Snapcast Server, Snapcast Client and librespot repository

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hey guys,

I wanted to show you my current work :slight_smile:

Add this in Hass.IO Addon-Store:
https://github.com/raph2i/hassio-addons

snapcast-server: takes audio via fifo in /share/snapfifo

snapcast-client: connects to a snapcast server, plays audio via usb sound etc.

librespot: Open Source Spotify client library with Spotify Connect capability

Every container is build on your machine, librespot takes about 15 minutes to build (Synology DS918+, amd64)

In my case i added mopidy from hassio-addons/edge which is also connected to snapcast.
Now i can play Spotify in all rooms, or webradio via Mopidy etc.
My next step is to implement TTS for special rooms. (cooking timer)

Mopidy-Config:

    {
      "name": "audio/output",
      "value": "audioresample ! audio/x-raw,rate=44100,channels=2,format=S16LE ! audioconvert ! wavenc ! filesink location=/share/snapfifo/mopidy"
    }

I’d be happy about some comments/trouble etc. :thinking:

raphii

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raphii,
Have you managed to TTS via snapcast? I have a trouble with this. All works fine (webradio to snapcast clients; automation to media_player.mpd) but automation to TTS , to entity_id: media_player.snapcast_client_31008b4ef2b2c27b does not!! at the same time the automation sets volume successfully to this snapcast media_player …

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With this extra settings in option section of mopidy-config i get an error:

usage: mopidy [-h] [--version] [-q] [-v] [--save-debug-log] [--config FILES]
              [-o OPTIONS]
unrecognized command: !

I’ve tried even to use escape character for double quotes but still the same error.

{
  "local_scan": true,
  "options": [
    {
      "name": "local/media_dir",
      "value": "/share/mojamuzika/"
    },
    {
      "name": "m3u/playlists_dir",
      "value": "/share/playlist/"
    },
    {
      "name": "audio/output",
      "value": "\"audioresample ! audio/x-raw,rate=44100,channels=2,format=S16LE ! audioconvert ! wavenc ! filesink location=/share/snapfifo/mopidy\""
    }
  ]
}

Any hint?

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You’ve got an typo in audio output!

""audioresample…

in my setup (105) it looks like this:

  • name: audio/output
    value: >-
    audioresample ! audio/x-raw,rate=44100,channels=2,format=S16LE !
    audioconvert ! wavenc ! filesink location=/share/snapfifo/mopidy
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I wanted to try this. But starting the snapcast server already results in an error:

Start Snapserver...
2020-02-23 11-55-33 [Notice] Settings file: "/var/lib/snapserver/server.json"
2020-02-23 11-55-33 [Err] Error reading config: [json.exception.parse_error.101] parse error at 1: syntax error - unexpected end of input; expected '[', '{', or a literal
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Hey Marcus,
i am updating the repo right now, there is an issue with config handling since snapcast 0.16
I’ll keep you updated

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I’ve a work in progress version on the update_snapcast branch.
It seems like, there is an issue with snapcast itself and / or alpine Linux.
Further reading:
https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/issues/554
https://github.com/raph2i/hassio-addons/commit/b196b67712aad232dc43166bc96e0e1dc261b02e

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Hey Marcus,
the new version is now available.
Maybe you have to restart HassIO / Supervisor to get the new version pulled.
And please deinstall and reinstall the Plugin.

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Working fine, thanks for the update. I still get the same error in the log, but it doesnt terminate the process anymore.

In order for the new version to be pulled i had to remove and re-add the repo.

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badaix, the maintainer of snapcast, said that the error is intended and okay.

nice to hear that its working now!

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Hi, I am trying this setup, but when trying to add mopidy, it lists it in the add-ons repo, but states it is not available for me. Wondering how I trace back which dependency I am missing ? I am currently running on rasbian stretch for other reasons and wondered if it could be that?

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I just realized that upon restarting the server addon (it crashed) all the saved names, latency settings and mutes are reset. Is it possible to make them persistant for a restart?

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This will be fixed in the next snapcast release, see: https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/commit/7376c7709ce3239af3c33aaca2c95481735d8f39

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Which homeassistant version are you using? What is your hardware?

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snapcast_client wont work on synology DSM anymore.
This needs further investigation™.

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Just saw that badaix will make the server.json configurable. Great news :slight_smile: Looking forward to 0.19 release.

However, now I’m trying to make it work somehow for the current release.
I was thinking of using NodeRed JsonRPC Node to send the latency data for the client after every restart. But I have not yet been able to make it work.
Any other idea for this?

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Got the solution. With the TCP Node its very “easy” to set the settings at restart of the addon.

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One TCP Listener to detect when it reconnects.
And a TCP Request Node sending the raw JSON RCP Data.

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Hi! Did anyone ever attempt or manage to integrate mopidy over the mpd integration as an entity into HA?

I would like to control what and when mopidy plays something via node-red(used for an alarm-clock), but I can’t find a way to talk to mopidy directly. I noticed that the docker-img doesn’t contain the mpd-extension and doesn’t forward port 6680 to the host either, so I can’t even attempt to send some data over the websocket api.

Maybe someone came further and found a solution to this :grin:
If not I will probably head over to git and maybe try to ask at the repo.

(Sorry to post in this topic, I just didn’t find any other place where people were using the edge version of the addon)

EDIT: Solved!

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Hi Raphii, are you planning for a new release that includes the option so save the config user editable now its included in the 0.19 release?

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Hi!
Sure, i think in about 1-2 weeks :slight_smile:
Feel free to submit a pull request :wink: