I’m looking to build my own stereo system from scratch using a Raspberry Pi and Volumio as base. Since I have a background in design that is where I chose to start this project, you can see a rough draft of what the final product is supposed to look like in the attached picture. The black square in the middle is a 7" colour screen, and that is where the problem starts; I would like to create my own custom GUI.
Thats a problem since I’m a total and complete noob when it comes to programming in general and python in particular. But I’m stubborn and the idea is to learn as I go. After some research online I found that it seems that the best/easiest way to create a custom GUI is Kivy. Unfortunatly I’ve been unsuccessful in trying to make it work with Volumio.
Has anyone had Kivy work with Volumio? Or does anyone have a better idea on how to make a custom GUI for the Raspberry Pi? Tried to find a similar project here but didn’t seem to find any, most are using the built in web-based UI.
Thank you guys for your replies and tips. I should say that the screen is not with touch, the idea is rather that one of the knobs is a rotary encoder and the other is volume control. The screen and the UI is supposed to be controlled via the rotary encoder, I like the way that resonates with the retro look and feel of the stereo.
Why I chose to try it with Kivy is, because I’m an designer, that it seemed fairly easy to produce animated and good looking UI. All the links you gave me Harry are all great, but the interfaces are very simple with buttons and text, and don’t get me wrong I’m impressed with how they work but they are very square and plain. I would like to create a UI with depth and animations, nothing fancy but for example when you turn the rotary encoder the current displayed choice(image) slides out from the screen and a new choice slides in. The same is for the webUI from volumio, sure I can change the fonts and colors and pics, but it’s not quite what I’m looking for unfortunatly.
