Navidrome client for home speakers
from Starfarer@lemmy.today to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 16:54
https://lemmy.today/post/16647755

Hi,

I’ve had Navidrome set up for a while and am really happy using Symfonium on andriod, however I’m struggling with a set up for home speakers.

I’m currently running mo0de on a raspi and using Symfonium to cast to mo0de via uPnP. However this is very janky and frequently crashes mo0de after 5-10 songs.

Is there anything better I can use? Is there anything that can use the subsonic api? Or something else I can cast to from Symfonium?

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freeguru@lemmy.ml on 23 Sep 17:40 next collapse

Have you tried Tempo (FOSS)?

Starfarer@lemmy.today on 23 Sep 19:00 collapse

Tempo the android app?

I don’t think that helps in controlling speakers?

uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca on 23 Sep 18:08 next collapse

Perhaps this fits the bill? Requires a Home Assistant instance.

www.home-assistant.io/blog/…/music-assistant-2/

Starfarer@lemmy.today on 23 Sep 19:01 next collapse

Thanks for this. It looks interesting.

Not sure if it is right or not bit I’ll take a look!

Starfarer@lemmy.today on 24 Sep 11:22 next collapse

I already had home assistant, so this was quick to set up. Seems to be working pretty well and hasn’t crashed the mo0de client.

I’ll give it a proper trial.

Thank you!

Willdrick@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 13:52 collapse

Cool! Thanks for the tip!

Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Sep 23:03 next collapse

My solution is far from ideal but it works for me.

I have a Chromecast connected to my TV which outputs to my stereo system. Power to TV and stereo are controlled via smart plugs that I can quickly toggle when I want to stream music.

The good thing: It works.

The bad things:

  • You have to connect navidrome to symfonium using the IP address and not a hostname when using a basic chromecast since that one has a hardcoded dns server. The Chromecast with google TV allows setting a dns server yourself but you loose software volume control through your phone.
  • No volume control except directly on the stereo system. This wasn’t an issue with the basic chromecast but it is now with the better one…
  • For some reason some songs crash the casting to the chromecast. Again this wasn’t an issue on the cheap Chromecast for some stupid reason
Starfarer@lemmy.today on 24 Sep 09:52 collapse

Thanks for explaining your setup. 👍Sounds a bit hacky too. Unexplained crashes are damn hard to work out

Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 24 Sep 09:57 collapse

Oh it definetely is a bit hacky.

At one point I tried using home assistant to automatically turn my tv and stereo on or off depending on the state of the chromecast but that didn’t really work consistently unfortunately.

Starfarer@lemmy.today on 24 Sep 11:21 collapse

Yep, been there and tried that. Never got it working a way I liked

9t9t@discuss.tchncs.de on 25 Sep 21:05 collapse

Navidrome suggests using jukebox mode to play music directly to the server’s audio hardware. It uses mpv. You only need a client which supports jukebox mode. Currently Ultrasonic and dSub seem to support this feature.