{"id":16155,"date":"2017-01-03T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T09:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16155"},"modified":"2017-01-03T07:41:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T06:41:59","slug":"great-woodwork-makes-this-raspberry-pi-spotify-jukebox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16155","title":{"rendered":"Great woodwork makes this Raspberry Pi \/ Spotify jukebox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/uRNplWe.jpg?resize=560%2C420\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>justthatoneotherdude, building on <a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/BUCaF\" target=\"_blank\">work from auntie-matter<\/a>, has created a lovely, wooden jukebox with a Raspberry Pi at the centre. There are 5 knobs controlling playlists and volume and the Pi itself is running the <a href=\"https:\/\/volumio.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Volumio operating system<\/a>. There are &#8216;runner&#8217; LEDs in a groove round the edge for extra blinkiness and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/B0zdO\" target=\"_blank\">see a build log of the project here<\/a>. He&#8217;s also <a href=\"http:\/\/pastebin.com\/73AQDB7u\" target=\"_blank\">uploaded his code<\/a> (which combines Volumio, Spotify and Dotstar software for the blinkies).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>justthatoneotherdude, building on work from auntie-matter, has created a lovely, wooden jukebox with a Raspberry Pi at the centre. There are 5 knobs controlling playlists and volume and the Pi itself is running the Volumio operating system. 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