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Usage: MediaPlayer Page

Robert Stanley Judka edited this page Mar 9, 2021 · 2 revisions

Media Player Tab

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Radio Player

Plugins

rtl sdr

This isn't necessarily the greatest implementation of a radio tuner, but Qt seems to struggle with playing a radio stream so it's made to "work" with external processes for now (plus I don't know enough about interfacing with the RTL-SDR ATM).

for this plugin to work, you'll need the following:

  • rtl_fm_streamer
    • must be manually built and installed (very quick even on the pi)
    • verify it runs on its own first (you may need to enable some build options like -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON or -DDETACH_KERNEL_DRIVER=ON depending on your setup)
  • ffplay
    • should be available from most package managers

It's possible for this to crash if you change stations too quickly. If that ever happens (you'll usually hear static regardless of what station you set) reloading the plugin should correct it.