🔊 Raspberry Pi MCP Audio Control System

A distributed audio management system based on the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This project allows you to remotely control audio playback and system volume on a target machine (e.g., a Raspberry Pi) via a standardized MCP interface.

🏗️ Architecture

The system is split into two main components:

• server/: The MCP Server. It runs on the machine connected to the speakers. It exposes tools to play audio bytes, stop playback, and manage volume.

• client/: A reference Python client that demonstrates how to send audio files and control commands to the server.

Related MCP server: MCP AppleMusic Server

🚀 Quick Start

1. Server Setup

The server requires ffmpeg (for ffplay) to be installed on the host machine:

sudo apt install ffmpeg

2. Running the Server

For production:

python -m server.main

For development:

uv run mcp dev server/main.py

3. Client Usage

Once the server is running, you can use the client CLI:

# Play an audio file
python -m client.main play --file path/to/audio.mp3

# Stop playback
python -m client.main stop

🧪 Testing

You can run the integration tests to verify the audio processing and server logic:

# Run all tests in the tests/ directory
python -m unittest discover tests

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Language: Python 3.11+

• Protocol: Model Context Protocol (MCP)

• Audio Backend: ffplay (FFmpeg)

• Package Management: uv / pyproject.toml

📁 Project Structure

.
├── client/             # Reference MCP Client
├── server/             # MCP Server implementation
│   ├── audio/          # Audio playback and volume logic
│   ├── image/          # Placeholder for image tools
│   └── video/          # Placeholder for video tools
└── tests/              # Integration tests