fontikos / bluos-inky

Print info and cover of currently playing BluOS player on an InkypHAT ePaper display.

BluOS Inky

A simple Python-based script for showing the track information and album cover of the currently playing music from a BluOS player to an InkypHAT ePaper display.

The script is compatible to the Red/Black/White 250x122 pixels display, but it can be trivially adapted to other colours or dimensions.

The script displays the album cover as a low resolution (122x122 pixels) Red/Black/White image and prints the title1, title2 and title3 fields of the currently playing track, which typically contain the track title, artist and album title.

You can read more at the BluOS API.

Initial Configuration

Fill in myconfig-example.py and rename it to myconfig.py.

Update the BLUOS_IP with the IP address of your BluOS player. BLUOS_PORT is the port number of the service. A guide on how to find the IP address of your BluOS player is available here.

Execution

The script can be executed as follows:

$ python3 ./bluos-inky.py

Installation as a Service

In a Linux environment, such as a Raspberry Pi, you can install it to run as a service by executing:

$ ./install-as-service.sh

You can restart the service:

$ ./restart.sh

You can follow the output in the system journal as follows:

$ ./log.sh

Acknowledgements

The inkyconvert.py script is based on inky-conv.