Mopidy MusicBox vs pianobar

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Mopidy MusicBox		pianobar
	Project
10	Mentions	4
400	Stars	1,728
0.0%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
about 3 years ago	Latest Commit	15 days ago
JavaScript	Language	C
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Mopidy MusicBox

Posts with mentions or reviews of Mopidy MusicBox. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-18.

Software to act as a online radio player with web UI to switch stations
2 projects | /r/raspberry_pi | 18 Jun 2023
Chromecast Audio for Sale at Walmart! $48
4 projects | /r/googlehome | 24 Dec 2021

I saw something here on reddit where people were taking the little $5 raspberry pi zero's and basically building their own chromecast audios with them. I am not sure this is the same thing I saw but I found this on google. https://www.pimusicbox.com/
Multi-Room Audio Setup
2 projects | /r/smarthome | 29 Sep 2021

I have a few rooms in my house which I have audio, but they are far enough apart that I won't be trying to stream to all at once. I am also a mostly Apple user, so I use Raspberry Pi's with Hifiberry AMP2 and shairport-sync (AirPlay target). I can select any of the Pi's as the speaker output on any Apple device. There's also a pre-made Raspberry Pi distribution called pi music box which also offers other protocols than AirPlay.
Cli music streaming
13 projects | /r/commandline | 27 Aug 2021

Look what I've found: https://www.pimusicbox.com/ This should perfectly suit your needs..
2021 Aug 2 Stickied 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐊 thread - Boot problems? Display problems? Networking problems? Need ideas? Get help with these and other questions! 𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑲 𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑺𝑻
3 projects | /r/raspberry_pi | 5 Aug 2021

Currently, my plan is to use https://www.pimusicbox.com/ with some sort of DAC, an undetermined raspberry pi model, and a micro SD card for storage (total flac library is just under 500 gigs). I'm not incredibly well versed in pi projects (have made a few successful retropie builds for friends) and am an amateur when it comes to coding and linux. Regardless, this project will be a hobby , so learning, failing, and growing are all part of the plan.
My humble little setup.
2 projects | /r/Ubiquiti | 3 Jul 2021

Pi MusicBox
2021 May 24 Stickied 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐊 thread - Boot problems? Display problems? Networking problems? Need ideas? Get help with these and other questions! 𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑲 𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑺𝑻
2 projects | /r/raspberry_pi | 24 May 2021

https://www.pimusicbox.com/ I found this which has chromecast support and airplay, but it doesn't support rpi4 it seems

pianobar

Posts with mentions or reviews of pianobar. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-26.

Spotify to Take Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum
5 projects | /r/technology | 26 Jan 2022
Linux users. How do you stream music online?
2 projects | /r/linux | 23 Jan 2022

pianobar if you like music in 64kb/s from pandora.
Spotify Box
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Sep 2021

I wish Pandora's APIs were more open. There's a library for their radio feature[0] but no API for their music subscription service.
[0] https://6xq.net/pianobar/
Cli music streaming
13 projects | /r/commandline | 27 Aug 2021

Looks like I used the 2019.02.14 release, if the most-recent one doesn't work.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Mopidy MusicBox and pianobar you can also consider the following projects:

raspotify - A Spotify Connect client that mostly Just Works™

moOde Audio - moOde sources and configs

Icecast - Icecast streaming media server (Mirror) - Please report bugs at https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/icecast-server/issues

Mopidy - Mopidy is an extensible music server written in Python

Moped - Web Client for Mopidy, built with AngularJS

shairport-sync - AirPlay and AirPlay 2 audio player

mpd - Python library which provides a client interface for the Music Player Daemon.

Ampache - A web based audio/video streaming application and file manager allowing you to access your music & videos from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device.

Groove Basin - Music player server with a web-based user interface.

Mopidy-Party - Mopidy web extension designed for party

gonic - music streaming server / free-software subsonic server API implementation

LMS - Lightweight Music Server. Access your self-hosted music using a web interface.