Vinyl Shelf Finder

About

Vinyltin - is a app that manages a Discogs user records collection and helps locate them in shelving cabinets - provided a certain ordering is maintained.

Features

WIP and very primitive

• web app powered by Node.js

• custom searches in a Discogs collection

• cover art display with optional image caching

• Last.fm integration (as well as local database backup)

• interfaces with a hardware pan-tilt laser pointer

Installation

DISCLAMER: for the brave, no guarantees

Node.js

Install Node.js 6.x+

Clone / download this repository; navigate to the app folder

cd app

Install all the dependencies

npm install

Setup

Navigate to app/src and edit the files discogs_secret.js (and optionally last_fm_secret.js) with your personal account details.

Start

node app.js

the sqlite database module may not work for all platforms, it can be disabled with

node app.js --no-db

the Last.fm integration can be disabled with

node app.js --no-lastfm

Usage

Navigate with any browser to

http://localhost:8080

Hardware

The app can interact with a Raspberry Pi that has mounted a pan-tilt with a laser pointer

• pan-tilt HAT module

• laser pointer module

Documentation

There is a micro-website setup via the docs folder

Contact

Reach me on twitter