It gives you back the control of your music from clunky UIs, back to the simple, Radio tuner days.
You know technology is good when you can't see it.
- Peer discovery (The device will automatically find your computer on the network).
- Play / pause track.
- Skip to next / previous track.
- Seek forward / backward. (by pressing next / previous track button for more than some timeout value)
- Volume control.
- Brightness (backlight) control.
- Extremely minimal (close to 0) CPU usage
- Leave it in auto-start and forget!
Software:
pulseaudioplayerctlxbacklight- Python >= 3.6
Hardware:
- A Linux Desktop
- 1 Wemos D1 mini (or any other micropython board)
- 1 ADS1115 ADC
- 2 buttons
- 1 Flip switch
- 2 Potentiometers
$ git clone https://github.com/pycampers/muro
$ cd muro
$ pip install -e .
Edit settings.py as per your setup.
$ muro install
$ muro run
muro stands Music Remote.