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Welcome to the Bob Rathbone Raspberry Pi Internet Radio wiki!

Description

This software and hardware project is a feature rich implementation of an Internet Radio running on all models of the Raspberry Pi. It is based upon the Music Player Daemon (MPD) from https://www.musicpd.org/. The main documentation and software download will be found at https://bobrathbone.com/raspberrypi/pi_internet_radio.html You should download the tested release on the Bob Rathbone Web site and not from here. This is a repository for use by developers only and will not necessarily be in step with the official release.

Features

• Runs on Raspberry Pi OS (Previously Raspbian). Earlier versions not supported
• Comprehensive Constructors Guide and Beginners Guide
• Raspberry PI running standard Music Player Daemon (MPD) version 0.23.12.
• Supports all new board types, revision 3B, 3B+, 4B+ Rpi400 and Zero/W (Old version 1 Raspberry Pi's unsupported)
• Supports the following displays: including LCDs, OLEDs, HDMI screens, Adafruit and Pimoroni products
• User interfaces include push buttons, rotary encoders and touchscreens
• Audio using on-board jack, most popular DACs, bonnets and Bluetooth speakers
• Clock display or Information display (IP address, hostname, versions)
• Artist and track search function
• Timer (Snooze) and Alarm functions (LCD/Character OLED versions only)
• Icecast streaming to a Personal Computer or to mobile devices
• Optional Spotify and Airplay (shairport-sync) receiver
• Plays music from a USB stick, SD card or from a Network drive (NAS)
• Option to display RSS news feeds
• Web interface using Snoopy and O!MPD
• Facility to record Radio stations using AAC encoding added
• Fully integrated with MpDroid and mPod mobile apps.
• Espeak support for blind or visually impaired persons

Technical support

Please do not use GitHub for raising support issues. Please email bob@bobrathbone.com. See section called Technical Support in the Constructors Manual in the docs directory.