musicbox.md

MusicBox From Scratch

Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B v1.2

Software: Raspbian Jessie Lite (2016-05-27)

Host OS: macOS Sierra

Chapter 1 - Install Raspbian

1. Download Raspbian Lite: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

2. Install it to the SD card: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/mac.md

3. Insert SD card in Raspberry Pi, hook up Ethernet, and boot.

Chapter 2 - Network Configuration

The SSH user is pi and the password is raspberry

1. Connect to the Wi-Fi network

$ wpa_cli
> add_network
0
> set_network 0 ssid "********"
OK
> set_network 0 psk "********"
OK
> enable_network 0
OK
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED 
<3>CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS 
<3>WPS-AP-AVAILABLE 
<3>Trying to associate with SSID '********'
<3>Associated with **:**:**:**:**:**
<3>WPA: Key negotiation completed with **:**:**:**:**:** [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]
<3>CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to **:**:**:**:**:** completed [id=0 id_str=]
> save_config
OK

2. Change the hostname: sudo sed -i -e 's/raspberrypi/musicbox/' /etc/hosts /etc/hostname

3. Reboot the device

Chapter 3 - Audio Configuration

1. Add audio_pwm_mode=2 to /boot/config.txt to enable the higher quality audio driver (per this)

2. Run speaker-test -c 2 to test that audio output is working

Chapter 4 - Mopidy Configuration

1. Install Mopidy per https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/installation/debian/

2. Configure Mopidy to run as a service: sudo systemctl enable mopidy

3. apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad && easy_install pip && /usr/local/bin/pip install mopidy-moped