fzhnf / playontip

A simple python application to play several songs by your fingertips' action.

PlayOnTip

A simple python app to play several songs using your fingertips. Connect your finger tips to the tip of your thumb. Release to stop the song.

Requirements

• mediapipe==0.9.0
• opencv-python==4.2.0.34
• numpy==1.22.4
• sounddevice==0.4.5
• soundfile==0.11.0

Installation

Create a conda environment and use pip package manager to install the required packages.

How to run

1. Activate your conda environment that is used in this project.

2. Move to the directory where hands_mediapipe.py is located

3. Run the following command

     python hands_mediapipe.py

4. Have fun with the hand detection and playing the songs by connecting and releasing tipping of your fingers and your thumb tip.

5. Press Esc to close the program.

You can provide any .wav files for the song that you want to play in sound-resources directory.

To do

• Improve robustness of the fingertip detection
• C++ implementation for GPU utilization
• More interactive GUI and HUD display

Credits

• Noizz (a huge library of royalty free loops and samples)