Python based network controlled music player
The order in which client/server are run does not matter. Communication between server/client is done via zmq. Server can run on its own and get input from stdin.
Running the server:
rrosa@rrosa-X220:~/work/pyzm-player$ ./pyzm-player.py -i
Valid arguments:
-f mediaFileUri // --file=uriOfMediaFile
-p portNumber // --port=portNumber
-l [zmq,stdin] // --listen=[zmq,stdin]
-i // --info
-v // --verify
rrosa@rrosa-X220:~/work/pyzm-player$./pyzm-player.py
Server running, listening on zmq port 5555...
Running the client:
rrosa@rrosa-X220:~/work/pyzm-player$ ./zmq-client.py -i
Valid arguments:
-p portNumber // --port=portNumber
-s serverIP // --server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
-i // --info
rrosa@rrosa-X220:~/work/pyzm-player$ ./zmq-client.py
Will send stdin via zmq.
Example:
play file:///tmp/audio1.mp3,file:///tmp/audio2.mp3
stop
To quit type: qqq
Now type commands accepted by the server. Server will display a list of valid commands when an invalid one is received.
Server-client comm is done over zmq using REP/REQ and sending using json encoded strings.
msg = {
'cmd':
{'name':,
'code':,
},
'args':
[]
}
The field 'args' is assumed to be a list of (ascii) strings.
Example:
msg = {
'cmd':
{'name':'queue_add',
'code':4,
},
'args':
['file:///tmp/playme.mp3']
}
data_string = []
msg = {
'ack':
{'res_code':,
'cmd_code':},
'data':
[]
}
Currently the field 'data' is assumed to be a list of strings, may contain error info, command output, etc.
msg = {
'ack':
{'res_code':res_code,
'cmd_code':cmd_code},
'data':
data
}
Example message received from server in response to 'status' command:
"ack": {
"cmd_code": 3,
"res_code": 200
},
"data": [
false,
"file:///tmp/orishas.mp3",
{
"uri": "file:///tmp/orishas.mp3",
"tags": {
"album": "Lo Mejor De Orishas",
"genre": "Hip-Hop",
"artist": "Orishas",
"title": "Emigrantes"
}
}
]
To send messages to the server, use the json_client_enc() from shared.py.
Accepted commands can be retrieved by sending the help command:
-- Help menu --
Valid commands:
status
queue_next
play
queue_clear
help
quit
stop
queue_get
queue_prev
queue_add
queue_del
The only commands that take arguments are queue_add and queue_del.
queue_add: Takes the uri of a file to add, or the uri of a local directory. In the latter, every.mp3file in the given dir will be added to the play queue.queue_del: Removes an element from the play queue. Element can be selected either by passing its uri as an arg or by passing the position in the play queue (play queue can be retrieved withqueue_get)