Play Music
**Controlled music player with pause/resume/stop support**.
- Rating
- 4.4 (257 reviews)
- Downloads
- 890 downloads
- Version
- 1.0.0
Overview
**Controlled music player with pause/resume/stop support**.
Complete Documentation
View Source →🎵 Play Music Skill
Controlled music player with pause/resume/stop support Single entry point, background server for full control
Quick Start
- Place music files in a
musicfolder (default) or setMUSIC_DIRenvironment variable - Install pygame (recommended for full control):
pip install pygame - Use:
./play-music play
Single Entry Point
The skill has one clear entry point: ./play-music
Command Interface
./play-music help - Show this help
./play-music list - List available songs
./play-music play - Play default song
./play-music pause - Pause currently playing music
./play-music resume - Resume paused music
./play-music stop - Stop currently playing music
./play-music status - Show playback status
./play-music <filename> - Play specific song (e.g., song.mp3)
./play-music server-start - Start music server manually
./play-music server-stop - Stop music server
Examples
# Play the default song
./play-music play
# Play a specific song
./play-music song.mp3
# Control playback
./play-music pause
./play-music resume
./play-music stop
# See what's available
./play-music list
Features
✅ Single entry point - No confusion about which script to use ✅ Full playback control - Play, pause, resume, stop ✅ Resource-efficient - Server auto-starts when needed, auto-stops when music stops ✅ Clean architecture - Client-server separation ✅ Pygame-based - High quality audio playback ✅ Cross-platform - macOS/Windows/Linux compatible
Setup
1. Install Pygame (Recommended)
For full pause/resume/stop control:pip install pygame
2. Add Music Files
Place your music files in:- Default:
./music(relative to script location) - Custom: Set
MUSIC_DIRenvironment variable
3. Configuration
# Set custom music directory
export MUSIC_DIR="/path/to/your/music"
# Set default song name
export DEFAULT_SONG="my-song.mp3"
How It Works
The skill uses a clean client-server architecture:
play-music- Single entry point (Python script combining client functionality)music-server.py- Background server that handles music playback- Pygame mixer - For high-quality audio with full control
Troubleshooting
"No music playing" when trying to pause/resume/stop
Start playing music first: ./play-music play
"Music directory not found"
Create the directory: mkdir music or set MUSIC_DIR environment variable
"Pygame not installed"
Install it: pip install pygame
Server won't start Check if port 12346 is available, or kill existing servers:
pkill -f "music-server.py"
./play-music server-start
File Structure
play-music/
├── play-music # Single entry point (Python script)
├── music-server.py # Background server
├── SKILL.md # This documentation
├── README.md # User documentation
├── _meta.json # Skill metadata
└── .gitignore # Git ignore file
Clean and minimal - No redundant files, clear structure.
Integration with OpenClaw
When this skill is registered with OpenClaw, use it for music playback tasks. The skill provides the knowledge and tools to control music playback with pause/resume/stop support.
Installation
openclaw install play-music
💻Code Examples
### Command Interface
./play-music help - Show this help
./play-music list - List available songs
./play-music play - Play default song
./play-music pause - Pause currently playing music
./play-music resume - Resume paused music
./play-music stop - Stop currently playing music
./play-music status - Show playback status
./play-music <filename> - Play specific song (e.g., song.mp3)
./play-music server-start - Start music server manually
./play-music server-stop - Stop music server./play-music list
## Features
✅ **Single entry point** - No confusion about which script to use
✅ **Full playback control** - Play, pause, resume, stop
✅ **Resource-efficient** - Server auto-starts when needed, auto-stops when music stops
✅ **Clean architecture** - Client-server separation
✅ **Pygame-based** - High quality audio playback
✅ **Cross-platform** - macOS/Windows/Linux compatible
## Setup
### 1. Install Pygame (Recommended)
For full pause/resume/stop control:pip install pygame
### 2. Add Music Files
Place your music files in:
- Default: `./music` (relative to script location)
- Custom: Set `MUSIC_DIR` environment variable
### 3. Configurationexport DEFAULT_SONG="my-song.mp3"
## How It Works
The skill uses a clean client-server architecture:
1. **`play-music`** - Single entry point (Python script combining client functionality)
2. **`music-server.py`** - Background server that handles music playback
3. **Pygame mixer** - For high-quality audio with full control
**Resource-efficient design:** The server auto-starts when you play music and auto-shuts down when you stop music. This saves system resources while maintaining the convenience of the client-server architecture.
## Troubleshooting
**"No music playing" when trying to pause/resume/stop**
Start playing music first: `./play-music play`
**"Music directory not found"**
Create the directory: `mkdir music` or set `MUSIC_DIR` environment variable
**"Pygame not installed"**
Install it: `pip install pygame`
**Server won't start**
Check if port 12346 is available, or kill existing servers:# Play the default song
./play-music play
# Play a specific song
./play-music song.mp3
# Control playback
./play-music pause
./play-music resume
./play-music stop
# See what's available
./play-music list# Set custom music directory
export MUSIC_DIR="/path/to/your/music"
# Set default song name
export DEFAULT_SONG="my-song.mp3"play-music/
├── play-music # Single entry point (Python script)
├── music-server.py # Background server
├── SKILL.md # This documentation
├── README.md # User documentation
├── _meta.json # Skill metadata
└── .gitignore # Git ignore fileTags
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