In this configuration, you will stream music to just one Airplay device (your main device with shairport-sync). Now you can use your multiroom media system. After that, cards will appear in your interface to manage all your snapcast clients. In the mini-media-player settings, specify your snapcast clients and the necessary parameters (control buttons, power button, and so on). Install the mini-media-player component in your Home Assistant. Install snapcast client on your clients (what will you play music on) Host: 192.168.1.x # specify your own host

You can specify any desired name and audio format In the stream group, specify stream = pipe:///tmp/snapfifo?name=Snapserver&sampleformat=44100:16:2 Install snapcast server and snapcast client on the main device (server).Įdit the settings file snapcast server /etc/nf.This will ensure minimal latency and smooth operation. It is also highly recommended to install the client on the server itself,so that it is used for syncing. At the same time, clients sync with the server and music plays synchronously in all zones. The Snapcast component reads this file and broadcasts the audio stream to its clients. It is necessary for the snapcast server to work. This is the file that the audio stream from your phone will be sent to. In the backend group, you need to uncomment the pipe parameter and specify name = '/tmp/snapfifo' There is a general group within which you can use the name tag to set the service name. Shairport-sync must be configured with the following flags: -with-pipe -with-metadata -with-mqtt-clientĪfter installing shairport-sync, you should edit its settings in the file /etc/nf (when configuring, you specify the path to store the configuration file). We will broadcast an audio stream from your phone to the main device. You can find instructions in the attached links. I will not write instructions for installing it here. You can listen to music synchronously or individually in each room.įirst of all, you need to install shairport-sync on the main device (server).

This is a multiroom configuration that allows you to stream music from any music app on your iPhone to speakers in your home.

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