Soul DessinJan 7, 2020
The https://www.twit.community/t/automatic-ejecting-of-external-drives/5154/2 discussion about auto ejecting drives bot my bash scripting juices flowing. I ended up making a cron script that will start MPD playing music in the morning and check it every five minutes to make sure that the web radio hasn't stopped and restart it, if it did freeze.
Automatic Ejecting of External Drives

I know you could do it by bash script. Just put the link on your bottom bar and they would all get ejected. A simple check and visual feedback would confirm the process completed.

Show threadRob G.Jan 7, 2020

@souldessin Nice project!

I should get an idea into the front row and give it a try too; a large USB pendrive holding 128 GB is peanuts cost now, and my router has USB port that can take and share it internally. Uhmmmm....

Show threadSoul DessinJan 7, 2020

@rgx In case it helps, I just use an rPi and installed MPD, a web for MPD, and MPC. Then I have below on a */5 minute cron, but I have to put it into a proper bash and call it. The one-liner isn't playing nice with cron. Likely no env.

if [ `mpc | awk 'FNR==2 {print $1}' | sed 's/\[//g' | sed 's/\]//g'` == 'playing' ]; then if [ `mpc | awk 'FNR==2 {print $3}' | sed 's/\/.*$//'` == "0:00" ]; then mpc stop; mpc play `mpc | awk 'FNR==2 {print $2}' | sed 's/\/[0-9]//g' | sed 's/#//g'`; fi; fi

Show threadRob G.Jan 7, 2020

@souldessin Wow, nice work, SD! Thank you!

I am getting tired and annoyed of Spotify just dying on my ipad mini and stop playing music. I want a background track, so I can enjoy while working, not to be restarting it every so often.

Pity, as they have some excellent albuns there. Classical Radio via FM doesn't glitch, and is a frequent background here at my work area.

Show threadSoul DessinJan 7, 2020

@rgx This is my go to for finding good stations. I have found a bunch of really good ones that don't have any commercials and very few station calls.

http://www.internet-radio.com/

Internet Radio: Music from Thousands of Stations

Listen to music from thousands of internet radio stations streaming live right now. Search or browse all your favourite music genres.

Show threadRob G.Jan 7, 2020

@souldessin Wonderful, thank you!! 😃

I am a big fan of WNED Classical station, https://www.wned.org/radio/wned-classical-945/

and the Toronto based Jazz one https://jazz.fm

WNED Classical 94.5

WNED Classical is the area’s 24-hour classical music service.

Show threadSoul Dessin
@rgx Then you need to check out Radio Swiss Jazz, http://www.radioswissjazz.ch/en
Radio Swiss Jazz - Home

Mit Radio Swiss Jazz online Jazz Standards, Swing, Bebop, Soul und Blues hören. Jazz Tag und Nacht. Ohne Werbung, Ohne Moderation.

Jan 7, 2020 at 8:26pmWeb
Show threadRob G.Jan 7, 2020

@souldessin Merci!!

I made a post announcing your suggestions above, and linked back here.

https://qoto.org/@design_RG/103443913838588659

Rob G. (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Sharing a tip and recommendation for music lovers everywhere... "This is my go to for finding good stations. I have found a bunch of really good ones that don't have any commercials and very few station calls. " http://www.internet-radio.com/ Thank you, friend... OP : https://twit.social/@souldessin/103443647347663966

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