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--- blog:articles:raspberry:mpd_multiroom [2024/06/18 14:06] – Phil Ide
+++ blog:articles:raspberry:mpd_multiroom [2024/06/21 13:09] (current) – Phil Ide
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 ===== Turn into an Alarm Clock =====
-I've written some scripts for both Linux and Windows to turn the music system into an alarm clock. If you are running an Apple system, I'm sure you can make these scripts work for you. The scripts are written in PHP and Bash shell scripts (and Windows cmd script).
+I've written some scripts for both Linux and Windows to turn the music system into an alarm clock. If you are running an Apple system, I'm sure you can make these scripts work for you. The scripts are written in PHP and are therefore cross-platform.
 It is necessary to create a playlist on MPD called "Alarm". You can put anything you like in the playlist, and you can change the contents (so you don't have to change the scripts!). My advice is don't use Beethoven's 5th, unless you're evil.
-The first script is run as a cron job (or a Windows Scheduler task), and turns all the speakers off in the home except the device you designate as your bedroom unit.
+The first script is run as a cron job (or a Windows Scheduler task), and turns all the speakers off in the home except the device you designate as your bedroom unit. It then loads the Alarm playlist and starts it running.
-The second script clears the current queue, loads the "Alarm" playlist, and sets it playing.
+The second script I run on boot of my desktop, and it turns the bedroom speakers off, and enables a list of designated speakers, so I don't have to manually turn them on myself - because why do it yourself when you can automate it?
-The third script I run on boot of my desktop, and it turns the bedroom speakers off, and enables a list of designated speakers, so I don't have to manually turn them on myself - because why do it yourself when you can automate it?
 The scripts are on GitHub at [[https://github.com/stroggprog/mpd_snap_alarm|mpd_snap_alarm]] (note the imaginative name for the repository). There is a full explanation of how it all works, how to configure it and everything else you need to know except how to paint your toenails.
-I have other repositories there too at [[https://github.com/stroggprog|stroggprog]]. You can only see the public ones, but others will made public when the projects reaches a certain level of maturity.
+I have other repositories there too at [[https://github.com/stroggprog|stroggprog]]. You can only see the public ones, but others will made public when the projects reach a certain level of maturity.
+~~socialite~~
+~~DISCUSSION~~