MQTT support

[adrii]

Hi

I had a quick look at this, as I am also interested in remote access, and it is straighforward to set up.

I installed an MQTT broker on the Moode machine, and added a user and password

   https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-instal...untu-16-04

Then adjusted the python script in the following link to use the local broker

      https://funprojects.blog/2016/12/13/house-music/

Code:

client.subscribe("MoodeRadio")
...

client = mqtt.Client()
client.username_pw_set("my_username", "my_password")
client.connect("localhost",1883,60)

I can then play a radio station from a different debian-based machine, by installing "mosquitto-clients" and running

Code:

mosquitto_pub -t "MoodeRadio" -m "http://51.15.169.131:80/stream/3/"  -u my_username -P "my_password" -h moode_player_ip_address

You could use the Python script as a starting point for adding the features you want, and then create a systemctl service file so the script is started at boot.

My interest in this is that I have been thinking about creating a standalone screen, connected to some small board, to display status and control the player. There are some very cheap TFT touchscreens

   https://www.ebay.es/itm/240x320-2-4-SPI-...EBIDX%3AIT

Adrian.