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Website:github.com/ekianjo/B...
Maintainer:ekianjo
Version:0.1.0.1
Filesize:136.57 kB
Category:Audio
Sub-Cat:Player
Redistribute:Allowed
Added:Nov 17, 2014
Updated:Nov 17, 2014
Downloads:1286
Package Author: Ekianjo
Description:
BlindPlayer is a music/audio files player that does not require any visual interface.
The idea is that you use the shoulder buttons to control this music player. The only time when you actually need the screen is for the first step where you have to select a music file in a folder full of other audio files.
Then, as it starts playing the audio file, you can close your Pandora (make sure it does not go in low power mode) and control playback with the following:

LEFT SHOULDER button:
It acts as a function selector. Every time you press it, it cycles between the following functions.
Pause / Next / Previous / Lock / Quit
As you cycle through them, you can hear a voice over the music track playing to indicate which function is selected at the moment.

RIGHT SHOULDER button acts as an action button.
It will activate the function selected by the left shoulder button.

For example, if you select "Pause" with the left shoulder button, and press the right shoulder button, it will pause playback.
If you select "Next" with the left shoulder button, and press the right shoulder button, it will jump to next track.
The only exception is "Lock" which will basically prevent any accidental right shoulder button click and ensure the playback continues until you remove the lock.

Note that are no preview pics, as there's no visual interface per se...

I hope you find it useful to make the Pandora a better audio player on the go.

17th November 2014: Build 1 / First version, except rough edges while it should be functional.
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Additional Info
Note that you need the community codec pack installed to make this work on Pandora.
Tested on 1.62RC firmware.

Uses the following libraries/programs:
- Python 2.7 (Overall code logic)
- Mplayer (For Playback)
- Pygame (For Keypress detection)
- PyZenity / Zenity (For the file selection Dialog)
- Python Mplayer (to control Mplayer from Python)
Comments
bluedeer
29/05/2015 03:14 UTC
v0.1.0.1
Unfortunately, it did not.
ekianjo
27/05/2015 10:35 UTC
v0.1.0.1
@edgex004 bluetooth support does not work well on SZ firmware, so no can do here. 2. Can do, but will make it a bit more messy. 3. i will look into that. 4. why would you want display since it's a blind player ? :)
ekianjo
27/05/2015 10:33 UTC
v0.1.0.1
@bluedeer did you solve your problems ?
bluedeer
15/02/2015 03:24 UTC
v0.1.0.1
Yes, I've got the community codec installed, and running version 1.71.
ekianjo
14/02/2015 07:41 UTC
v0.1.0.1
@bluedeer which firmware are you using ? 1.71 ? Did you install the community codec ?
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