Play Audio Stream (aka Pandora Radio) through Qlab

[Geoff Hidden]

Hey All,  I have searched and haven't come across anything that's really helped me yet.   I am trying to write a simple QLab show that will loop a stack of slides, while at the same time I want Pandora Radio to be playing.  From time to time, It needs to fade out, and we have an MP4 video file that will play. When that video is done, the slides will start again and Pandora will fade back in.      All the Video stuff, is easy, obviously... But capturing/streaming the audio from Pandora is where i'm at a loss.  Any brilliant ideas out there? Or even other ways to do it?   (Keep in mind, this has to just constantly loop with no operator monitoring it once it's setup and running.)  Thanks all!!!  

-Geoff

[micpool]

I can't test a solution with Pandora because it is no longer available to UK IP addresses.

Does it have to be Pandora or will any internet radio solution work for you?

For instance using iTunes radio you would just use some script cues to change the volume of the iTunes player

tell application "iTunes"

set sound volume to 0

end tell

tell application "iTunes"

set sound volume to 100

end tell

iTunes and Qlab will quite happily use the same sound output device. Spotify is also scriptable in the same way.

As a refinement you could put a loop in the script to change the sound volume 1 percent at a time to give a possibly slightly zipper sounding fade.

Mic

[micpool]

And yes, that does mean you can operate  iTunes  and spotify from Qlab  for your walk in music etc…..

Virtually everything is scriptable in iTunes. You can even operate the graphic EQ!

And for more sophisticated routing you could loop back the iTunes sound output to a Qlab Mic Cue.

Mic

[Geoff Hidden]

These are great ideas my fried brain hadn't thought about. Lol. Thank you!! I'll let you know what I make happen. Thank you!!
-Geoff

[James Corner]

what about "soundflower", allows you to route audio from one application to another,
I've no idea if it works with qlab3 i dont have a full license for it so cant test it , works in logic pro. streaming music from firefox
through soundflower into logic and out through my 002.
just tried it,

James C.

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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 17:25:22 -0800
From: geoff....@gmail.com
To: ql...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [QLab] Play Audio Stream (aka Pandora Radio) through Qlab

Hey All,  I have searched and haven't come across anything that's really helped me yet.   I am trying to write a simple QLab show that will loop a stack of slides, while at the same time I want Pandora Radio to be playing.  From time to time, It needs to fade out, and we have an MP4 video file that will play. When that video is done, the slides will start again and Pandora will fade back in.      All the Video stuff, is easy, obviously... But capturing/streaming the audio from Pandora is where i'm at a loss.  Any brilliant ideas out there? Or even other ways to do it?   (Keep in mind, this has to just constantly loop with no operator monitoring it once it's setup and running.)  Thanks all!!!  

-Geoff

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[micpool]

Depends on your attitude to aggregate devices. Personally I'm an avoider but I am sure some people are using them successfully.

what about "soundflower", 

[Chris Eschweiler]

Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but just to be clear: The single
user account at Pandora isn't licensed for commercial playback. Their
DMX service IS, however. It's best to be covered under the appropriate
license when doing shows for hire.

[Geoff Hidden]

Thanks Chris. Thankfully it's not being used in a situation where we have to deal with the licensing issues.

[nizer]

I would grab a copy of Audio Hijack Pro and capture some Pandora and edit it into a sound file for Qlab. That way you avoid the ads from iTunes and random internet glitches and other issues.

https://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/

[nizer]

For loop back, can I do this without a mini jack cable going into the mic input? Sound Flower doesn't cut it because of the latency. I currently do this for iTunes Visualizer and some Quartz Composer files I am running.

[Geoff Hidden]

Thanks to Mic, I was able to create a couple of simple applescripts for Spotify to fade out/pause and unpause/fade in.  Solved everything.  

Thanks for all the ideas guys.  Appreciate it!!

-Geoff

[Willo]

I'm very interested in learning how to create scripts that will control iTunes playlists. 

Where can I find information on how to do this?

Thanks,

Craig

[Rich Walsh]

Have you tried:

1. Google?
2. http://dougscripts.com/itunes/
3. cmd-drag the iTunes app onto AppleScript Editor and look at the sdef file?

Rich

[micpool]

Specifically this page on Dougs site which should tell you everything you need to know

http://dougscripts.com/itunes/infocont.php

On Sunday, March 9, 2014 10:09:26 AM UTC, Rich Walsh wrote:

1. http://dougscripts.com/itunes/