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Web Controllable HiFi - Any suggestions? (lemmy.tr00st.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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Summary first - I'm looking for software to use for web-controlled music playback. Main requirement is playback via a DAC on the hosting device and a half-decent UI for it (though streaming would be nice...).

Hardware-wise, I've currently got a Pi Zero W paired with a HiFiBerry DAC+ Zero, which has been fine for me quality-wise, routed as an aux input to an old HiFi. That, plus plenty of space elsewhere to host split apps - currently running Emby as a main streaming host for other media, and the media is just on a NAS pulling over NFS.

I've been using Volumio for a while, but have been frustrated with a few things (UI, playlist management, etc) so I'm looking for a change. Streaming from Emby/Jellyfin via DLNA looks like it might be a decent fallback, but I'm wondering if there are any nicer ways to handle it.

Any ideas? Open to switching a few bits of infrastructure around, of course :)

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[–] easeKItMAn 1 points 1 year ago

I second this approach and have it running since several years. Tried volumio/jelly and others but mpd/snap is the most flexible one. Spin up docker mopidy/snapserver/snapweb, and if required shairport. It basically enables you streaming like Sonos to other instances running snapclients connected to speakers. All controlled via webUI, or native apps or Airplay. My setup is controlled via homeassistant and handles playlist generation via custom bash scripts + syncing to Navidrome. Though, it may require some fiddling compared to other out-of-the-box but lesser flexible solutions, imho.