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#+date: <2022-07-25 Mon 00:00:00>
#+title: Operating Curseradio: Command-Line Interface for Internet Radio Streaming
#+description: Stepwise instructions for installing and utilizing Curseradio, a lightweight command-line program for streaming radio stations within Linux environments.
#+slug: curseradio
#+filetags: :linux:radio:python:
* Overview
While exploring some interesting Linux applications, I stumbled across
[[https://github.com/chronitis/curseradio][curseradio]], a command-line
radio player based on Python.
This application is fantastic and incredibly easy to install, so I
wanted to dedicate a post today to this app. Let's look at the features
within the app and then walk through the installation process I took to
get =curseradio= working.
* Features
The radio player itself is quite minimal. As you can see in the
screenshot above, it contains a simple plaintext list of all available
categories, which can be broken down further and further. In addition,
radio shows are available for listening, alongside regular radio
stations.
For example, the =Sports= > =Pro Basketball= > =Shows= category contains
a number of specific shows related to Professional Basketball.
Aside from being able to play any of the listed stations/shows, you can
make a channel your favorite by pressing =f=. It will now show up at the
top of the radio player in the =Favourites= category.
** Commands/Shortcuts
| Key(s) | Command |
|------------+---------------------------------|
| ↑, ↓ | navigate |
| PgUp, PgDn | navigate quickly |
| Home, End | to top/bottom |
| Enter | open/close folders, play stream |
| k | stop playing stream |
| q | quit |
| f | toggle favourite |
* Installation
** Dependencies
Before installing =curseradio=, a handful of system and Python packages
are required. To get started, install =python3=, =pip3=, and =mpv= on
your system. In this example, I'm using Fedora Linux, which uses the
=dnf= package manager. You may need to adjust this if you're using a
different system.
#+begin_src sh
sudo dnf install python3 pip3 mpv
#+end_src
Next, use =pip3= to install =requests=, =xdg=, and =lxml=:
#+begin_src sh
pip3 install requests xdg lxml
#+end_src
** Repository Source Installation
Once all the dependencies are installed, we can clone the source code
and enter that directory:
#+begin_src sh
git clone https://github.com/chronitis/curseradio && cd curseradio
#+end_src
Once you're within the =curseradio= directory, you can install the
application with the provided =setup.py= script.
#+begin_src sh
sudo python3 setup.py install
#+end_src
In my case, I ran into a few errors and needed to create the folders
that curseradio wanted to use for its installation. If you don't get any
errors, you can skip this and run the app.
#+begin_src sh
sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/python3.10/
sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/
#+end_src
#+begin_src sh
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/local/lib/python3.10/
#+end_src
* Run the Application
Once fully installed without errors, you can run the application!
#+begin_src sh
python3 /usr/local/bin/curseradio
#+end_src
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