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Introduce opus codec and adopt new default values for chunk duration
and sample rate.
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@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ The server's audio input is a named pipe `/tmp/snapfifo`. All data that is fed i
How does is work
----------------
The snapserver reads PCM chunks of 50ms duration from the pipe `/tmp/snapfifo`. The chunk is encoded and tagged with the local time
The snapserver reads PCM chunks of 10ms duration from the pipe `/tmp/snapfifo`. The chunk is encoded and tagged with the local time
* PCM: lossless uncompressed
* FLAC: lossless compressed [default]
* Vorbis: lossy compression
* Opus: lossy low-latency compression
The encoded chunk is sent via a TCP connection to the snapclients.
Each client does continuos time synchronization with the server, so that the client is always aware of the local server time.
Every received chunk is first decoded and added to the client's chunk-buffer. Knowing the server's time, the chunk is played out using alsa at the appropriate time. Time deviations are corrected by
Each client does continuos time synchronization with the server, so that the client is always aware of the local server time.
Every received chunk is first decoded and added to the client's chunk-buffer. Knowing the server's time, the chunk is played out using alsa at the appropriate time. Time deviations are corrected by
* skipping parts or whole chunks
* playing silence
* playing faster/slower
@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ Build snapcast by cd'ing into the snapcast src-root directory
$ cd <MY_SNAPCAST_ROOT>
$ make all
Install snapclient and/or snapserver. The client installation will ask you for the server's hostname or ip address
$ sudo make installserver
@ -65,22 +66,22 @@ Disable alsa audio output by commenting out this section:
# type "alsa"
# name "My ALSA Device"
# device "hw:0,0" # optional
# format "44100:16:2" # optional
# format "48000:16:2" # optional
# mixer_device "default" # optional
# mixer_control "PCM" # optional
# mixer_index "0" # optional
#}
Add a new audio output of the type "fifo", which will let mpd play audio into the named pipe `/tmp/snapfifo`.
Make sure that the "format" setting is the same as the format setting of the snapserver (default is "44100:16:2", which should make resampling unnecessary in most cases)
Make sure that the "format" setting is the same as the format setting of the snapserver (default is "48000:16:2", which should make resampling unnecessary in most cases)
audio_output {
type "fifo"
name "my pipe"
path "/tmp/snapfifo"
format "44100:16:2"
path "/tmp/snapfifo"
format "48000:16:2"
mixer_type "software"
}
}
To test your mpd installation, you can add a radio station by
@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ On the server you could create a sink to route sound of your applications to the
```
pacmd load-module module-pipe-sink file=/tmp/snapfifo
```
Roadmap
-------
* Support multiple streams ("Zones")