Revision as of 19:09, 13 January 2019

Overview

This will build a small webradio that plays a radio from the web as soon as powered up.

We will play this radio below for the example.

More radios addresses can be obtained from these sites below.
http://www.listenlive.eu/
https://www.internet-radio.com/

1 WR703N Note the unit must have 16MB flash. Default factory units won't work.
1 USB to audio adaptor

We will use OpenWRT LEDE 17.01.

Network setup will not be covered here. We assume the unit has access to the internet.

First run

$ opkg update

Then install packages

$ opkg install kmod-usb-audio mpc mpd

todo: are kmod-usb-ohci alsa-utils needed?

Run these commands below:

$ cd /root
$ mkdir .mpd
$ mkdir music
$ mkdir .mpd/playlists

Now edit the /etc/mpd.conf file

$ /etc/mpd.conf

@@ Line 25: / Line 25: @@
 =Install Packages=
+First run
+ $ opkg update
+Then install packages
+ $ opkg install kmod-usb-audio mpc mpd
+todo: are kmod-usb-ohci alsa-utils needed?
+=Setup Mpd=
+Run these commands below:
+ $ cd /root
+ $ mkdir .mpd
+ $ mkdir music
+ $ mkdir .mpd/playlists
+Now edit the /etc/mpd.conf file
+ $ /etc/mpd.conf