USB Music

Play Music from local (non-cloud based) sources (usb, smb, local path) with Mycroft.ai

About

This Skill will play local (non-cloud) music sources (USB, SMB, Local)

1. Inserting a USB drive into your Mycroft device. Upon Inserting a USB Device Mycroft will scan the device for playable music and add it to a temporary library that you can play.
2. Adding an SMB source will let you play music from that source.
3. Adding a local path source will let you play music from that source.
4. Supports the following music formats 'mp3', 'm4a', 'flac', 'wav', 'wma','aac'

   Features

   AutoPlay

   If AutoPlay is enabled in the websettings then the USB music will begin playing immediately when inserted. Unplugging the usb will automatically stop and unmount the USB device. AutoPlay only functions with USB sources, not SMB or Local Path.

   

   Automatic Insert Command Request

   If enabled the skill will automatically send a command to the messagebus when the USB is inserted. Why? Why not? This will let you do all sorts of things with this skill by invoking other skills. Example:

   • You have a running playlist that is stored on a USB stick.
   • You insert the USB before you jump on the treadmill.
   • The insertion automatically issues the following command to the messagebus
   • "set a timer for 20 minutes"
   • Now you have workout music and a timer to notify you when your workout is complete.

Command Examples -

Collecting the library may take several minutes depending on the library size

• "play the artist elvis Presley"
• "play all shook up"
• "play the song blue suede shoes"
• "play the album appeal to reason"
• "play music by Elton John"
• "play my music"
• "play some music"
• "play any music"
• "update network library"
• "update local library"
• "update usb library"
• "update music library"
• "show music library"
• "stop"

Credits

• PCWii (20200709 Covid-19 Project)
• Some elements borrowed from https://github.com/Preston-Sundar/RaspberryPi-Pyudev-Usb-Storage-Detector/blob/master/usbdev.py

  Category

  Media

  Tags

  '#music, #usb, #mycroft.ai, #python, #skills, #mp3, #m4a, #flac, #wav, #wma, #aac, #CPS, #SMB, #Local '

  Require

  Tested on platform_picroft (others untested)

  Other Requirements

• Mycroft
• mutagen
• pyudev
• vlc

  Installation Notes

• SSH and run: msm install https://github.com/pcwii/usb-music.git

  If all the requirements are not satisfied manually install the requirements before installing this skill

• SSH and run:

  pip install pyudev
  sudo apt-get install vlc
  sudo reboot
  msm remove https://github.com/pcwii/usb-music.git
  msm install https://github.com/pcwii/usb-music.git

  Todo

• Add "next/previous" commands
• Add "random" selection
• Add thumbnails for display
• Need to cleanup the regex and make requests more generic (20210508)
• Add Network "SMB" support (20200710)
• Add support for other music formats (FLAC, OGG)
• Add Local path support (20200722)