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Seems like a good time to plug my favorite FOSS alternative, Snapcast. https://github.com/badaix/snapcast#Snapcast https://github.com/badaix/snapcast#Snapcast
by antsar 7y ago
Seems like a good time to plug my favorite FOSS alternative, Snapcast.
https://github.com/badaix/snapcast#Snapcast https://github.com/badaix/snapcast#Snapcast
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2016/02/18/multi-room-audio-with-snapcast/ https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2016/02/18/multi-room-aud...
I use shairplay[0] to stream from an iOS/macOS device, and Mopidy[1] with the Iris UI[2] to play server-side from your music collection, Spotify, or other internet radio.
[0] https://github.com/juhovh/shairplay https://github.com/juhovh/shairplay
[1] https://mopidy.com/ https://mopidy.com/
[2] https://github.com/jaedb/Iris#readme https://github.com/jaedb/Iris#readme
My "speakers" are cheapo Bluetooth speakers with a raspberry pi attached to the back. Works beautifully and reliably. If the old Sonos devices have line in, maybe this is a way to continue using them?
- AsyncAwait 7y agoAlso, if you're on Linux, PulseAudio can do this pretty much out of the box.