Mopidy Music Streaming Server on Banana Pi (Partial)

What is Mopidy?

A music server capable of playing music on local storage, Spotify, Google Play, Sound Cloud, and more. It can be accessed through a web interface. So basically, it plays music and store music, but now with your Banana Pi. Visit Mopidy page to learn more. If you want to do more hacking, check the official Mopidy support page. 

Installation

The following installation will be done with Putty, if you need help connecting to your Pi command lines with a PC look at this blog article or the beginning guide.

First we need to install Python for Mopidy server to run

Check if you already installed Python, Mopidy needs version 2.7.x

python --version

 Then install some more Python packages (on Debian)

apt-get install build-essential python-dev python-pip

 Then we need to install a thing called GStreamer

apt-get install python-gst0.10 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good

apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-tools

Now installing Mopidy

pip install -U mopidy

 Installing Mopidy Extensions (run lines separately and it might take a while)

pip install Mopidy-HTTP-Kuechenradio
pip install Mopidy-GMusic
pip install Mopidy-SoundCloud
pip install Mopidy-YouTube
pip install Mopidy-Spotify-Tunigo

It is wise to install this interface too

pip install Mopidy-Mopify

For the complete list of plugins

pip search mopidy

HTTP Configuration

nano /root/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf

Look at the configuration file and un-comment a line if changes are needed

Now restart Mopidy service

service mopidy restart

Access Web Interface

In a browser go to
"the local IP of Mopidy":6680
for example

192.168.1.1:6680

Select a web interface (in this case Mopify)
Now make sure you enable cookies and block ups
Connect with your Spotify account and start listening

Server Testing

*Sorry I did not get it to work with spotify yet, there is some lag, and I can not hear audio output, you might need spotify premium

Debug

mopidy local scan

Alternative

Just run android and play music that way!

So much easier