How to setup
- You need a Debian based system, preferably the Raspberry Pi! Best would be version 3 or 4.
- Download the piMoo installer here: piMoo installer
- Untar and run install.sh as root. Attention: Currently it's only an installer, not a package, if you want to uninstall you have to remove the files and changes on your own.
- Follow the instructions while installing and make your choices.
- Connect the Raspberry Pi to your HiFi system.
- Setup your music library once by running the programm admin/cli_importXML.php
- Call http://ipOfPi/piMoo with a web browser or an console browser like Lynx.
- Have fun!
- Alternatively here is a Docker version for amd64 and arm64 (Raspberry Pi)
Good to know
- Once you entered the admin area (which can be protected with .htaccess additionally) you have access to a lots of functions, like:
- Change the loudness
- Skip back- and forward
- Manage playlist (clear, load, move songs up and down etc.)
- With and attached mouse you can control loudness and skip songs. Even shutdown the system - useful in headless mode. (Remember, and raspberry pi has no shutdown button 😉
- Many other options can be set in the backend with under keep/config.php, like behaviour after last song or blacklist for genres and so on...
non-party mode
- When running piMoo in a non-party mode, it can shutdown the whole HiFi system after the last song automatically.
- The required gpios are managed, all you need is a bit additional hardware like a relais and so on.