Okay, so this is kind of a stupid question but I tried to understand it myself and I just got even more confused. I am using the Spotipy library to play music (controlled by my raspberry pi) on my computer using the specific device id. Now I want to implement the same thing but be able to play directly on my Raspberry Pi. I have found something called Raspotify, which allows me to use my rpi as a spotify connect speaker. I wasn't able to find it in the devices list though, and I'm now wondering if it is even possible to control a connect speaker?
If not, are there any other ways to play music using the spotipy api on my rpi? Help is greatly appreciated, I tried figuring it out by myself but I just got even more confused.
I now found the answer myself. You can control Spotify Connect speakers using Spotipy, but for me the Spotify API had some trouble finding the device. It then just started working even though I didn't change anything. So for anyone else wondering, a spotify connect speaker acts like a normal device with device id and everything :)
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I recently purchased an AdaFruit thermal printer. (https://learn.adafruit.com/pi-thermal-printer/overview)
I just started programming for a class I am in and using a raspberry pi. I loved how straightforward the directions were on AdaFruit but can't seem to find any instructions on what I am looking for. If I wanted to print something to my thermal printer with the "touch of a button" (and I mean a literal button you press with your finger) how would I go about that? I don't even know what to put into a search engine. I am assuming I would use python but not quite sure where to start. Thanks for all the help!
Most thermal printers work by sending a a stream of bytes to the printer.
Search ESC/POS and you will find good examples.
A quick search found this: https://python-escpos.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/raspi.html
I am new here, so please be patient with me
I have bought a respeaker device. I wanted to connect a bunch of sensors to it (bme280,lsm9ds1,tsl2561) but it turns out that I can't use the same raspberry pi code with it instead I have to use mraa and upm.
The bme280 worked fine with the upm library but the lsm9ds1 and tsl2561 did not work.
So is there any mraa code for these sensors or I have to write it my self? and if so how can I get started?
note: all these sensors are from adafruit.
Thanks anyway :)
DIY
use the library that I have created https://github.com/omar7altawil/LSM9DS1-I2C
This is a known problem for Windows users, you can't watch YouTube or play/use applications, because you don't have an audio device and the app shows an error messages or simply crashes.
I want to avoid this on my Python game that I am currently making, but I couldn't find anything useful on the web, has anyone a solution?
I have been working with some drones and robotics projects using arduino and python. There was a kickstarter project for a neat little hex copter, that hasn't been managed well.
I was lucky, i got my copter and then some time later after some frustrated email exchanges, i finally recieved the camera as well. To this day, their forum has people still complaining. Their maker forum is now down and their wiki hasn't been updated with any specifics on the camera.
http://www.flexbot.cc/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page#Hardware
Their app to accompany the drone still doesn't support the camera module. Not that it'd matter, as their code isn't very well documented or annotated.
https://github.com/HexAirbot
There are some tips on switching the camera on the comments page of their kickstarter campaign.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1387330585/hex-a-copter-that-anyone-can-fly/posts/1093716
So, sob story over, i'm stuck with this neat little wifi camera that i am unsure on how to connect to. I know how to switch it on and it does have a micro-usb port on it.
What library in Python could i use to stream an image from this camera given that it is a wifi camera. If i wanted the video stream as a numpy matrix.
I need to interface with the camera, so i can connect and disconnect.
Then, be able to read images frame by frame with ffmpeg. I have some python modules that can detect and read from a camera, but how can my code ensure that the camera is connected?
Totally stuck. Any help would be appreciated.
Considering you are building for the android platform, you will more than likely need to use some sort of java/python driver/interface, unless you just use java.
Here is an article on java/python, and using python from within java.
Using Python from within Java
I have started learning how to code in python and so far I've been doing normal exercises and I have an idea using which I want to explore more on python. It goes something like this.
User is listening to music on his computer using some media player.
If he/she plays any video on YouTube, then the music on his computer must be paused. And when the video is completed, the music should resume.
I'm not asking for code, obviously. I just want to know what concepts should I look into for accomplishing this task.
And I am sure there will be someone who have already made this. I am just trying to make this so that I can learn some different concepts in Python.
Edit:: After looking at the comments, I am making some changes to my question and tags. I want to do this application with this particular setup - Chrome browser - Windows Media Player - Windows 8
Is this a good enough task for a beginner to use as an excuse to learn Python?
Thanks in advance!!