quodlibetLCDScreen

This is a little plugin for Quod Libet audio player that allow you to display current song Artist/Title on an external USB LCD Screen.

Hardware compatibility

I used this screen : https://www.banggood.com/1602-RGB-LCD-Display-With-USB-Port-For-Raspberry-Pi-3B-2B-B-Windows-Linux-p-1079617.html?rmmds=myorder&cur_warehouse=CN

Dependencies

• lcd2usb : https://github.com/xyb/lcd2usb
• quodlibet libs
• getpass
• GTK libs

Manual install

On Ubuntu :

• Create a directory named quodlibetLCDScreen in ~/.quodlibet/plugins
• Copy quodlibetLCDScreen.py in this directory
• Open Quodlibet and activate the plugin, you should see a Hello <your_username> on the screen

Udev rules

• On Ubuntu, add this rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/51-lcd2usb.rules

# Find your device information with command "lsusb"
# Change ATTR{idVendor} and ATTR{idProduct} to match.
#
# In my case : Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0403:c630 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd lcd2usb interface
#
# This allows users to access the usb device without requiring root permissions
#
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ATTR{idVendor}=="0403", ATTR{idProduct}=="c630", MODE="0666"

• Then reboot computer or refresh udev : sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

Credits

This script has been written by Francois B. (Makotosan)

• Email : francois@makotonoblog.be
• Website : https://makotonoblog.be/

Licence

The script/plugin is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3