playlist
• Ability to request songs. Requests are placed in a queue.
• Web UI with similar functionality exposed as the irc bot
• Selective enabling of various functionality

Downloading a new link:

<@r3boot> !dj+ DBHipNYuAZk
< IrcBot> DBHipNYuAZk added to download queue

Downloading a playlist:

<@r3boot> !djlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkENy3t_fgQ&list=RDGMEMYH9CUrFO7CfLJpaD7U
< IrcBot> Added playlist to download queue

Press play on mpd

<@r3boot> !start
< IrcBot> Now playing: Mark Instinct - Bad Seed [HQ] [DOWNLOAD]-SYbGij3o0ec.mp3

Displaying current song:

<@r3boot> !np
< IrcBot> Now playing: Fear Factory - T-1000 (H-K) (duration: 4m34s; rating: 5/10)

Switching to next song:

<@r3boot> !next
< IrcBot> Now playing: Massive Attack - Special Cases (duration: 5m16s; rating: 5/10)

Displaying the URL for the radio:

<@r3boot> !radio
< IrcBot> Fed up with the youtube links of berm? Listen to http://radio.as65342.net:8000/2600nl.ogg.m3u

Increase the rating for the currently playing song

<@r3boot> !tune
< IrcBot> Rating for Dioxyde - Torschlüsspanik-_DhqHr6IY78.mp3 is 7/10 .. Party on!!!!

Decrease the rating for the currently playing song

<@r3boot> !boo
< IrcBot> Rating for Nirvana - Rape Me (Legendado)-n8aJG1f815Q.mp3 is 4/10 .. BOOO!!!!

Search for a song and play it if found

<@r3boot> !request hardcore vibes
< IrcBot> Added Dune - Hardcore Vibes to the queue

Show the current play queue

<@r3boot> !queue
< IrcBot> Current queue:
< IrcBot> 0) NOFX - Franco Un-American (Official Video)

Show help

<@r3boot> !help
< IrcBot> Available commands: dj+ <yt vid id>, djlist <yt list id>, request <query>, query, np, next, tune, boo, start, radio

First, fetch the code

go get -v github.com/r3boot/go-musicbot

Then, navigate to the repo and build & install the bot

cd ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/r3boot/go-musicbot
make && sudo make install

Please see /etc/musicbot.yaml once the bot has been installed. In this file you will need to configure your IRC and MPD details. To connect the bot to multiple networks / channels, copy the configuration file to a new name and edit the configuration. Next run multiple instances of this bot.

To run the bot, enter the following command (as a non-root user):

/usr/local/bin/musicbot -f /etc/musicbot.yaml

Every song can have a rating of 1..10. The default rating is 5. As soon as the rating of a song drops below 1, it will be removed from the playlist.