Difference between revisions of "Provision Mac Mini Server as Last.fm Player"

Revision as of 11:20, 11 July 2010

I'm provisioning a Mac Mini to act as a Last.fm music player at Casa Mia Café in Charlottetown.

The end result, after all the pieces are in place, is that:

• previously-registered customer enters café
• their mobile device (iPhone, Blackberry, etc.) is detected via Bluetooth scanner
• the devices's Bluetooth device address is used to look up customer's Last.fm username
• the customer's Last.fm library is added to the rotation of playlists playing inside the café (until the customer leaves the café)

Mac Mini Setup

• First boot.
• Walk through Apple setup (language, keyboard, registration, etc.)
• Download Microsoft Intellitype drivers from here to support my Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000.
• Install Google Chrome as an alternative to Safari.
• Under System Preferences | Sharing, turn on Screen Sharing (with password) and File Sharing to support remote usage.

Install Last.fm Scrobbler

• Install the official Last.fm client for Mac

Set up Bluetooth Scanning

• Install Xcode (LightBlue won't install without it)
• Install LightBlue (test using these examples)
• Install haraldscan
  • Change references to pysqlite2 to sqlite3 in haraldsql.py and haraldscan.py