MantisBT - Issues

0000574: Add a method to create a AP when the connection to WiFi fails.

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:30:58 +0100

Currently the WiFi creds are hard coded and if the network goes away the connection just fails and youe are stuffed.
If it then spins up an AP a user can log into the that and set up a connection to their WiFi.

0000573: Make media in media acassabe from the radio

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:29:01 +0100

Stuff added to radio.media is not listed on the station selector on the actual radio.
We can use ncmpc to play them so...

0000566: How to UN-dispose of a book?

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:56:49 +0100

At the moment this requires some DB hacking.

0000033: Try to make setup check for and installl dependencies.

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:47:13 +0100

A first attempt at this emits the message:
/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'install_requires'
warnings.warn(msg)

This is because it's using setuptools instead of distutils.

Near the top of your script, try replacing

from distutils.core import setup

with

from setuptools import setup

Even better, import from setuptools, and if that raises an ImportError import from distutils.core instead
try:
from setuptools import setup
except ImportError:
from distutils.core import setup

0000562: Tuning is still fucked.

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:06:42 +0100

Tuning is still fucked.

0000558: Should I add 30s to each alarm?

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:38:28 +0100

To compensate for internet lag behind radio.

0000538: Phone box books need a another custom bookmark.

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:51:02 +0100

But this is difficult to generalise for other users.

It need s a message like:

If you enjoyed this book
please consider returning
another book for others
to share.
Thank you

So how to make this work for other micro-library users?

0000565: Add some hard coded locations

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:21:31 +0100

Like:
- Phone box
- Charity shop

0000559: Numitrons should alight after dark

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:43:57 +0100

We can get sunset times, so we can use this.
Or use the light sensor but that requires more work.

0000557: The state.json file does not do what it should

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:30:26 +0100

I should contain the inof required to resume after reboot. It does not it seems do this.
It's either the save or the read that's faulty.

0000553: Wire the extra switch to reboot the radio.

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:30:25 +0100

This should restart radio, not the Pi

0000488: UnboundLocalError: local variable 'status' referenced before assignmen

Sat, 30 May 2026 01:41:04 +0100

radio: LINE 921: INFO: Not connected
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: File "/home/pi/radio/radio.py", line 1202, in
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: radio.main()
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: File "/home/pi/radio/radio.py", line 1165, in main
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: self.main()
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: File "/home/pi/radio/radio.py", line 1182, in main
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: radio: LINE 599: INFO: Modes.PLAY
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: mode_play()
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: File "/home/pi/radio/radio.py", line 925, in mode_play
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: if status.get('state') == 'stop':
Jun 15 22:36:58 radio python3[32165]: UnboundLocalError: local variable 'status' referenced before assignment

0000420: Implement periodic LCD restart

Sat, 16 May 2026 02:51:23 +0100

For some reason the contrast goes away after a time and a simple power cycle restores it.
The hardware already exists to do this.

self.switch_board.write(0x00)
time.sleep(0.2)
self.switch_board.write(0x02)

Switches the FET controlling power to the LCD

0000467: Changes in BBC streaming URL's break the radio.

Sat, 16 May 2026 02:51:21 +0100

The BBC just changed the URL's again and broke the radio. More serieosly the pool ID is now different for each station.

For instance R4 and R4 extra have different ppol ID's whereas they used to be the same.
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_55057080/live/ww/bbc_radio_fourfm/bbc_radio_fourfm.isml/bbc_radio_fourfm-audio%3d48000.norewind.m3u8
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_26173715/live/ww/bbc_radio_four_extra/bbc_radio_four_extra.isml/bbc_radio_four_extra-audio%3d48000.norewind.m3u8

I need some way to update the URL's. Maybe from http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/mp3.asp
To get the URL's I guess I can query:
http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_four_extra&bitrate=48000
and
http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_fourfm&bitrate=48000
which seem to be stable and get me a bbcradio.m3u8 file that I can read to get the stream URL.

How can I use these in my current setup though?
I don't want to spam http://lstn.lv every time I listen to a station.
Ideally I'd only do this when the URL fails. This can be caught in code somewhere.

