Snapcast on Volumio - client & server install

MPD config

sudo nano /etc/mpd.conf

..
# disable default ALSA output
.. 
audio_output {
    type            "fifo"
    name            "snapfifo"
    path            "/tmp/snapfifo"
    format          "44100:16:2"
}
..

sudo service mpd restart

Snapserver

Install

wget https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/releases/download/v0.22.0/snapserver_0.22.0-1_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i snapserver_0.22.0-1_armhf.deb

Config

Test snapserver (does NOT use default config, use args):
snapserver --sampleformat 44100:16:2

Edit default config:
SNAPSERVER_OPTS="-d -s pipe:///tmp/snapfifo?name=Volumio-MPD&mode=read --sampleformat 44100:16:2"

Restart server after changes to config

sudo nano /etc/default/snapserver
sudo service snapserver restart

restart client
sudo service snapclient restart

Snapclient

Install

wget https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/releases/download/v0.22.0/snapclient_0.22.0-1_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i snapclient_0.22.0-1_armhf.deb

Config

List devices: snapclient -l

Test: snapclient -s 23 --latency 100

Edit default config: sudo nano /etc/default/snapclient

References

• https://github.com/badaix/snapcast
• https://gist.github.com/gotling/9310f2572e1ea9c9d685c4ce5807001a
• https://github.com/Saiyato/volumio-snapcast-plugin
• https://gist.github.com/ivesdebruycker/3ac8b4f641d3a46745fa6ff2464f99f7
  *Ivesdebruycker is the original source of this text!

-- Instructions are edited to the latest snap-release as per 03 Jan. 2021 --

Tags

• Volumio
• Streaming
• Snapcast