Here's one script that works that way. Standard package install choices
were done desktop environment, mate, and standard utilities.
An install with only standard utilities and no desktop environment and no
mate prevents this script from playing at all.
Mpv is already installed on this machine too.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# file: wdvr.sh - shell script tune into wdvr
station="https://wdvrfm.org/live"
mpv --really-quiet $station

--
Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.
Please use in that order."
Ed Howdershelt 1940.

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Jude DaShiell wrote:

Here's one script that works that way. Standard package install choices
were done desktop environment, mate, and standard utilities.
An install with only standard utilities and no desktop environment and no mate prevents this script from playing at all.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# file: wdvr.sh - shell script tune into wdvr station="https://wdvrfm.org/live"
mpv --really-quiet $station

My initial guess is that mpv is trying to play through
PulseAudio, or via ALSA in a way which requires mpv to have sole
control of ALSA (and that control is not available).

--audio-device=help (and then setting an appropriate driver)
might help.

-dsr-

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Pipewire is now on this machine since this didn't work with pulseaudio
either.


-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that
order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Thu, 13 Apr 2023, Dan Ritter wrote:

Jude DaShiell wrote:

Here's one script that works that way. Standard package install choices were done desktop environment, mate, and standard utilities.
An install with only standard utilities and no desktop environment and no mate prevents this script from playing at all.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# file: wdvr.sh - shell script tune into wdvr station="https://wdvrfm.org/live"
mpv --really-quiet $station

My initial guess is that mpv is trying to play through
PulseAudio, or via ALSA in a way which requires mpv to have sole
control of ALSA (and that control is not available).

--audio-device=help (and then setting an appropriate driver)
might help.

-dsr-

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