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Probably get flamed for this, but pulseaudio is good enough for IP networks and handles delay calculation pretty well, when used via multicast it's reasonable b
by throwaway67743 5y ago
Probably get flamed for this, but pulseaudio is good enough for IP networks and handles delay calculation pretty well, when used via multicast it's reasonable but a lack of ecosystem means non-linux support is poor and control is basically non existent, but I did operate pulseaudio as my home audio for TV/PlayStation/phone audio for a time, with some extras like casting receivers etc it's almost useful, but not convenient (there is a gap here someone could fill)
- necovek 5y agoYeah, I've used pulseaudio to play same music on multiple computers and their speakers in multiple rooms, and it worked well enough for that: however, that won't solve the issue for the original poster who wants their music to go to a "smart" speaker.
- loa_in_ 5y agoJACKv1 (JACK Audio Connection Kit) has a working audio networking for both Windows and Linux
- fer 5y agoYeah, Pulseaudio network sinks are useful once everything is properly set up. My media system was a LibreELEC that played movies, and the high end audio system was plugged to it. But I'd rather have that sound when playing some YT video on my laptop: just select media center sink and you have it. It's really a shame there's nothing multiplatform just like that except for, maybe, JACK.