pibox is a Mopidy HTTP client that allows multiple users to search for and queue songs as a group, via a clean and simple interface.

• Search for and queue songs using any Mopidy backend
• Vote to skip queued tracks
• Plays from a predefined playlist if no tracks are queued
• Prevents tracks from being queued again after they have been played or skipped
• Admins controls to pause/resume playback or skip current track
• Display view for showing on a TV or monitor
• Can be used offline without an internet connection using Mopidy-Local

• Mopidy
• A backend for Mopidy such as Mopidy-Spotify or Mopidy-SoundCloud

1. Install by running:

   pip install Mopidy-Pibox

2. Start Mopidy:

   mopidy

3. Open your Mopidy URL (e.g. http://localhost:6680) and click Pibox

Before starting Mopidy, you must add configuration for Mopidy-Pibox to your Mopidy configuration file:

[pibox]
enabled = true
default_playlist = spotify:playlist:79inBfAlnfUB7i5kRthmWL
default_skip_threshold = 3
offline = false

The following configuration values are available:

• pibox/enabled: If the pibox extension should be enabled or not. Defaults to true.
• pibox/default_playlist: The default playlist URI to play from when starting a new session. Defaults to a Spotify playlist of great party songs. Save it to your Spotify library!
• pibox/default_skip_threshold: The default number of votes required to skip a track. Defaults to 3.
• pibox/offline: If the extension should be used offline. Defaults to false.

• Source code
• Issue tracker

• Original author: Gavin Bannerman