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A Working Pianobar for maemo 5!!

Since pyradio has not been working for a long time-

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=56036

I decided to have a go at making/compiling the famous Pandora Linux CLI - pianobar work in maemo 5.

In short, it works great- to our luck, it works even better.

the good thing about this is that pianobar CLI software (linux mac desktop sw) has a bigger audience and the chance that it would be deserted is very very slim. (No offence to pyRadio. I can understand ppl have to move on. I cant blame anybody except stupid "NOKIA" who recklessly abandoned the precious maemo 5. )

I am just jotting all the procedure in a very brief way. Not sure if anybody is interested. Not sure how many n900 users out there who still use it as a daily device. But happy to help anyone who wants this installed. Even happy to detail each process if anyone interested. Just post in this thread and you will get a reply. I can even attach binaries/ lib files.Let me know.

But I do strongly suggest get this compilation done. That way you become independent and can make / compile/ install future versions on pianobar without any assistance.

we need to install following dependencies before installing pianobar:

1. build-essential
2. libao/ dev
3. libfaad2/ dev ****
4. libmad/ dev
5. pthreads
(Search for the packages using 'apt-cache search', as i dont remember the full package names.)

**** unfortunately the prepackaged libfaad2 doesn't work with pianobar. Though you can compile pianobar without it, unless u r pandora one subscriber, it doesnt support/ play mp3 format. which means we need to get this libfaad2 work inorder to support aac format..

u can compile new libfaad2 (must be compiled without DRM - check the INSTALL file in source for further instructions), getting the source from
http://www.audiocoding.com/downloads.html (use tar.gz)
one trick is that you need to uninstall/purge the prepackaged libfaad2 (if u have already installed) before compiling and installing them. If you don't, then you can expect this:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=225

Make sure you "make install" the files in /usr/lib and not /usr/local/lib OR you create a symlink for /usr/local/lib/libfaad* in /usr/lib/ OR u can include this path in ldconfig, whichever is easier.

NOW, Download pianobar src from the git
https://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar

Compiling should be a breeze.

run the 'pianobar' binary to checkout how beautiful this thing works on ur n900.
people who use tor can/ rather should use the control_proxy option

control_proxy = http://127.0.0.1:8118/

in the config file. it is a lot faster than using 'torify pianobar'. Infact using the torify is not practicaly useable. audio is totally cluttered no matter how low the audio quality is set-to. the details regd config are in the contrib folder in pianobar src

scrobbling to lastfm works fine as well, including now playing.
use the latest pylast.py and the scrobble.py from the contrib folder in piano source.

the py files need to be modded to support 2.5 python. That is a pain. I can upload those 2 modded files if anyone interested.

I have been using this app like mad cow for the past 3 days. So far no issues at all. and happy that i got my 'one of fav apps' back in a even better way to my n900-

Frankly, so far- in the last 3 yrs, i haven't been impressed with another mobile which can outdo this maemo 5 OS!! especially when it comes to work. happy that i could get back this Pandora Radio back!!