Support for playlists

[beweavek]

This is a great idea and I can't wait to start this project with my kids!

We don't have a huge collection of figures, so I was wondering if it could be modified to trigger a playlist of songs instead of a single track? Either offline mp3 or an existing Spotify playlist?

Thanks for the great work!

[meltaxa]

Hi.

Playlists are a great idea. Thankfully, Spotify playlists are already supported by Musicfig. See the tags.yml-sample file which list some possible combinations of how tags and songs can be associated.

Simply copy the Spotify URI for the playlist and paste that in the tags files (add the space after spotify:). For example:

  ea508007:
        name: Iron DJ triathlon playlist
        spotify: playlist:2srSxWasD4ZZh4B7ckyihH

I'll look into how to support MP3 playlists in a future release.

In the meantime, have fun building Musicfig with the kids. My 7 years old loves it. It is a great learning tool too, with some of his tags playing audiobooks, educational tracks and songs.

[miky2184]

Hi...i have forked the project and I'm trying to support playing randomly a mp3 folder.

[meltaxa]

Great. Consider defining the songs or folders for the playlist in the tags.yml file, for example:

ea508007:
    name: my mp3 playlist
    mp3:
      - song1.mp3
      - song2.mp3
      - song3.mp3
      - path/to/album/folder
    shuffle: on

Submit a PR once you've got something.

[meltaxa]

The dev branch has an update that controls the lightshow based on the Spotify playing status. That is, if Spotify is playing a track, the lightshow will be on. If Spotify is paused or stopped, the lights are switched off. This will be merged to master soon based on further tests and feedback.

[miky2184]

Hi… I’ve done…the code is not written very well…is in alpha status…but working :) I have defined a new “command” playlist ..so the tags.yml is: Xxxxxxxxx: name: my mp3 playlist playlist: /path/to/album/folder I’ve added a new queue —> playlist_queue , a new state PLAYLIST and a new Command PLAYLIST And create a new fn _play_playlist The code is the branch develop, if you want check my code before the pr or tell me another branch where I can do a pr. Thank you Bye Bye

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Il giorno 23 mar 2021, alle ore 09:00, Dennis Mellican ***@***.***> ha scritto: Great. Consider defining the songs or folders for the playlist in the tags.yml file, for example: ea508007: name: my mp3 playlist mp3: - song1.mp3 - song2.mp3 - song3.mp3 - path/to/album/folder shuffle: on Submit a PR once you've got something. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#7 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AM2TGR6DF674IQ52VOK7CVTTFBDBVANCNFSM4X6ZJGHA>.

[meltaxa]

In line 143, use "os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(file)) + '/../music/'" ... in your path instead of hard-coding the music path (/home/pi/Music/).

Or perhaps create a config item in tags.yml for the mp3 base dir, for example:

mp3_dir=/home/pi/Music

Then use mp3_dir in the appropriate places in the code. If it is not defined, then it could default to the os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(file)) + '/../music/'" path.

I'll endeavour to test your branch next.

[miky2184]

ok..i fixed the path... i put in tags.yml # Base path of mp3 folder mp3_dir: /path/to/base/mp3/folder i made a pr. let me know. bye bye *Michele Micunco* Il giorno mer 24 mar 2021 alle ore 00:54 Dennis Mellican < ***@***.***> ha scritto:

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In line 143, use "os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(*file*)) + '/../music/'" ... in your path instead of hard-coding the music path (/home/pi/Music/). Or perhaps create a config item in tags.yml for the mp3 base dir, for example: mp3_dir=/home/pi/Music Then use mp3_dir in the appropriate places in the code. If it is not defined, then it could default to the os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath( *file*)) + '/../music/'" path. I'll endeavour to test your branch next. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#7 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AM2TGR7F3SL5LF2BU7W3DK3TFES3BANCNFSM4X6ZJGHA> .

[r04drunn3r79]

Great app.
Running the dev version, the lightshow keeps playing after every track on the playlist.

I do see a lot of errors in the musicfig.log file regarding the Spotify API.
Did I configure or installed something the wrong way?

Partial output 'musicfig.log':

[2021-03-27 17:37:26,812] ERROR: Spotify could not find any track playing: Error in 
https ://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing?additional_types=episode:
429: API rate limit exceeded

[2021-03-27 17:37:26,844] ERROR: Spotify could not find any track playing: Error in 
https ://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing?additional_types=episode:
429: API rate limit exceeded

[2021-03-27 17:37:27,356] ERROR: Spotify could not find any track playing: Error in
https ://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing?additional_types=episode:
429: API rate limit exceeded

[meltaxa]

I've made changes to the dev branch to throttle the API calls to Spotify. Let me know if this reduces or eliminates the API rate limit exceeded errors.

[r04drunn3r79]

You fixed the API rate limit issue. My musicfig.log is clean again. This version seems to work for me, I can select playlists with NFC tags, it plays the lightshow all the time and I have connected it to the bluetooth interface on my AVR. Thank you for your support.

Wicked app!

[miky2184]

Hi...thank u...i have only forked an existence project, i have added only the folder playlist feature...the dev branch is still in progress for the feature playlist folder For the Spotify error...u have a premium or basic account in Spotify ?? Thank u Bye bye Inviato da iPhone

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Il giorno 27 mar 2021, alle ore 17:47, a ***@***.***> ha scritto:  Great app. Running the dev version, the lightshow keeps playing after every track on the playlist. I do see a lot of errors in the musicfig.log file regarding the Spotify API. Did I configure or installed something the wrong way? Partial output 'musicfig.log': [2021-03-27 17:37:26,812] ERROR: Spotify could not find any track playing: Error in https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing?additional_types=episode: 429: API rate limit exceeded [2021-03-27 17:37:26,844] ERROR: Spotify could not find any track playing: Error in https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing?additional_types=episode: 429: API rate limit exceeded [2021-03-27 17:37:27,356] ERROR: Spotify could not find any track playing: Error in https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing?additional_types=episode: 429: API rate limit exceeded — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[r04drunn3r79]

I have a premium account.

[meltaxa]

Playlist feature was merged to master (see PR #13).

Usage example is in the tags.yml-sample file:

identifier:
    05631b62124:
        # LEGO minifigure. Play mp3 folder
        name: Peter Pan
        playlist: mp3/folder/name
        shuffle: on