jukebox

Play LastFM recommendations on linux: using mpd(1), yt-dlp(1) and bash(1)

usage: demo

./jukebox

jukebox -h
  -a: <artist name>
  -g: <genre name>
  -s: <song name>

  -u: <lastfm: username>
  -m: <lastfm: mix | recommended | library>

  -l: vosk: uses your mic to search songs
  -y: use ytmusic tags for songs
  -c: top charts in your region (setup your api_key)

setup:

• edit the script to: use your LastFM $username
• choose between:
  • recommended: Listen to recommended music from Last.fm
  • library: Listen to music you’ve scrobbled before
  • mix: Listen to a mix of music you’ve scrobbled before and recommendations from Last.fm

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todo/bugs

• sanity-check title/artist tags before scrobbling
• figure your how to mpc add songs properly
• make the script interactive
• fast(er)? yt-dlp fetches
• custom artist/album search
• global charts
• voice-recognition/search via vosk ref: bugswriter's video

prerequisites:

• mpd, yt-dlp, jq and optionally mpdscribble (to scrobble to LastFM)
• run systemctl --user enable --now mpd mpdscribble at least once before running jukebox
• read: foss-music-setup or use my dotfiles

extra:

• charts: LastFM $api_key
• listen: pip install vosk google-speech & pacman -S sox
• stream: Stream songs to your other devices like a phone, laptop or speaker

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This repo is hosted on Codeberg & mirrored to GitHub for traffic.