Easily run XFCE on VNC for audio purposes
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A docker container for xfce4 via vnc for audio playback, possibly through upnp/dlna with pulseaudio-dlna.
The Chromium browser is installed, as well as an Upnp Control Point (upplay).
PulseAudio-DLNA is also installed, so you will be able to cast audio (e.g.) from SoundCloud on the browser to your existing dlna renderers. You can set up your own renderer with docker using a combination of mpd and upmpdcli.
This is a work in progress. It is only working correctly on the amd64 platform. On arm, I cannot find a way to make it work correctly due to missing fonts. If anybody knows how to correct this, please create and issue or a discussion.
| Repo | URL |
|---|---|
| Source code | GitHub |
| Docker images | Docker Hub |
| VARIABLE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| PUID | User id for the user vnc-user, defaults to 1000 |
| PGID | Group id for the group vnc-user, defaults to 1000 |
| AUDIO_GID | audio group id from the host machine. |
| APT_CACHE_URL | Set to an apt-cacher-ng instance (recommended!) |
| INSTALL_UPPLAY | Set to yes to install upplay |
| INSTALL_FIREFOX | Set to yes to install Firefox. Recommended browser. |
| INSTALL_CHROMIUM | Set to yes to install Chromium. Requires --privileged, but does not work very well for me at least. |
| INSTALL_PULSEAUDIO_DLNA | Set to yes to install PulseAudio-DLNA |
| INSTALL_CANTATA | Set to yes to install Cantata |
| VNC_EXPOSE | Set to yes if you want to expose VNC directly (not recommended). If exposed, the port is 5901. |
| VNC_GEOMETRY | Geometry of vnc, defaults to 1280x720 |
| VNC_DEPTH | Color depth of vnc, defaults to 16, conservatively |
| VNC_AUTOSTART_PULSEAUDIO | Autostart PulseAudio, defaults to yes |
| VNC_AUTOSTART_PULSEAUDIO_DLNA | Autostart PulseAudio-DLNA, defaults to yes |
| VOLUME | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| /home/vnc-user | Home directory, use if you want to maintain your configurations. |
| PORT | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| 6080 | Port of NOVnc. Connect to http://<host>:6080/vnc.html |
| 5901 | Port of VNC, available if VNC_EXPOSE is set to yes |
| Topic | Comment |
|---|---|
| Networking | If you plan to use upplay, it's likely that you will need to run the container in host mode, in order to allow server/renderer discovery |
| PulseAudio | When using pulseaudio, you might want to mount the /run/user/1000/pulse volume to the same path (check if your uid is also 1000) |
| Bookworm | Bookworm repositories do not include pulseaudio-dlna, so the main builds are made from bullseye (see #14) |
docker run \
--rm \
-it \
--name xfce-vnc-audio \
--network host \
-e AUDIO_GID=995 \
-e INSTALL_FIREFOX=yes \
-e INSTALL_CHROMIUM=yes \
-e INSTALL_PULSEAUDIO=yes \
-e INSTALL_UPPLAY=yes \
-v /run/user/1000/pulse:/run/user/1000/pulse \
giof71/xfce-vnc-audio
Check what is the gid of audio on your system and use it instead of the 995 shown in the example.
To be added.
| DATE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| 2023-12-15 | Back to bullseye because of missing packages (see #14) |
| 2023-11-24 | Support installation of Cantata |
| 2023-08-21 | Upgrade to debian bookworm (see #9) |
| 2023-08-21 | Proper restart of the container (see #7) |
| 2023-06-14 | GitHub workflow updated |
| 2023-04-01 | Initial release for amd64 only (not an April's fool) |
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docker pull giof71/xfce-vnc-audio