raplayer

The raplayer is a C-based cross-platfrom remote audio player.
It can play simple audio files or streams.

Getting Started

Coverage

Windows: Cygwin environment only tested, MSVC and MinGW does NOT supported yet.
Linux: supported.
MacOS: supported.

dependencies

Windows(cygwin): cmake make gcc-core
Linux: alsa-lib-development-package(debian: libasound-dev, RHEL: alsa-lib-devel) cmake make gcc
MacOS: cmake make gcc

Optional packages: libopus portaudio

Building

run build.sh to build, or configure cmake manually. cmake will automatically build optional packages and build the source.

Cmake Options

-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS, Build using shared libraries.
-DRAPLAYER_BUILD_DEPS, Try to build core dependencies.
-DRAPLAYER_DISABLE_APPLICATION, Disable to build raplayer cli application.
-DRAPLAYER_INSTALL_PKGCONFIG, install pkg-config module.

Running CLI application

The server mode is audio provider mode, client mode is audio player mode.
raplayer can run server, client mode with one executable.

$ ./main

Usage: ./main <Running Mode>

--client: Running on client mode.
--server: Running on server mode.

Server mode

$ ./main --server

Usage: ./main --server [--stream] <FILE> [Port]

<FILE>: The name of the pcm_s16le wav file to play. ("-" to receive from STDIN)
[--stream]: Allow consume streams from STDIN until client connected. (DEPRECATED)
[Port]: The port on the server to which you want to open.

Client mode

$ ./main --client

Usage: ./main --client <Server Address> [Port]

<Server Address>: The IP or address of the server to which you want to connect.
[Port]: The port on the server to which you want to connect.

You can adjust the volume by pressing the up and down arrow keys during playback.

Usage examples

• Play pcm_16le wav file.

./main --server s16le.pcm

• Play audio file using ffmpeg.

ffmpeg -loglevel panic -i audio.mp3 -f s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 -acodec pcm_s16le - | ./main --server -

• Play youtube audio using ffmpeg & yt-dlp.

yt-dlp --quiet -f bestaudio "[Youtube URL]" -o - | ffmpeg -loglevel panic -i pipe: -f s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 -acodec pcm_s16le - | ./main --server -

• Play audio stream using ffmpeg.

ffmpeg -loglevel panic -i http://aac.cbs.co.kr/cbs939/_definst_/cbs939.stream/playlist.m3u8 -f s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 -acodec pcm_s16le - | ./main --server --stream -

Known issues

• There is a slight difference in playback time between clients when connecting multiple clients.

License

This project is licensed under the GPLv3 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributions

PR is always welcome. If you have any questions, please contact at 20sunrin022@sunrint.hs.kr.