An Android application for controlling Audacious on linux through SSH.
- Should work on any distro, only needs an SSH account and bash.
- Audacious (and audtool) needs to be installed and set up : playlists (up to 2 to cycle through), audio output. It can run in desktop or headless mode.
- Volume control default commands may not work depending on the audio configuration. They can be customized if necessary, based on the ALSA/Pulse configuration.
KNOWN ISSUES :
- The application in Android must be configured to disable battery optimization and allow background usage. Otherwise, the SSH connection is killed shortly after the screen goes off. As a result, the battery usage isn't exactly light.
- This is essentially a remote control with extra features : the playlist is displayed and searchable/selectable. The currently playing song is selected when the screen is lit on. If the screen remains on, the display won't change when the song does on the player (regular update prevents the screen to go off automatically).
- The playlists are exported on the server and a copy stored on the device. Whenever the playlists are modified, they need to be refreshed on the device. This can take a while with large playlists : obviously it depends on the server, network and device performances, but with a Raspberry Pi 3 and a recent phone, it takes roughly 15s for a 3k+ items playlist.