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Can I ask what software you're using for music on your home audio system? I have an HTD system with speakers throughout and while Chromecast Audio was great f

Can I ask what software you're using for music on your home audio system? I have an HTD system with speakers throughout and while Chromecast Audio was great for a while, stability has been an issue that I'm no longer interested in hassling with. (Also looking forward to researching this netboot solution you speak of)

entropie 6y ago
Do you know homeassistant? https://github.com/home-assistant/plugin-audio https://github.com/home-assistant/plugin-audio
- enobrev 6y ago
  Yes. I have a lot of respect for the HA project, but I stopped using it last year. It changed far too much for me too much keep up at the time, and I ran into too many issues with the zwave support at the time. Thanks for the link.
hanklazard 6y ago
Not the parent but I have a similar setup. I use volumio music software on 4 raspberry pi 3b+, each with a hifiberry amp to drive speakers. If you couple these with snapcast, you have a diy whole house sonos-like setup. Works well and I control volumes through home assistant. Not familiar with netbooting, but will be looking into it!
- enobrev 6y ago
  I had been considering a similar setup and then got a notification for a barely used htd lync12 with amps on Craigslist at an insanely good price and hopped right on it. I've spent the past year or so wiring up the house a room at a time, which has been painful and sometimes stressful. But I've become such a huge fan of the simplicity and stability of a wired setup that it's all been absolutely worth it. Thanks for the recommendation. I'll give volumio a closer look.
LeoPanthera 6y ago
I use Moode Audio. https://moodeaudio.org https://moodeaudio.org
- enobrev 6y ago
  This looks great. Thank you
richajak 6y ago
Also not the parent. For me, I want my speaker, position 4 meters away, to play some music from my phone or laptop. First, I tried to use use youtube feature to beam the video to my android smart tv connected to the speaker. However, it is a waste of resources to do that. Later, I found some scripts on the internet for my Pi 3 to play the sound via Bluetooth. It is a better solution than my original idea, I can use any app, not just youtube. However I recently found an even better way, by buying a Bluetooth transmitter dongle that can be connected to my speaker. It only costs me less than $2. I can ask my Pi 3 to do something else more important than this task.

entropie 6y ago

Do you know homeassistant? https://github.com/home-assistant/plugin-audio https://github.com/home-assistant/plugin-audio

enobrev 6y ago
Yes. I have a lot of respect for the HA project, but I stopped using it last year. It changed far too much for me too much keep up at the time, and I ran into too many issues with the zwave support at the time. Thanks for the link.

hanklazard 6y ago

Not the parent but I have a similar setup. I use volumio music software on 4 raspberry pi 3b+, each with a hifiberry amp to drive speakers. If you couple these with snapcast, you have a diy whole house sonos-like setup. Works well and I control volumes through home assistant. Not familiar with netbooting, but will be looking into it!

enobrev 6y ago
I had been considering a similar setup and then got a notification for a barely used htd lync12 with amps on Craigslist at an insanely good price and hopped right on it. I've spent the past year or so wiring up the house a room at a time, which has been painful and sometimes stressful. But I've become such a huge fan of the simplicity and stability of a wired setup that it's all been absolutely worth it. Thanks for the recommendation. I'll give volumio a closer look.

LeoPanthera 6y ago

I use Moode Audio. https://moodeaudio.org https://moodeaudio.org

enobrev 6y ago
This looks great. Thank you

richajak 6y ago

Also not the parent. For me, I want my speaker, position 4 meters away, to play some music from my phone or laptop. First, I tried to use use youtube feature to beam the video to my android smart tv connected to the speaker. However, it is a waste of resources to do that. Later, I found some scripts on the internet for my Pi 3 to play the sound via Bluetooth. It is a better solution than my original idea, I can use any app, not just youtube. However I recently found an even better way, by buying a Bluetooth transmitter dongle that can be connected to my speaker. It only costs me less than $2. I can ask my Pi 3 to do something else more important than this task.