This script enables the original volumio "Play Here" button to function as expected and removes the Purchase Subscription message. Volumio Ver3. Tested On :- PI , Rock 3a and Odroid C2
Labtools Pluggin must installed and enabled for this to function. "The Pill" Play button is not visible with this
script.
Appearence and function is like a standard Volumio UI.
nano ~/patch-playhere.sh
enter code:---------------------------
#!/bin/bash
# Make the Volumio Manifest UI (www4) phone/"Play here" button press the
# Labs tools "Play here" pill (#labtools-playhere) instead of opening the
# subscribe prompt. If the pill isn't on the page, Volumio's normal
# behaviour is kept.
#
# Usage: sudo ./patch-playhere.sh # apply
# sudo ./patch-playhere.sh --restore # put the original back
#
# Safe to re-run: it always patches from a pristine .orig copy of the bundle.
set -e
WWW=/volumio/http/www4
APP=$(grep -o 'scripts/app-[a-z0-9]*\.js' "$WWW/index.html" | head -1)
JS="$WWW/$APP"
ORIG="$JS.orig"
[ -f "$JS" ] || { echo "Live bundle not found: $JS"; exit 1; }
[ -f "$ORIG" ] || cp "$JS" "$ORIG" # first run: keep the untouched original
cp "$ORIG" "$JS" # start clean every time
if [ "$1" = "--restore" ]; then
echo "Restored original $APP"
exit 0
fi
node - "$JS" <<'EOF'
const fs = require('fs');
const file = process.argv[2];
let s = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
// 1) Button presses the Labs tools pill first; original code runs only if no pill
const fnHead = '{key:"toggleLocalPlayback",value:function(){';
const at1 = s.indexOf(fnHead);
if (at1 < 0) { console.error('toggleLocalPlayback not found - bundle differs, aborting.'); process.exit(1); }
const hook = 'var p=document.getElementById("labtools-playhere");if(p){p.click();return}';
s = s.slice(0, at1 + fnHead.length) + hook + s.slice(at1 + fnHead.length);
// 2) Don't grey the button out
const btn = s.indexOf('id="outputButton"');
const dis = "\\'toggle-button__disabled\\': !audioOutputs.hasLocalPlayback()";
const at2 = s.indexOf(dis, btn);
if (btn >= 0 && at2 >= 0) {
s = s.slice(0, at2) + "\\'toggle-button__disabled\\': false" + s.slice(at2 + dis.length);
} else {
console.warn('Note: disabled-state condition not found; button may still look greyed out.');
}
// 3) Hide the floating pill (it stays on the page, so the button can still click it)
s = '(function(){var st=document.createElement("style");st.textContent="#labtools-playhere{display:none!important}";(document.head||document.documentElement).appendChild(st)})();\n' + s;
fs.writeFileSync(file, s);
console.log('Patched: phone button now presses the Labs tools Play here pill (pill hidden).');
EOF
# Keep a pre-compressed copy in sync if one exists
[ -f "$JS.gz" ] && gzip -kf "$JS" && echo "Refreshed $APP.gz"
echo "Done. Hard-refresh the Volumio page (Ctrl+Shift+R) to load it."
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# clear with Ctrl+K, paste new, Ctrl+O, Enter, Ctrl+X
Next two cammands
chmod +x ~/patch-playhere.sh
sudo ~/patch-playhere.sh
refresh volumio ctrl + shift + R
Labtools must be loaded / activated
to restore original
sudo ~/patch-playhere.sh --restore