Howto: Pandora via command line. -- pianobar --

[greenwom]

I just found this and it's not new. There are some posts about it.
Here is the consolidated how-to

Pianobar is a command line tool: Dev's Link

Make sure you have what you need to compile the software

sudo apt-get install build-essential

install the dependencies

sudo apt-get install libao-dev libmad0-dev libfaad-dev

download the source

wget http://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar/archives/master/PromyLOPh-pianobar-3631791.tar.gz

or download it from
http://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar

untar it

tar xvf Promy*.tar.gz

change directory

cd Promy*

compile

make

sudo make install

then start the program & follow the prompts to log in.

pianobar

Press "+" if you want to give the song a thumbs up.
Press "-" if you want to give the song a thumbs down.

Press "N" to skip the song.

Pretty sweet! No more flash crashing or having the browser open for no reason.

Hope this helps

[v1ad]

sweet perfect explanation. is there a way 2 pause it?

[greenwom]

Just hit "P"

Just like any other command you can always look at the man page to get instructions and descriptions.

$ man pianobar

[v1ad]

Just hit "P"

Just like any other command you can always look at the man page to get instructions and descriptions.

$ man pianobar

sorry for the stupid post, i didn't think.

[v1ad]

  act_stationdelete = d
              Delete current station.

       act_songexplain = e
              Explain why this song is played.

       act_stationaddbygenre = g
              Add genre station provided by pandora.

       act_history = h
              Show history.

       act_songinfo = i
              Print information about currently played song/station.

       act_addshared = j
              Add shared station by id. id is a very long integer without "sh"
              at the beginning.

       act_songmove = m
              Move current song to another station

       act_songnext = n
              Skip current song.

       act_songpause = p
              Pause/Continue

       act_quit = q
              Quit pianobar.

       act_stationrename = r
              Rename currently played station.

       act_stationchange = s
              Select another station.

[nhasian]

thanks greenwom, pianobar is a lot less resource intensive than playing pandora through flash.

[greenwom]

Just a FYI, for some reason, I can't wget the file. It's resolving and downloading a file with that name but it's not a tar ball. So just go to the web site (link above and download it through the browser.) Then the tar ball will be right.

[nhasian]

Just a FYI, for some reason, I can't wget the file. It's resolving and downloading a file with that name but it's not a tar ball. So just go to the web site (link above and download it through the browser.) Then the tar ball will be right.

yes thats what i had to do as well. i thought it was just me

[v1ad]

yea the problem is you don't get the header info when you download through wget.

you can download it through the link below.

http://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar/tarball/master

or use the link in the first post.

[v1ad]

also if you want to customize your pianobar for autologin. make, save, and edit this script to your needs in /home/your_user_name/.config/pianobar/config

the config will be the file name.

# This is an example configuration file for pianobar. You may remove the # from
# lines you need and copy/move this file to ~/.config/pianobar/config
# See manpage for a description of the config keys
#
# User
#user = your_pandora_username
#password = your_pandora_password

# Proxy (for those who are not living in the USA)
#control_proxy = http://127.0.0.1:9090/

# Keybindings
#act_help = ?
#act_songlove = +
#act_songban = -
#act_stationaddmusic = a
#act_stationcreate = c
#act_stationdelete = d
#act_songexplain = e
#act_stationaddbygenre = g
#act_songinfo = i
#act_addshared = j
#act_songmove = m
#act_songnext = n
#act_songpause = p
#act_quit = q
#act_stationrename = r
#act_stationchange = s
#act_songtired = t
#act_upcoming = u
#act_stationselectquickmix = x

# Misc
# mp3, mp3-hifi or aacplus
#audio_format = mp3
#autostart_station = 123456
#event_command = /home/user/.config/pianobar/eventcmd
#sort = quickmix_10_name_az

uncomment the lines that you will use. i will try to work on a script that will run it in a screen in the foreground.