Pianobar
Pianobar is a free/open-source, console-based client for the personalized online radio Pandora (only available in the USA).
Features
- play and manage (create, add more music, delete, rename, ...) stations
- rate songs and explain why they have been selected
- upcoming songs/song history
- customize keybindings and text output
- remote control and eventcmd interface (send tracks to last.fm, for example)
- proxy support for listeners outside the USA
Installation
Configuration
First, you need to create a configuration file for Pianobar. This should be located at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pianobar/config or ~/.config/pianobar/config
$ man pianobar
CONFIGURATION
The configuration file consists of simple key = value lines, each ter‐
minated with a newline (\n) character. Note that keys and values are
both case sensitive, and there must be exactly one space on each side
of the equals sign.
act_* keys control pianobar's key-bindings. Every one-byte character
except for \x00 and the special value disabled are allowed here.
Here is an example configuration file. See pianobar(1) for more configuration options.
~/.config/pianobar/config
audio_quality = {high, medium, low}
autostart_station = stationid
password = plaintext_password
user = [email protected]
Troubleshooting
Sound Quality Issues
If you are experiencing sound/quality issues when running pianobar, and you are currently using ALSA as your sound driver, the following fixes may be useful.
Install alsa-oss. See the ALSA page for more information.
Change the default libao driver from alsa to oss:
/etc/libao.conf
default_driver=oss
Now run pianobar:
$ aoss pianobar
Alternatively, you can use PulseAudio:
/etc/libao.conf
default_driver=pulse
dev=default option of the ALSA driver or adjust it to specify a specific Pulse sink name or number.Network Error
If you are receiving the Network error: Peer certificate cannot be authenticated with given CA certificates, try adding the following line:
~/.config/pianobar/config
ca_bundle = /etc/ca-certificates/extracted/tls-ca-bundle.pem