Media player with esp32 s3 N16R8 and max98357 with sendspin synchronized audio

andrew_NH · December 19, 2025, 6:03pm

I have been using squeezelite for 15 year and it’s amazing. I often wondered if it would be possible to get squeezelite and ESPHome on the same ESP32 chip but it has never been possible.

sendspin will be able to do everything squeezelite did and a lot more with full ESPHome support.

I’m looking at this demo now to see if I can add it to a Wavershare screen I already have.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/kahrendt/a86b20601f02df9f3861a48cedc98e17

esp32-s3-box-3-sendspin.yml

# This is minimal demonstration on how to obtain text metadata and album art from Sendspin and display it using LVGL on an ESP32-S3 Box 3.
# The track title is displayed below the cover art will scroll if too long for the screen.
# Touching the screen pops up controls for 5 seconds where you can pause/resume and go to the previous/next track
# Swiping left or right will go to a different page. It should show a picture of the artist (but there are some bugs on the MA side, so this doesn't work consistently)
# Uses the current Sendspin PR: https://github.com/esphome/esphome/pull/12284

substitutions:
  name: esp32-s3-box-3
  friendly_name: ESP32 S3 Box 3 Sendspin
  font_glyphsets: "GF_Latin_Core"

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If we could get ESPhome, sendspin and USB 2.0 audio devices to all work together I think we would have the holy grail of embedded computer audio!

I think we are close on that as well.

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/usb-audio-devices-on-esp32-p4-in-esphome