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Radio Automation is a purpose built audio player designed to be an off-hours music player for my animated light display during the holidays. It plays a playlist, and a schedule of events (cron or MQTT triggered) can start, stop, or interrupt playback and announce the time and temperature.
| Page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Getting Started | Install, first-run setup, the main window |
| Playlists | Adding tracks, importing M3U / Zara playlists, internet streams, shuffle |
| Scheduler and Events | Creating events, cron syntax, Immediate vs Delayed |
| MQTT | Triggering events from MQTT, publishing the current song |
| Time and Temperature Files | Zara-style audio file layout and naming |
| Preferences | Every setting in the Preferences window |
| Weather | Weather Underground setup |
| Troubleshooting | Common problems and known limitations |
- Player - plays most media types supported by Windows through WASAPI exclusive mode, with a level meter, volume control and remaining/end time.
- Playlists - build from files, folders, M3U playlists, Zara playlists or an internet stream. Optional shuffle each time the playlist wraps.
- Scheduler - cron-style events for Play, Stop, Time and Temperature announcements, each either Immediate (interrupts) or Delayed (plays between tracks).
- MQTT - the same events can be triggered by MQTT messages, and the current song can be published to an MQTT topic or a text file.
- Weather - current temperature and humidity from Weather Underground, shown in the UI and used for temperature announcements.
While there is no formal support for this software, you can open an issue on GitHub if you find a bug or have a question.
Software is released under the GPL v3 and is free to use under those terms.
