shairport-sync-metadata

Shairport-sync metadata reader and consumer

• Python3 only.
• Tested on Raspberry Pi Model 1 B rev 2 with an add-on DAC.

Usage

Example using print_metadata.py script that comes with package:

python3 ./bin/print_metadata.py --cleanup /tmp/shairport-sync-metadata

Installing

Via pip / PyPi

TBD

Developing

Using a git clone to develop locally:

git clone https://github.com/idcrook/shairport-sync-metadata-python.git
cd shairport-sync-metadata-python
pip3 install -e .
cd bin/
# Assumes metadata pipe at /tmp/shairport-sync-metadata
cat /tmp/shairport-sync-metadata | python3 ./output_text.py
python3 ./print_metadata.py --verbose /tmp/shairport-sync-metadata

TODO

• [x] ~form python package structure~
• [x] ~metadata XML stream parser~
• [x] ~metadata coverart wrapper class~
• [x] ~ASCII art coverart demo~ (example in output_text.py)
• [ ] event emitter on the parser, refactoring as appropriate
• [ ] example app to display on character LCD
• [ ] example app to display on graphical LCD

More Examples

Example output_text.py output

Command: cat /tmp/shairport-sync-metadata | python3 bin/output_text.py

Output:

{"songalbum": "Galaxy Garden", "songartist": "Lone", "itemname": "As a Child (feat. Machinedrum)"}
image/jpeg
__main__    : INFO     Wrote file /tmp/shairport-sync-metadata-sluzr5o3/image_x0n4kmtd.jpeg
__main__    : DEBUG    loading image for ascii art
PIL.Image   : DEBUG    Error closing: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'close'

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