musicbox

Some scripts to create a RPI musicbox with a HifiBerry DAC on Raspberry PI (especially PI Zero) with Raspbian

Included software

THX to

@nicokaiser for his scripts in nicokaiser/rpi-audio-receiver (Bluetooth and Spotifyd)
@woutervanwijk and contributors for the Pi MusicBox project

Install Raspbian Lite on a SD card
Insert SD card into your PI (Zero), connect HDMI and a keyboard
Power up PI (Zero)
Login with pi / raspberry
Configure RPI
- sudo raspi-config
- Password of user pi
  - 1 Change User Password
- Networking:
  - 2 Network Options
  - WIFI: N2 Wi-fi
  - Optional Hostname: N1 Hostname
- enable SSH:
  - 5 Interfacing Options
  - P2 SSH
- Exit - with reboot
Get IP
- If your WIFI configuration is OK, the IP got by DHCP is printed some lines before the logon prompt.
- If you don't see an IP on the boot screen, logon with pi / raspberry and type sudo ip addr list. The IP should be listed at the interface wlan0.
- If you do not see an IP at wlan0, do the configuration of the WIFI again :)
SSH to your PI (from Windows - Putty, or from Linux - ssh). Example below shows a Linux SSH connection. Insert your IP instead of 10.10.10.10
- ssh [email protected]
- Password: Password set before or raspberry
Latest Patches / Install GIT / Reboot
- sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y; sudo apt install -y git; sudo reboot
SSH to PI again
Clone this repository
- mkdir ~/sw; cd ~/sw; git clone https://github.com/snorre-k/musicbox.git; cd
Start the installation
- ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/start_install.sh
- PI gets rebootet, after installation has finished
- You should hear a starting sound after the boot has finished

Use your box as Spotify device
Connect to your box with Bluetooth and play music
Use your box as Plex Audio Player
Go to http://ip-of-your-device and use iris as webclient to play
- Local Media
- Spotify
- TuneIn - web radio
- local or remore radio streams
If you have a client with Zeroconf support (AVAHI / mDNS / Bonjour), you can use http://hostname-of-pi.local
- New Windows 10 clients support mDNS out of the box
- Older Windows clients can install Apple iTunes or Bonjour Print Services for Windows to get Bonjour support
Play Music using UPnP / DLNA

Single components can be installed by changing to the relevant subdirectory and starting ./install.sh

NTP - use DHCP supplied NTP servers: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/ntp_dhcp.sh
VIM installation including some configuration: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/vim.sh
Bash improvements: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/better_bash.sh
- Colorful directory listings and grep output - ls shortcuts (ll, l, la)
- Putty Window Title - also for root
GPIO Shutdown/Startup on GPIO #3 and GND - OS status on definable GPIO: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/GPIO.sh
- example schematic for LED status
Automatic Upgrades: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/auto_upgrade.sh
Add 2nd WIFI network configuration: ~/sw/musicbox/scripts/various/add_second_known_hotspot.sh
- You can add the Tethering / Personal Hotspot of your smartphone to access the musicbox with the phone. This helps a lot, when the primary WIFI is not found or available.
- Access the BOX with http://hostname-of-pi.local on your phone

When Plexamp (2.0) is used on a Raspberry with weak CPU, the playback stutters. Preferably don't use this on a PI with only one core. Hope this is resolved when Plexamp 2.0 leaves beta stage.
The scripts do have only minimal error handling. If something goes wrong, most of the time the scripts do not try to solve this or stop.