virtual-school-bell

a basic Python script to play a sound at a designated time.

getting started

Windows

1. install Python 3.7+ (to check which version you have, run python --version)
2. install ffmpeg (use this tutorial to install it)
3. (optional, only if you want to manually invoke the bell) install keyboard with pip (python -m pip install keyboard)

Linux

1. install Python 3.7+ (to check which version you have, run python3 --version)
2. install ffmpeg (sudo apt-get install ffmpeg or pacman -S ffmpeg, depends on your package manager)
3. (optional, only if you want to manually invoke the bell) install keyboard with pip (python3 -m pip install keyboard)

configuration

put in sections into hours.ini in the following format:

[hour]
SoundPath=<PATH_TO_SOUND_FILE>

where:

• [hour] is the time in a 24-hour format (e.g. [13:15])
• SoundPath is the path to the sound file to play (e.g. SoundPath=sounds/default.wav)

running

to run it, just do it with python main.py (or python3 main.py)

if you want to run it in the background, you can use nohup python3 main.py (linux only)