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https://github.com/badaix/snapcast | https://github.com/badaix/snapcast | ||
Note that MPD can directly act as a Snapcast audio source (see https://mpd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins.html#snapcast). However, it does not provide all features of a Snapcast server such as the web interface. | |||
== Pipewire Sink == | == Pipewire Sink == | ||
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First create a local snapserver instance that creates the FIFO queue to stream into. | First create a local snapserver instance that creates the FIFO queue to stream into. | ||
< | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | ||
services.snapserver = { | services.snapserver = { | ||
enable = true; | enable = true; | ||
settings = { | |||
stream.source = "pipe:///run/snapserver/pipe?name=NAME"; | |||
}; | }; | ||
openFirewall = true; | |||
}; | }; | ||
</ | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Tell Pipewire about the sink used by Snapcast. | |||
< | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | ||
services.pipewire.extraConfig.pipewire-pulse."40-snapcast-sink" = { | |||
"pulse.cmd" = [ | |||
{ | |||
cmd = "load-module"; | |||
args = "module-pipe-sink file=/run/snapserver/pipe sink_name=Snapcast format=s16le rate=48000"; | |||
" | } | ||
]; | ]; | ||
}; | }; | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
There is a new direct connection of Pipewire with Snapcast in the making. However, as of March 16, 2026, the version of Pipewire in Nixpkgs (1.4.X) does not support this new feature yet (available starting with Pipewire version 1.6.0). | |||
== Playback == | == Playback == | ||
To have local audio synced up with remote clients it needs to be routed through a local snapclient instance. | To have local audio synced up with remote clients it needs to be routed through a local snapclient instance. | ||
< | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | ||
systemd.user.services.snapclient-local = { | systemd.user.services.snapclient-local = { | ||
wantedBy = [ | wantedBy = [ | ||
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]; | ]; | ||
serviceConfig = { | serviceConfig = { | ||
ExecStart = "${pkgs.snapcast}/bin/snapclient - | ExecStart = "${pkgs.snapcast}/bin/snapclient --player pipewire tcp://localhost:1704"; | ||
}; | }; | ||
}; | }; | ||
</ | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
[[Category:Audio]] | [[Category:Audio]] | ||