#Ruse: A Central Music Server

This software allows collaborative playlist creation and playback. With the server running and plugged into a pair of speakers, anyone can queue music to be played

##Requirements

• A Google Music All Access account

• An Android or iOS device

##Features

• Leverages a Google Music All Access pass to stream any content

• Allows anyone with a client to search and queue music

• Song, Album, and Artist search

• Google Music Radio Support

• Rich track metadata

• Easy to setup and use

##Using Ruse

###Installation

####Linux

You will need Python 2.7 and VLC to run Ruse. You can install them via the command-line on Linux.

Ubuntu/Debian

apt-get update
apt-get install python python-pip vlc

Fedora/RHEL

yum install python python-pip vlc

Once you have Python installed, clone the repository and cd into it

git clone https://github.com/abettadapur/RuseServer.git
cd RuseServer

Install the requirements by running

   
pip install -r requirements.txt

Copy the example configuration file to a production version. Open in a text editor

cp ruse/etc/config/config.sample.py ruse/etc/config/config.py
gedit config.py

Fill in the information in the config file. If you use Google's two factor authentication, you will need to generate a one time password and use it here

Use the provided tool to get a stream key (More info later)

Once everything is configured, run the server

python serve.py

####Windows