0000460: log reports: socket.timeout: timed out and then restarts

Sat, 16 May 2026 02:51:19 +0100

Traceback (most recent call last):

Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/home/pi/radio/radio.py", line 1103, in main
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: self.mpdclient.ping() # MPDClient will disconnect after period of inactivity, so keep it busy.
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 469, in mpd_command
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: return wrapper(self, name, args, callback)
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 532, in _execute
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: return retval()
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 454, in command_callback
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: res = function(self, self._read_lines())
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 387, in _parse_nothing
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: for line in lines:
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 586, in _read_lines
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: line = self._read_line()
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 568, in _read_line
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: line = self._rbfile.readline().decode("utf-8")
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 589, in readinto
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: return self._sock.recv_into(b)
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: socket.timeout: timed out
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/home/pi/radio/radio.py", line 445, in mpd_connect
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: self.mpdclient.ping()
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 469, in mpd_command
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: return wrapper(self, name, args, callback)
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 532, in _execute
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: return retval()
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 454, in command_callback
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: res = function(self, self._read_lines())
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 387, in _parse_nothing
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: for line in lines:
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 586, in _read_lines
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: line = self._read_line()
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 568, in _read_line
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: line = self._rbfile.readline().decode("utf-8")
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 586, in readinto
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: raise OSError("cannot read from timed out object")
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: OSError: cannot read from timed out object
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/home/pi/radio/radio.py", line 1157, in
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: radio.main()
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/home/pi/radio/radio.py", line 1106, in main
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: self.mpd_connect()
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/home/pi/radio/radio.py", line 456, in mpd_connect
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: self.mpdclient.replay_gain_mode('auto')
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 469, in mpd_command
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: return wrapper(self, name, args, callback)
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 532, in _execute
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: return retval()
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 454, in command_callback
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: res = function(self, self._read_lines())
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 387, in _parse_nothing
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: for line in lines:
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 586, in _read_lines
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: line = self._read_line()
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mpd/base.py", line 568, in _read_line
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: line = self._rbfile.readline().decode("utf-8")
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: File "/usr/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 586, in readinto
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: raise OSError("cannot read from timed out object")
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio python3[491]: OSError: cannot read from timed out object
Oct 05 02:28:24 radio systemd[1]: radio.service: Succeeded.
Oct 05 02:28:30 radio systemd[1]: radio.service: Service RestartSec=5s expired, scheduling restart.
Oct 05 02:28:30 radio systemd[1]: radio.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Oct 05 02:28:30 radio systemd[1]: Stopped Internet Radio Service..

0000530: Create a setup bash script.

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:53:37 +0100

This will create the database. add the user, create the tables etc.
Will need running as root.
Provide an md5sum for this to ensure it's not tampered with in transit.

0000433: Needs an easier way to remove books using the scanner

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:30:04 +0100

Maybe a CL switch to remove books when they are scanned.
Add a warning dialog too.
Maybe the API too.

0000361: Now we have EQ working, add some selectable presets.

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:43:55 +0000

This may involve a LONG knob press to get to the menu.
Have a list of presets.

0000525: Implement RFC 8984

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:52:23 +0000

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8984.html#name-common-jscalendar-propertie
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-calext-jscalendar-icalendar/

0000452: Simplify alarms entries using Calendar app.

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:30:23 +0000

Do this by using Korganiser to create the schedule then parse that to json as required by the radio.
Or directly read the ical file by the radio.
Possibly use Korganiser to recort the other radio station lists too.

0000453: Use the ICS file directly

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:30:12 +0000

This will save all the midnight spanning stuff too.

0000517: Add long press to reboot

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:51:11 +0000

Rebooting at the moment involves logging in and killing the radio process.
A long press of the knob could be used to trigger a reboot.

0000512: Desktop Version

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:14:04 +0000

Can we make a desktop version of this?
I will have to detect the platform and some hardware detection to morph the interface to a Glade type UI.

0000511: Priotise Alarm

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:12:24 +0000

If both switches are on, alarm should override play.

0000464: Auto connect to open WiFi

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 05:02:09 +0000

If an open wifi AP is available connect to it automatically.